华盛顿特区 - 国土安全部国家安全办公室和地方政府协调与准备办公室（SLGCP）与该部美国消防局（USFA）合作，宣布批准为紧急响应者提供额外的准备培训课程。
“With the addition of these courses, the Department of Homeland Security is ensuring that our nation’s emergency responders have the maximum training and resources to equip them in better protecting our nation. We are pleased to work with USFA to offer a more comprehensive training program and to enhance preparedness in our states and localities,” said C. Suzanne Mencer, Executive Director of SLGCP.
“我们很兴奋，我们与SLGCP的合作伙伴关系为国家的紧急响应和管理领导人提供了接受这种重要的准备培训的机会。USFA和SLGCP之间的这一举措将有助于为州和地方一级的事件管理团队建立基金会。
In his Homeland Security Presidential Directive 8, President George Bush directed the Department of Homeland Security to multiply and enhance the training courses available to first responders. The newly approved courses, offered by USFA and the National Fire Academy, include Introduction to Unified Command for Multi-Agency and Catastrophic Incidents, All Hazards Incident Management, and Command and General Staff Functions in the Incident Command System.
With this approval, states and urban areas can use allocated Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) and Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) funding to conduct or attend these courses. Additionally, states and urban areas can now use this funding to reimburse overtime and backfill costs associated with attending these courses as well as other SLGCP approved courses. The HSGP and UASI funding constitutes $6 billion of the total $8 billion in funding allocated or awarded by the Department of Homeland Security to state and local governments and first responders since its creation on March 1, 2003.
For more information, visithttp://www.usfa.fema.gov.
