PAPPG
Mutual Aid (EMAC)
FEMA (History and Facts)
Acronyms
100

The four (4) tiers of the PA Eligibility Pyramid

Cost, Work, Facility, Applicant 

100

The legally binding agreement established between two states illustrating the agreed upon terms and cost for assistance. 

Resource Support Agreement (RSA)

100

The current head of FEMA. 

David Richardson 

100

EO

Executive Order

200

Disaster Declarations determine:

Type of incident, incident period, designated areas, types of assistance, ____________, and Federal coordinating officer (FCO)

Federal Cost Share 
200

These teams have the primary responsibility of implementing the EMAC process in both the Requesting and Assisting States as assigned by the state management director or designee. 

Advance Team (A-Team)

200

What incident lead to the creation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the merging of FEMA and 21 other organziations?

September 11, 2001

200

SBA

Small Business Administration

300

Requirements local governments and PNPs must comply with for procurement and contracting (3 answers possible).

(1) Their own documented procurement procedures. 

(2) Applicable SLTT government law and regulation. 

(3) Applicable federal laws and regulations. 

300

The group responsible for oversight of the Compact. The emergency management director from every state and territory that has passed EMAC legislation and signed EMAC into (state) law is invited to participate. 

The EMAC Committee

300

President Carter signed Executive Order 12127, effective April 1, _____, establishing FEMA.

1979

300

PPDR

Private Property Debris Removal 

400

The height facilities and structures must be either elevated or floodproofed to under Federal Flood Risk Management Standards. (Name, not number) 

Flood Elevation 

400

These costs are only acceptable is mutually agreed upon between the two states. If these costs are not in the RSA, they will be immediately denied reimbursement. 

Negotiated Costs

400

This Reform Act was passed in response to a hurricane that left extensive damage across the East Coast. This Act allowed Federally recognized tribes to directly request a Presidential declaration. 

Sandy Recovery Reform Act (2012)

400

NEPA

National Environmental Policy Act 

500

All PA funded projects must undergo a ______ to ensure project complies with applicable laws, implementing regulations, and EOs and address adverse impacts to environmental and historic resources through avoidance, minimization, or compensatory measures.

Environmental and Historic Preservation (EHP) Compliance Review 

500

EMAC has no formal conflict resolution process. ______ of each state should work together to resolve the dispute when all other options have been exhausted.  

Governors

500

The first legislative act of federal disaster relief in U.S. history, following a devastating fire in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in December 1802.

Congressional Act of 1803

500

NCS

Non-Congregate Sheltering