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2020 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) ROI Survey

2020 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) ROI Survey

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Please do not complete this survey unless (1) you are a current full- or part- time local government emergency manager and (2) your agency receives EMPG funds.  

Examples of local government emergency managers for whom this survey is designed to include county or parish emergency managers, city, township, or village emergency managers, and tribal emergency managers.


This survey asks you to share numbers regarding activities supported by EMPG funding from October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2019 (Federal Fiscal Year 2019). We understand that some jurisdictions may not yet have received funding for FY 2019.

Please respond with figures based on
the amount of EMPG funding you have received OR anticipate receiving for FY 2019. You may use the PDF to prepare your responses: https://www.iaem.org/Portals/25/documents/EMPG-ROI-Survey.pdf


For inquiries related to the survey questions and their significance, please contact thad@iaem.com.
1.Are you a local government emergency manager as described above?
2.Please fill in the following information
3.Is your position dedicated full-time (i.e., 35 hours or more per week) to emergency management?
4.What kind of jurisdiction do you represent?
5.What is the total population for the jurisdiction(s) you serve?
6.For the performance period of October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2019, what were your three top strategic priorities funded by EMPG, and what milestones were achieved within those three priorities?
7.In the performance period of October 1, 2018-September 30, 2019 how many actual emergency response incidents were supported using EMPG funded staff or EMPG funds? This includes only those incidents in which no federal assets were utilized.
8.Please list the number of plans developed, maintained or updated using EMPG funded staff or EMPG funds. (Plans could include but not limited to Emergency Operations Plans; Continuity of Government/Operations; Evacuation plans; Special Needs planning; Supporting Annexes and Appendices.)
9.Of the number of plans indicated in Question 8, please provide a list of some of those plans developed, maintained, or updated using EMPG funded staff or funds
10.Please list the total number of Emergency Management related (Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, Recovery) classes conducted in your locality using EMPG-funded staff or EMPG funds. Classes include any training or education for public officials; emergency response personnel; citizens and emergency management personnel.
11.Please provide specific examples of the types of classes that were held in your locality.
12.Please list the number of emergency management/responder personnel in your locality trained using EMPG funded staff or EMPG funds.
13.Of those courses, how many personnel received a certification?
14.Please list the number of exercises that were designed, conducted or evaluated using EMPG funded staff or EMPG funds. This includes but not limited to the testing of plans and capabilities through workshops, tabletop exercises, drills, functional and full-scale exercises.
15.Please list the total number of participants who benefited from exercises listed in the previous question.
16.Please list the number of outreach campaigns supported or conducted using EMPG funded staff or EMPG funds during the performance year of October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2019.
17.Please provide the specific examples of the types of public outreach conducted.
18.Of those outreach campaigns listed, please provide the total estimated number of citizens who observed the outreach activities. For example, if you did a preparedness campaign with a school district, how many students/teachers were involved?
19.Please list the number of Mutual Aid Agreements (MAA), Memoranda of Understandings (MOU) and Memoranda of Agreements (MOA) established, maintained or updated using EMPG funded staff or EMPG funds. This includes agreements with neighboring jurisdictions, non-profits, VOADs, Private Sector, etc. to provide emergency assistance in the event of disasters or emergencies.
20.Please list the number of emergency response systems/services purchased or maintained using EMPG funds. Emergency response systems include those systems or services that support emergency response operations. Examples are disaster management software (ex. WebEOC); shelter management software; Voluntary and Donations Management Services and systems which provide the ability to alert and warn response organizations and the general public of pending and spontaneous disaster events.
21.Please list the number of community warning systems that were purchased, maintained or upgraded using EMPG funds.
22.Please list the number of redundant communications systems at the local level that were established, maintained or enhanced using EMPG funds.
23.Please list any special project or projects not already addressed in the survey that was/were accomplished through EMPG funding.
24.Please describe any "success stories" that relate how EMPG funds have impacted the implementation of any disaster management activities and/or incident management.
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