[PAO] Fwd: External Affairs Bulletin Week of November 30, 2015

Thu Dec 3 07:35:43 CST 2015

Thanks, Karen. Very useful.

Kind regards,

Arthur ~

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From: cap-pao-bounces at lists.sempervigilans.org
[mailto:cap-pao-bounces at lists.sempervigilans.org] On Behalf Of Karen
Copenhaver
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 10:54 AM
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Subject: [PAO] Fwd: External Affairs Bulletin Week of November 30, 2015

Good morning,

I'm not sure how many of our wings are following this exceptional
opportunity, but we in the MER have partnered to receive this communication
from FEMA and thought you might like to have it too.  The bulletin includes
very timely and interesting information that relates to many of our
missions.  

In this particular bulletin has an article that showcases EMI training for
ES Managers that we might find helpful.

v/r

Lt Col Karen L. Copenhaver, CAP

Middle East Region Deputy Director of Public Affairs

Civil Air Patrol, U.S. Air Force Auxiliary 

http://GoCivilAirPatrol.com 

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Subject: 

External Affairs Bulletin Week of November 30, 2015

Date: 

Tue, 1 Dec 2015 20:14:57 +0000

From: 

To: 

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) sent this bulletin at 12/01/2015
02:00 PM EST 

 <https://www.fema.gov/zh-hans/media-library/assets/documents/93939> Seal of
the Department
of Homeland
Security

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS BULLETIN

Week of November 30, 2015

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as Webpage |
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<https://admin.govdelivery.com/abe/templates/107507/http:/content.govdeliver
y.com/accounts/USDHSFEMA/bulletins/128572f>  

In this Edition:

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320/external-bully-3_original.jpg

.
<http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSFEMA/bulletins/128572f#link_14
48903865928> FEMA Publishes New Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide

.
<http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSFEMA/bulletins/128572f#link_14
48652780567> Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program Application Period
Begins

.
<http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSFEMA/bulletins/128572f#link_14
48905646876> First Annual Voluntary Organization Partnership Day -
Washington, D.C.

.
<http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSFEMA/bulletins/128572f#link_14
48651576152> Ready.gov Goes Mobile and M.FEMA.gov Will Sunset

.
<http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSFEMA/bulletins/128572f#link_14
47775296979> Emergency Management Institute Equips States to Train Emergency
Managers

.
<http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSFEMA/bulletins/128572f#link_14
48904966717> FEMA Hiring Event at Pasadena, California

.
<http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSFEMA/bulletins/128572f#link_14
48305462105> REMINDER: The Way Forward - Fifth Annual Building Resilience
through Public-Private Partnerships Conference

.
<http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSFEMA/bulletins/128572f#link_14
46239373298> REMINDER: Tools for Creating Campus Resilience Webinar

.
<http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSFEMA/bulletins/128572f#link_14
48292759934> REMINDER: FEMA's Intent to Implement the Federal Flood Risk
Management Standard

.
<http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSFEMA/bulletins/128572f#link_14
44398732115> REMINDER: FEMA Seeks Input on Individual Assistance Declaration
Criteria for States

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Important Dates & Deadlines

<http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2015-building-resilience-through-public-private
-partnerships-conference-tickets-19175910665> December
10 -- Fifth
Annual
Building
Resilience
through
Public-Private
Partnerships
Conference
(multiple
dates)

<http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2015-building-resilience-through-public-private
-partnerships-conference-tickets-19175910665> Fifth Annual Building
Resilience through Public-Private Partnerships Conference (multiple dates)

 <http://www.careers.fema.gov/> December
14 -- FEMA
Hiring Event
in Pasadena,
California
(multiple
dates)

	 <http://www.careers.fema.gov/> FEMA Hiring Event in Pasadena,
California (multiple dates)

 <https://fema.connectsolutions.com/campusres/event/registration.html>
December
16 -- Tools
for Creating
Campus
Resilience
Webinar

<https://fema.connectsolutions.com/campusres/event/registration.html> Tools
for Creating Campus Resilience Webinar

 <https://www.fema.gov/federal-flood-risk-management-standard-ffrms> Dec 17
--
Federal Flood
Risk
Management
Standard
Implementation
Open Comment
Period

	 <https://www.fema.gov/federal-flood-risk-management-standard-ffrms>
Federal Flood Risk Management Standard Implementation Open Comment Period

 <http://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/111781> Jan 1 --
New
"Public
Assistance
Program and
Policy
Guide"
Effective

	 <http://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/111781> New
"Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide" Effective

 <http://www.regulations.gov/#%21documentDetail;D=FEMA_FRDOC_0001-4824> Jan
11 --
Individual
Assistance
Declaration
Criteria for
States Open
Comment
Period

<http://www.regulations.gov/#%21documentDetail;D=FEMA_FRDOC_0001-4824>
Individual Assistance Declaration Criteria for States Open Comment Period

 <http://www.fema.gov/firegrants/afggrants/index.shtm> January
17 --
Assistance to
Firefighters
Grant Program
Application
Period

	 <http://www.fema.gov/firegrants/afggrants/index.shtm> Assistance to
Firefighters Grant Program Application Deadline

FEMA Publishes New Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide

FEMA published the
<http://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/111781> "Public
Assistance Program and Policy Guide" that combines all existing policies
into a self-contained, simple, adaptable, and searchable publication. The
new "Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide" will replace all existing
Public Assistance (PA) publications as well as the 9500 series policies. The
consolidation of PA policies and guidance documents into a single
publication will eliminate duplication and perceived inconsistency among the
different documents and policies.

The "Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide" will be effective for
disasters declared on or after January 1, 2016. Disasters that were declared
prior to January 1, 2016 will still follow the 9500 series policies, which
were in effect at the time of the disaster being declared. There are no
substantive policy changes in the new guide.

The Public Assistance program anticipates that the Guide will be updated
annually.

In the last ten years, the FEMA Public Assistance program averaged $4.7
billion in disaster assistance annually, making it the agency's largest
grant program. The Public Assistance program provides financial assistance
to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments and certain private
non-profits to aid their recovery following a disaster or emergency. 

  _____  

Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program Application Period Begins

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG)
will open on Monday, December 7, 2015 at 8 a.m. EST and will close on
Friday, January 15, 2016, at 5 p.m. EST.

The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, (Pub. L. 113-76)
provides $306,000,000 in AFG Program funding to assist fire departments and
nonaffiliated ambulance and emergency medical service organizations meet
their firefighting and emergency response needs. The AFG Program enables
these organizations to obtain the tools and resources necessary to more
effectively protect the health and safety of the public and emergency
response personnel.

Grant guidance for this program will be available at www.grants.gov, and is
currently available for applicant review at
www.fema.gov/firegrants/afggrants/index.shtm. The
<http://www.fema.gov/pdf/firegrants/Get_Ready_Guide.pdf> "Get Ready Guide"
may also be useful for potential applicants and is provided to answer
questions and to help prepare grant applications.

  _____  

First Annual Voluntary Organization Partnership Day - Washington, D.C.

On October 27, 2015, FEMA's Voluntary Agency Liaisons (
<http://www.fema.gov/voluntary-faith-based-community-based-organizations/>
VALs), the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (
<http://www.nvoad.org/> National VOAD), and the
<http://www.dhs.gov/dhs-center-faith-based-neighborhood-partnerships> DHS
Center for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships co-hosted the
<http://www.fema.gov/events-voluntary-efforts> First Annual Voluntary
Organization Partnership Day. This unique event recognized the valuable
services and support our voluntary, faith-based, and community partners
provide to disaster survivors before, during, and after an event.

A special thank you to the inaugural event's 36 exhibitors, which included
National and State VOAD member organizations, other whole community partners
involved in disaster response and recovery, and FEMA components.

If you would like to share your experiences or photos from this event, or
want to learn more, please search or post on social media using hashtag
#VOPD15, or contact AC Claud (alfred.claud at fema.dhs.gov), Voluntary Agency
Liaison, FEMA Individual Assistance.

  _____  

Ready.gov Goes Mobile and M.FEMA.gov Will Sunset

After many years of planning and months of hard work, www.ready.gov became
mobile friendly. You can now visit www.ready.gov on your phone, tablet, and
desktop computer and have the same content experience. We are continuing to
update and streamline content on the site. 

Now that  <http://www.ready.gov/> ready.gov and  <http://www.fema.gov/>
fema.gov are both mobile-enabled, m.fema.gov will be sunset in December as
it is no longer needed. Thank you to everyone who helped us promote the
mobile site over the years, and thank you for visiting and promoting the
mobile-enabled  <http://www.ready.gov/> ready.gov. 

www.ready.gov

  _____  

Emergency Management Institute Equips States to Train Emergency Managers

FEMA provides training for emergency responders through our Emergency
Management Institute (EMI). EMI serves as the national focal point for the
development and delivery of emergency management training to enhance the
capabilities of federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government
officials, volunteer organizations, and the public and private sectors to
minimize the impact of disasters on the American public.

Among EMI's many programs and courses, The National Emergency Management
Basic Academy is the entry-point for individuals pursuing a career in
emergency management. The Basic Academy offers the tools to develop
comprehensive foundational skills needed in emergency management. For those
who are new to emergency management, the Basic Academy also provides a
unique opportunity to build camaraderie, to establish professional contacts,
and to understand the roles, responsibilities, and legal boundaries
associated with emergency management.

Virginia and North Carolina are the first states to adopt the curriculum as
part of their emergency management training standards. More information
about how federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency
management offices can adopt the Basic Academy training for emergency
managers and other partners who serve during disasters and emergencies can
be found
<http://www.fema.gov/blog/2015-11-30/one-emergency-management-team-one-train
ing-standard> on the FEMA blog. 

  _____  

FEMA Hiring Event at Pasadena, California

FEMA is hiring! Utilize your skills in construction, engineering, and
insurance to support survivors in need. Visit the "Find a Job" section on
www.careers.fema.gov and apply for one of our Public Assistance Reservist
job openings. If you qualify, you may receive an invite to our FEMA Hiring
event on December 14-19 in Pasadena, California. On the spot job offers will
be made, so apply today!

Resumes can be sent to FEMA-HC-ServiceDesk at fema.dhs.gov. Applicants can also
call 1-866-896-8003 for more information.

  _____  

REMINDER: The Way Forward - Fifth Annual Building Resilience through
Public-Private Partnerships Conference

FEMA and partners will hold the Fifth Annual Building Resilience through
Public-Private Partnerships Conference on December 10-11, 2015 in New
Orleans, Louisiana. Each year participants from the public and private
sectors convene to promote innovation in furthering public-private
partnerships to enhance prevention, protection, response, recovery, and
mitigation for all-hazards resilience.

The conference brings together more than 300 industry executives and
government and nonprofit leadership from across the emergency management and
homeland security enterprise. For those interested in participating in the
in person conference there is still time to
<http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2015-building-resilience-through-public-private
-partnerships-conference-tickets-19175910665> register. For more information
and to check out the conference agenda visit
www.dhs.gov/event/Public-Private-Partnerships-Conference.

Sponsored this year by FEMA, in partnership with the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security through the National Protection and Programs Directorate
and Private Sector Office, and North American Aerospace Defense Command and
U.S. Northern Command. Planned in collaboration with: American Logistics Aid
Network (ALAN), American Red Cross, Business Executives for National
Security (BENS), Business Forward, National Incident Management Systems &
Advanced Technologies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, The U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, and The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.

  _____  

REMINDER: Tools for Creating Campus Resilience Webinar

FEMA's Emergency Management Institute, in partnership with the DHS Office of
Academic Engagement, FEMA Region VII, and U.S. Fire Administration, will
present a webinar titled "Tools for Creating Campus Resilience" on December
16 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. ET. The webinar will discuss ReadyCampus, the DHS
Campus Resilience Pilot Program for Colleges and Universities. This
student-centered program brings together many prominent organizations,
private sector, and local volunteer organizations to teach general
preparedness to students and staff, and the U.S. Fire Administration's
Campus Fire Safety Program. Natural, technological, and health hazards can
all affect daily campus operations. Institutions are encouraged to regularly
review, update, and exercise their emergency plans.

Participants should
<https://fema.connectsolutions.com/campusres/event/registration.html>
register in advance for the online webinar. Closed captioning will be
provided. 

  _____  

REMINDER: FEMA's Intent to Implement the Federal Flood Risk Management
Standard

FEMA's Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration released FEMA's
Leadership Intent to implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard
(FFRMS). The Intent describes the framework FEMA is proposing to implement
for Executive Order (E.O.) 13690 and the Federal Flood Risk Management
Standard.

E.O. 13690 provides federal agencies flexibility to choose from one or more
approaches to identify an elevation requirement above the base flood
elevation. Additionally, E.O. 13690 amended E.O. 11988 to set forth a higher
level of resilience for activities where even a slight chance of flooding is
too great. The Intent outlines FEMA's approach to standardize its use of the
multiple elevation requirements above the base flood elevation.

Continuing our commitment to an open, collaborative, stakeholder-focused
process in implementing the FFRMS, FEMA is sharing this framework for public
comment on FEMA's website. Public comments received will continue to inform
the regulatory and policy development process.

For more information, visit
<https://www.fema.gov/federal-flood-risk-management-standard-ffrms>
www.fema.gov/federal-flood-risk-management-standard-ffrms or send comments
by December 17, 2015, to FEMA-EO11988-13690 at fema.dhs.gov.

  _____  

REMINDER: FEMA Seeks Input on Individual Assistance Declaration Criteria for
States

FEMA is seeking public comment on proposed changes to regulation describing
FEMA's Individual Assistance (IA) declarations criteria. FEMA published the
proposed rule in the
<https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/11/12/2015-28570/factors-cons
idered-when-evaluating-a-governors-request-for-individual-assistance-for-a-m
ajor> Federal Register, and is seeking comments by January 11, 2016.

The Sandy Recovery Improvement Act (SRIA) requires FEMA to review, update
and revise, through rulemaking, the factors it uses to measure the severity,
magnitude, and impact of a disaster. The proposed rule, which has a 60 day
public comment period, is intended to provide more objective and clear IA
declaration factors and speed the declaration process, including FEMA's
recommendation to the President on whether a major disaster declaration
authorizing IA is warranted.

The proposed rule largely expands and clarifies current factors and aligns
them with the data presently collected to support the evaluation process and
adds additional data sets easily accessible by states. FEMA reviewed the
current factors and the proposed rule intends to revise the current factors
by including:  State Fiscal Capacity and Resource Availability, Uninsured
Home and Personal Property Losses, Disaster Impacted Population Profile,
Impact to Community Infrastructure, Casualties, and Disaster Related
Unemployment.

Comments are due on January 11, 2016, and can be
<http://www.regulations.gov/#%21documentDetail;D=FEMA_FRDOC_0001-4824>
submitted online.

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FEMA's Office of External Affairs provides this bulletin to highlight recent
and upcoming program and policy activities and announcements. Feedback is
welcome at fema-ea-bulletin at fema.dhs.gov. Previous editions are available at
www.fema.gov/external-affairs-bulletin. This bulletin is not intended to
provide a comprehensive list of policies that are open for public comment,
nor does it describe all of the instructions or requirements necessary to
submit a comment. For a complete list of instructions and deadlines please
click the hyperlinks included. FEMA does not endorse any non-government
organizations, entities or services. 

The mission of the Office of External Affairs (OEA) is to engage, inform,
and educate all of FEMA's stakeholders in support of the Agency's programs
and initiatives to achieve its mission. OEA accomplishes its mission by
coordinating and maintaining visibility of public and internal
communications; advising FEMA program and support offices on decision-making
regarding policies, plans, and actions that affect stakeholder, media, and
Congressional audiences; and organizing outreach efforts targeted at
principal stakeholders to include state, local, tribal, and territorial
governments, the private sector, national organizations and associations,
and the American public.

<http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSFEMA/bulletins/128572f?reqfrom
=share> Bookmark and Share

  _____  

 <http://www.fema.gov/> FEMA
website link

David Thomason

Senior Program Specialist, External Affairs

FEMA Region III

office 215-931-5706

mobile 215-356-5780

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