FY 2017 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) ROI Survey

Who Should Participate ---- Notice ---- Please do not complete this survey unless you are a current full- or part- time local government emergency manager. Examples of local government emergency managers for whom this survey is designed 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, 2016 September 30, 2017 (Federal Fiscal Year 2017). We understand that some jurisdictions may not yet have received funding for FY 2017. Please respond with figures based on the amount of EMPG funding you have received OR anticipate receiving for FY 2017. A PDF of the survey questions may be downloaded at www.iaem.com/documents/fy17-iaem-empg- Survey-Questions.pdf. You may use the PDF to prepare your responses. For inquiries related to the survey questions and their significance, please contact thad@iaem.com. For tech support or administrative inquiries, please contact zoe@iaem.com. * 1. Are you a local government emergency manager as described above? Yes No 1

Jurisdiction and Contact Information * 2. Please fill in the following information. Your Name: Address: Address 2: City/Town: State: -- select state -- ZIP: County: Your Email: * 3. What is your official job title? * 4. Is your position dedicated full-time (i.e., 35 hours or more per week) to emergency management? Yes, my position is fulltime dedicated to emergency management No, my position is NOT fulltime dedicated to emergency management 2

Jurisdiction * 5. What kind of jurisdiction do you represent? Village/Town City County/Parish Tribal Nation State More than one jurisdiction (please specify) * 6. What is the total population for the jurisdiction(s) you serve? Less than 25,000 people 25,000 to 49,999 people 50,000 to 74,999 people 75,000 to 99,999 people 100,000 to 499,999 people 500,000 to 999,999 people More than 1 million people 3

Jurisdictional Budget * 7. What was your jurisdiction's total emergency management program budget for your local 2016 and 2017 fiscal year? Emergency management budgets are defined as all funding that supports core emergency management functions such as salary(ies), planning, training, drills, exercises, public awareness/outreach, mitigation, EOC maintenance and enhancement. Examples of activities that would not be included are 911 dispatch centers, law enforcement, fire services, and emergency medical services. Please give your answers in the form of whole numbers (i.e., "100000"). Omit all commas, decimals, percentages, letters and non-numeric characters. 2016: 2017: 4

EMPG Funding * 8. What is the status of your jurisdiction's EMPG reimbursement for federal FY 2017? We have not received any EMPG funding. We have received only part of our expected EMPG funding. We have received all of our EMPG funding. * 9. What was the dollar amount of Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) funding your jurisdiction has received/will receive for your local 2016 and 2017 fiscal year? Please give your answers in the form of whole numbers (i.e., "100000"). Omit all commas, decimals, percentages, letters and non-numeric characters. 2016: 2017: 5

Important Notice The following pages will ask you to provide numbers related to the things you did or purchased with EMPG funds. Your responses should reflect only those activities conducted for FY 17 which was October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. If you have not yet received EMPG for FY 17, please still identify the things you did or purchased in anticipation of receiving the funding. 6

Activities Supported by EMPG Funding IMPORTANT NOTICE: Responses should reflect only those activities conducted for FY 17 which is October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. Please provide numeric answers in the form of whole numbers (i.e., "100000"). Omit all commas, decimals, percentages, letters and non-numeric characters. * 10. Please list the number of local plans developed, maintained or updated using EMPG funded staff or EMPG funds. Plans could include Emergency Operations Plans; Continuity of Government/Operations; Evacuation plans; Special Needs planning; Recovery planning; Supporting Annexes and Appendices, etc. * 11. 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. * 12. Please provide specific examples of the types of the local-level classes referenced in the previous question (Q11). 7

Activities Supported by EMPG Funding IMPORTANT NOTICE: Responses should reflect only those activities conducted for FY 17 which is October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. Please provide numeric answers in the form of whole numbers (i.e., "100000"). Omit all commas, decimals, percentages, letters and non-numeric characters. * 16. Please list the number of local-level exercises that were designed, conducted or evaluated using EMPG funded staff or EMPG funds. This includes the testing of plans and capabilities through workshops, tabletop exercises, drills, functional and full-scale exercises, etc. * 17. Please list the total number of participants who benefitted from exercises listed in the previous question (Q16). * 18. Please provide specific examples of the types of exercises referenced in the previous question (Q16). * 19. Please list the number of local Mutual Aid Agreements (MAA), Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) and Memorandums of Agreement (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. 9

Activities Supported by EMPG Funding IMPORTANT NOTICE: Responses should reflect only those activities conducted for FY 17 which is October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. Please provide numeric answers in the form of whole numbers (i.e., "100000"). Omit all commas, decimals, percentages, letters and non-numeric characters. * 20. Please list the number of local 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 WebEOC software; 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/possible disaster events. * 21. Related to the previous question (Q20), please list the number of local-level community warning systems that were purchased, maintained or upgraded using EMPG funds. * 22. Related to the previous questions (Q19-20), please list the number of local-level redundant communications systems that were established, maintained or enhanced using EMPG funds. * 23. How many local Emergency Operations Centers are supported with EMPG funds or staff? * 24. In the performance period of October 1, 2016 - September 30, 2017, how many actual local-level emergency response incidents were supported using EMPG funded staff or EMPG funds? This includes only those incidents in which no federal assets were utilized. 10

* 25. Please list any special project or projects not already addressed in the survey that was/were accomplished through EMPG funding. * 26. Please describe any "success stories" that relate how EMPG funds have impacted the implementation of activities and/or incident management. 27. Optional: Please provide any suggestions on how we can improve this survey. 11