The Emergency Management line item has only one program-the Emergency Management program. This program provides coordination, funds allocation, training, testing and planning functions for the state and with local entities. It is the state's link to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). FEMA requires performance data as a requirement of its grant process. The division also works with a nationwide network of federal, state, and local law enforcement entities to guard against terrorists and terrorist acts of mass destruction.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $31,809,800 from all sources for Emergency Management. This is a 5.1 percent reduction from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $2,165,400 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 1.8 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.
In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:
The Department reports the high estimated amount FY 2014 is due to an estimate on the high end of the range . The Department reports that there are various grants that they may qualify throughout the year of which have a range of possible award amounts. Therefore, the higher than historical amount reflects this.
Emergency Services and Homeland Security employs certain metrics to measure performance related to National Emergency Management Accreditation (NEMA) and Nationwide Incident Management System (NIMS) and others. Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) is an independent corporation that evaluates state and local emergency management programs. NIMS is a comprehensive nationwide framework for incident management for responders at the federal, state, and local levels to collaborate to more effectively manage incidents.
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COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.