PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Administrator must, within 180 days after October 4, 2006, run a national training program and a national exercise program. The Administrator must work with other federal agency leaders, the National Council on Disability, the National Advisory Council, and many training partners like government training centers, colleges, public safety academies, universities, and private organizations. The exercise program must test the national preparedness goals, the incident management system, the National Response Plan, and related plans. Exercises should be as realistic as possible using current risk studies (including new threats, weak spots, and likely effects). They should, when practical, simulate part or all of a state, local, or tribal government being unable to function, give little advance notice when safe to do so, check readiness, build skill with the incident command system and mutual aid, include people with special needs (including the elderly), and create quick after-action reports to fix problems. The program must offer model exercises and help governments design and run exercises. The Administrator must run national-level exercises at least every two years to test prevention of major terrorism (especially WMD) and coordinated response and recovery to catastrophic events.

Title 6, §748

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(a)National training program

(1)In general

Beginning not later than 180 days after October 4, 2006, the Administrator, in coordination with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies, the National Council on Disability, and the National Advisory Council, shall carry out a national training program to implement the national preparedness goal, National Incident Management System, National Response Plan, and other related plans and strategies.

(2)Training partners

In developing and implementing the national training program, the Administrator shall—

(A)work with government training facilities, academic institutions, private organizations, and other entities that provide specialized, state-of-the-art training for emergency managers or emergency response providers; and

(B)utilize, as appropriate, training courses provided by community colleges, State and local public safety academies, State and private universities, and other facilities.

(b)National exercise program

(1)In general

Beginning not later than 180 days after October 4, 2006, the Administrator, in coordination with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies, the National Council on Disability, and the National Advisory Council, shall carry out a national exercise program to test and evaluate the national preparedness goal, National Incident Management System, National Response Plan, and other related plans and strategies.

(2)Requirements

The national exercise program—

(A)shall be—

(i)as realistic as practicable, based on current risk assessments, including credible and emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences, and designed to stress the national preparedness system;

(ii)designed, as practicable, to simulate the partial or complete incapacitation of a State, local, or tribal government;

(iii)carried out, as appropriate, with a minimum degree of notice to involved parties regarding the timing and details of such exercises, consistent with safety considerations;

(iv)designed to provide for the systematic evaluation of readiness and enhance operational understanding of the incident command system and relevant mutual aid agreements;

(v)designed to address the unique requirements of populations with special needs, including the elderly; and

(vi)designed to promptly develop after-action reports and plans for quickly incorporating lessons learned into future operations; and

(B)shall include a selection of model exercises that State, local, and tribal governments can readily adapt for use and provide assistance to State, local, and tribal governments with the design, implementation, and evaluation of exercises (whether a model exercise program or an exercise designed locally) that—

(i)conform to the requirements under subparagraph (A);

(ii)are consistent with any applicable State, local, or tribal strategy or plan; and

(iii)provide for systematic evaluation of readiness.

(3)National level exercises

The Administrator shall periodically, but not less than biennially, perform national exercises for the following purposes:

(A)To test and evaluate the capability of Federal, State, local, and tribal governments to detect, disrupt, and prevent threatened or actual catastrophic acts of terrorism, especially those involving weapons of mass destruction.

(B)To test and evaluate the readiness of Federal, State, local, and tribal governments to respond and recover in a coordinated and unified manner to catastrophic incidents.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2019—Subsec. (b)(2)(A)(i). Pub. L. 116–64 inserted “and emerging” after “credible”. 2007—Subsec. (b)(2)(A)(iv) to (vi). Pub. L. 110–53, § 402, added cls. (iv) to (vi) and struck out former cls. (iv) and (v) which read as follows: “(iv) designed to provide for systematic evaluation of readiness; and “(v) designed to address the unique requirements of populations with special needs; and”. Subsec. (b)(2)(B). Pub. L. 110–53, § 403, in introductory provisions, substituted “shall include a selection of model exercises that State, local, and tribal governments can readily adapt for use and provide assistance to State, local, and tribal governments with the design, implementation, and evaluation of exercises (whether a model exercise program or an exercise designed locally)” for “shall provide assistance to State, local, and tribal governments with the design, implementation, and evaluation of exercises”.

§748 Training and Exercises

Summary

Title 6, §748

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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