DHS/FEMA Technical Assistance Program
DHS/FEMA’s Technical Assistance (TA) Program is designed to develop and deliver effective TA in prevention, protection, response, recovery, and program management to state, territorial, tribal, and local governments and special needs jurisdictions.
IEM has developed and continues to deliver a number of critical TA programs that jurisdictions can access for support. Examples of these TA programs include:
- Access and Functional Needs Planning
- Basic Emergency Operations Planning
- Continuity of Operations (COOP) Planning
- Critical Infrastructure Mitigation Planning
- Debris Management Planning
- Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Design and Management
- Emergency Planning for Dams
- Emergency Planning for Schools and Higher Education
- Evacuation Planning
- Food and Agriculture Emergency Planning
- Household Pets and Service Animals Planning
- Introduction to Emergency Management & Decision Making for Elected Officials
- Logistics and Resource Management Planning
- Mass Care/Sheltering/Reception Planning
- Mass Casualty/Fatality Incident Planning
- Mass Transit Emergency Planning
- Organizational Preparedness
- Pandemic Event Planning
- Protective Action Decision Making
- Public Information Planning
- Recovery Planning
- Regional Response Planning
- Regionalization Strategies
- Special Events Planning
- State Disaster Housing Planning
- Strategic Planning
- Terrorism Incident Planning
- Volunteer and Donations Management Planning
To date under this program, IEM has delivered over 170 on-site TA workshops and produced over 250 individual TA products. IEM has provided TA support to jurisdictions such as:
- Alachua County, FL
- Atlanta, GA
- Boston, MA
- Chicago, IL
- Dallas, TX
- Detroit, MI
- Honolulu, HI
- Houston, TX
- Las Vegas, NV
- Long Beach, CA
- Los Angeles, CA
- National Capital Region
- New Jersey Transit
- New York, NY
- Norfolk, VA
- Raleigh, NC
- Salt Lake City, UT
- San Diego, CA
- Seattle, WA
- State of Alabama
- State of Arizona
- State of Arkansas
- State of Colorado
- State of Georgia
- State of Kansas
- State of Louisiana
- State of Maine
- State of Maryland
- State of Michigan
- State of New Jersey
- State of Oklahoma
- State of South Carolina
- State of Vermont
- State of Wisconsin
- US Virgin Islands
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
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