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NIMSCAST – Required Compliance Reporting

NIMSCAST – Required Compliance Reporting. Ken Clark-VDEM Office of Training & Exercises. NIMSCAST. Frequently Asked Questions. Who must comply -. VDEM hasn’t sent our locality any DHS money for several years – Why do we have to be NIMS Compliant?

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NIMSCAST – Required Compliance Reporting

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  1. NIMSCAST – Required Compliance Reporting Ken Clark-VDEM Office of Training & Exercises

  2. NIMSCAST • Frequently Asked Questions

  3. Who must comply - • VDEM hasn’t sent our locality any DHS money for several years – Why do we have to be NIMS Compliant? • Although DHS no longer allows Virginia to distribute Homeland Security grant funds on a “Base + Population” basis, all localities benefit from funded programs such as regional Haz Mat Teams, training programs, health initiatives, communications assets, etc. (80% of these funds must support local projects & services)

  4. What about other Grants & NIMS? • Is NIMS Compliance tied to other federal grant programs? • Yes – under HSPD 5 - All federal grants listed as “Preparedness” programs must require NIMS Compliance as a condition for accepting these monies.

  5. Preparedness Grant Programs - • What are a few of these grants? • Grants that require NIMS compliance include those from the departments of: • Homeland Security • Health & Human Services • Commerce • Education • Energy • +many more

  6. Preparedness Grant Programs - • Information • Department of Homeland Security Grant Program Overview FY 2009 (PDF 291KB) • Programs • Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program • Assistance to Firefighter Grants • Citizen Corps Program (CCP) • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Mitigation Grants • Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) • Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) Grants • Homeland Security Grant Program • Infrastructure Protection Program • Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Grant Program • REAL ID Systems Integration and Data Verification Grant Program • Rural Fire Assistance Program • Volunteer Fire Assistance • Resources • Grants.gov • Click above LINKS!

  7. NIMSCAST MANDATE! • Do I have to use NIMSCAST? • Yes, the DHS Grant Guidance for both 2008 and 2009 REQUIRE reporting of annual NIMS compliance through NIMSCAST.

  8. NIMSCAST Accounts • How do I establish a NIMSCAST account? • Every Locality – City/County and some towns had NIMSCAST accounts established in 2005.

  9. Finding NIMSCAST • Where do I find NIMSCAST On-line? • https://www.fema.gov/nimscast

  10. Finding NIMSCAST

  11. NIMSCAST Access • How do I get access to my locality’s NIMSCAST account? • VDEM OT&E is the official Point of Contact (POC) for NIMSCAST – We grant access to each local Emergency Manager/Coordinator using e-mail addresses. We can change the access when there are staff changes, etc.

  12. Additional NIMSCAST Access • How do I give NIMSCAST access to my staff? • The local Emergency Manager/ Coordinator has ADMIN level access and can grant all levels of access to other authorized users as they choose under the "Manage Permissions” function.

  13. NIMSCAST USE - • How many localities are actually reporting in NIMSCAST? • As of 11/02/2009 there were only 49 localities (36%) who had reported their 2009 data in NISMCAST. • Only 54 (40%) had reported their 2008 data.

  14. FY 10 NIMS Requirements • What new NIMS requirements are expected for 2010? • Although official requirements are not expected until about February, we do know these items from the NIMS 5-year training Plan.

  15. FY 10 NIMS Requirements IS–701 NIMS Multi-Agency Coordination Systems (MACS) Personnel who staff EOCs, and Incident Command & General Staff IS-702 NIMS Public Information State and Local PIOs IS-703 NIMS Resource Management Personnel with significant resource management role in EM IS-704 NIMS Communications and Information Management

  16. QUESTIONS?

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