Snohomish County Dept of Emergency Management 4/2/2020

9. NIMS COMPLIANCE a. The National Incident Management System (NIMS) identifies concepts and principles that answer how to manage emergencies from preparedness to recovery regardless of their cause, size, location, or complexity. NIMS provides a consistent, nationwide approach and vocabulary for multiple agencies or jurisdictions to work together to build, sustain, and deliver the core capabilities needed to achieve a secure and resilient nation. b. Consistent implementation of NIMS provides a solid foundation across jurisdictions and disciplines to ensure effective and integrated preparedness, planning, and response. NIMS empowers the components of the National Preparedness System, a requirement of Presidential Policy Directive 8, to guide activities within the public and private sector and describes the planning, organizational activities, equipping, training and exercising needed to build and sustain the core capabilities in support of the National Preparedness Goal. c. In order to receive FY 2018 federal preparedness funding, to include HSGP, the Subrecipient will ensure all NIMS objectives have been initiated and/or are in progress toward completion. NIMS Implementation Objectives are located at https://www.fema.gov/media- library/assets/documetns/130743. B. HSGP SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS 1. 18HSGP stipulates the following requirements for overall grant funding which are managed at the State Administrative Agency (SAA) level; specific caps or thresholds for this Agreement may differ: a. Up to 5% percent of the HSGP award received by the Department may be used for management and administrative (M&A) purposes directly related to administration of the HSGP grant. The maximum percentage of the Grant Agreement Amount that may be used by the Subrecipient for M&A costs under this Agreement is identified in the Budget(Attachment 2), and may be less than, but will not exceed, the maximum 5%. b. At least 25% of the combined HSGP award allocated under SHSP and UASI must be dedicated towards law enforcement terrorism prevention activities (LETPA). The LETPA percentage of the Grant Agreement Amount that must be met as a minimum requirement of this Agreement by the Subrecipient is identified in the Budget (Attachment 2) and may differ from the combined 25% requirement. If the Subrecipient anticipates spending less than the indicated amount on LETPA activities as indicated in the Budget (Attachment 2), a budget amendment is required. c. The total of personnel expenses may not exceed 50% percent of the individual program awards received by the Department unless a Personnel Cap Waiver has been received from DHS. The maximum percentage of the Grant Agreement Amount that may be used by the Subrecipient for personnel expenses under this Agreement is identified in the Budget (Attachment 2) and may differ from the 50% limit. If the Subrecipient anticipates spending more on personnel costs than what is in the Budget (Attachment 2), a budget amendment is required. Additional approval steps may be required for each program before the personnel percentage can be increased. 2. SHSP-funded projects must address high-priority preparedness gaps across all core capabilities that support terrorism preparedness. 3. The Subrecipient shall use HSGP funds only to perform tasks as described in the Work Plan (Attachment 2), as approved by the County and Department, in compliance with this Agreement. 4. Subrecipients are encouraged to participate in the State's annual Training and Exercise Planning Workshop (TEPW) or may conduct their own local/regional TEPW. 5. Subrecipients must request prior approval from County and/or the Department to attend non- DHS/FEMA training courses per DHS/FEMA Grant Programs Directorate Policy FP 207-008-064-1 (https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/34856). This requirement only applies to training courses and does not include attendance at conferences. Furthermore, additional federal approvals are needed for courses that relate to Countering Violent Extremism. 6. Subrecipients will provide reports and/or assist with the completion of reports required by the HSGP federal award, including, but not limited to, the Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR), Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA), core capabilities assessment, and data calls. DHS-EMD-SnoCo.-SHSP-FFY18 Page 9 of 38 E19-089—Everett PD