08-106 - Pierce County / FEMA - Washington State Task Force 1

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Appendix B Training responsibilities Sponsoring agency responsibility FEMA Sponsored, Sanctioned, Equivalent, approved training 1. The sponsoring agency will provide funding for travel, lodging and meals for all FEMA sponsored and FEMA sanctioned training for participating members selected to attend by the Sponsoring Agency as funding from the CA permits. Salary expense to include backfill or overtime is not authorized 2. The sponsoring agency will provide funding for travel, lodging and meals for FEMA approved and FEMA Equivalent training on a case by case basis and only with prior approval as funding from the CA permits. Salary expense to include backfill or overtime is not authorized 3. The sponsoring agency will provide funding for travel, lodging, meals and wages to include overtime or backfill for hours worked only, for training that is required to maintain a certification. Salary expenses are authorized only if the training is unique to the task force and is not a requirement of the individuals participating agency as a condition of continued employment and as funding from the CA permits. 4. The Sponsoring agency will provide funding for expenses to include overtime or backfill for mobilization exercises and other activities identified on a case by case basis and as funding from the CA permits. 5. The Sponsoring Agency will financially support only the authorized members from a participating agency, identified in Appendix C, and no more than the allowed 3 deep for each functional position on the FEMA US &R approved Task Force compliment. Authorized members from the participating agency must be identified by name as well as position and the list must be updated twice annually on January 30 and June 30 by the participating agency. An individual may hold only a single position on the task force. The only exception to this rule is that a member may also hold a position as a CDL driver. A maximum of 210 positions have been identified and each participating agency is authorized to have on the task force a set number of positions which they are allowed to fill with qualified personnel. Thirty additional positions are allocated for CDL drivers. The US &R Task Force Readiness Cooperative Agreement specifies the number of authorized personnel. The specific positions available for a participating agency to fill are determined by the Task Force Leaders from Seattle, King County and Pierce County in consultation with the participating agency. 15