Community Training Opportunity. Plan before a disaster. Public Assistance Program. D.C. June 20-22, 2017

Registration Deadline: June 13th, 2017. On June 20-22nd 2017 HSEMA, 
in partnership with FEMA Region III, will be conducting Public Assistance (PA) Training.

On June 20-22nd 2017 HSEMA, in partnership with FEMA Region III, will be conducting Public Assistance (PA) Training.

Exercise Elements:

• Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA) Analysis
• Request for Assistance
• PA Eligibility Criteria
• PDA Process New Doctrine Orientation
• Primary & Secondary Debris/Permanent Removal Procedures
• Mitigation Assistance
• PA Cost Estimating

Registration Deadline:

• June, 13th, 2017

Registration:

• Create an account and sign up at HSEMA Training & Exercise Division TrainingTrack Portal

Exercise Date:

• June 20-22nd

Time:

• Start: 8:00 A.M.
• Finish: 5:00 A.M.

Location:

• DC MAR ID#: 301360
• Unified Communications Center (Google Maps) 27230 Martin Luther King Jr 
  Ave SE, Washington, DC 20032

N&A Typing:

• (NA1TO): Course Announcement Public Assistance (PA) Training
• DC GIS MAR Address & ID#: 301360 (UCC Google Maps for User-Friendly Mobile GPS Navigation )
• Type# : (T19) Training Class/Exam
• Category #: (C11) Emergency Preparedness
• Audience #: (A1) District Employee (A2) Dedicated Contract Support Staff (DCSS)
• Ward #: (W8) Ward 8
• Police District #: (7D) Police District 7
• Advisory Neighborhood Council #: (ANC 8C) ANC 8C

Target Audience:

• District Agency PA Applicants
• Damage Assessment Task Force
• District Preparedness System Recovery Subcommittee Members
• EOC Incident Management Support Team (IMST), Finance and Admin Section

Course Topics:

• Eligibility
• PA Alternative Procedures
• Debris Management Planning
• Debris Operations
• Debris Contracting
• Cost Estimating Format
• Procurement Requirements
• Monitoring
• 406 Mitigation Opportunities
• Mitigation Cost Effectiveness

POCs:

• Training POC: Erika Temple erika.temple@dc.gov (202) 481-3022
• Public Assistance (PA) POC: Russell Gardner Russell.gardner@dc.gov (202) 481-3051
• Recovery Program POC: Justin Pierce Justin.pierce@dc.gov (202) 437-2348

Additional Resources:

• FEMA Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide (PPAG 2.0) FP 104-009-2 April 2017
• Tips and Tricks for Navigating the Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide and Public Assistance Process Guide
• FEMA EMI Independent Study (IS) 634 Course Introduction to FEMA's Public Assistance Program 
• FEMA PPAG 2016
• FEMA Public Assistance Policy Archives
• FEMA 9500 Series Policies (1985-2015)

Information Sources:

• "Course Announcement: Public Assistance (PA) Training" PDF
• Email: "District of Columbia Disaster Recovery Program Course Announcement: Public Assistance Training" 4/14/17
• Internal & External Multimedia Copyright Fair Use (17 USC §107 (2016)