The “Guide to Continuity Program Management” expands on continuity program management

guidance found in the Continuity Guidance Circular and Federal Continuity Directives

1 and 2. This guide provides guidance and templates to assist continuity program managers

and planners to develop a multi-year strategic plan, project plans and a multi-year

test, training and exercise calendar.

To view the guide, please visit https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/188471. Contact FEMA at FEMA-CGC@fema.dhs.gov for any questions or support on the document.

Visit National Continuity Programs Continuity Resource Toolkit at https://www.fema.gov/continuity-resource-toolkit.

Training classes enable personnel to develop and enhance their continuity knowledge and expertise.  Upcoming courses and locations are provided in the attachment. Individuals applying for classes are required to register and obtain a Student Identification (SID) Number. This number is used in place of the Social Security number on the General Admissions Application Form. (Find out how to obtain a FEMA SID at https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid.)

• June National Continuity Training Schedule.doc

FEMA ADVISORY – June 2, 2020

Coronavirus Pandemic: Whole-of-America Response

Attached you will find today’s Daily Briefing Points and the Regional Supplemental for the Whole-of-America response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. These briefing points include Topline Messages, as well as information By the Numbers; Supply Chain Task Force; FEMA and Department of Health and Human Services Response; and Guidance from Federal Agencies. The Regional Supplemental highlights the updated numbers by states and regions.

Topline messaging includes:

• On June 1, FEMA published a third letter from Administrator Gaynor to emergency managers that highlights the importance of all-hazards preparedness in a COVID-19 environment, particularly as the nation enters hurricane season. The letter addresses the release of the COVID-19 Pandemic Operational Guidance for the 2020 Hurricane Season, the All-Hazards Preparedness in a Pandemic Exercise Starter Kit and the Exercise Starter Kit for Reconstituting Operations.

• The COVID-19 Pandemic Operational Guidance for the 2020 Hurricane Season provides actionable guidance to state, local, tribal and territorial officials to prepare for response and recovery operations amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
• The All-Hazards Preparedness in a Pandemic Exercise Starter Kit helps whole community partners by providing sample documents state, local, tribal and territorial governments can use to conduct their own workshop on preparedness in a pandemic.
• The Exercise Starter Kit for Reconstituting Operations contains sample documents for use in conducting a planning workshop to navigate the complexities of returning to full operations during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

• On June 1, HHS announced a task order with Emergent BioSolutions to advance manufacturing capabilities for a potential COVID-19 vaccine as well as therapeutics. Under the order, Emergent will commit contract development and manufacturing organization drug substance and drug product manufacturing capacity valued at approximately $542.75 million for production of COVID-19 vaccine candidates through 2021.
• As of June 1, FEMA has made 7,360 deliveries of medical supplies to nursing homes to all 53 states and territories. FEMA is coordinating two shipments totaling a 14-day supply of personal protective equipment to all 15,400 Medicaid and Medicare-certified nursing homes. The shipments are meant to supplement existing efforts to provide equipment to nursing homes.
• As of June 1, FEMA, HHS, and the private sector combined have coordinated the delivery of or are currently shipping: 92.2 million N95 respirators, 147.3 million surgical masks, 13.7 million face shields, 36.1 million surgical gowns and over 1 billion gloves.
• To support the Administration’s Testing Blueprint, FEMA is working to source and procure testing material – specifically, testing swabs and transport media.

• FEMA has procured and delivered 13.1 million swabs and 8.6 million units of media so far in the month of May.
• The FEMA-sourced material will be provided to states, territories and tribes for a limited duration to help increase testing capacity in support of their individualized plans.

• As of June 1, CDC, state, and local public health labs and other laboratories have tested more than 16.7 million samples.

• As of May 29, the FDA has issued 114 individual emergency use authorizations (EAU) for test kit manufacturers and laboratories, including 12 antibody tests and one antigen test.

Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding this FEMA Advisory, please contact FEMA Office of External Affairs, Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs Division:

• Congressional Affairs at (202) 646-4500 or at FEMA-Congressional-Affairs@fema.dhs.gov
• Intergovernmental Affairs at (202) 646-3444 or at FEMA-IGA@fema.dhs.gov
• Tribal Affairs at (202) 646-3444 or at FEMA-Tribal@fema.dhs.gov
• Private Sector Engagement at (202) 646-3444 or at nbeoc@max.gov

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FEMA Mission

To help people before, during and after disasters.

• ESF15_DailyBriefingPoints_20200602 RegionalSupplemental FINAL.pdf
• FEMA_Advisory_COVID19DailyBriefingPoints_20200602.pdf
• ESF15_DailyBriefingPoints_20200602 FINAL.pdf