National Domestic Preparedness Consortium

The goal and mission of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC) is to enable communities to address specific evolving and emerging threats and hazards and close capability gaps through development and delivery of learning solutions that strengthen the nation’s preparedness. The NDPC identifies, develops, tests, and delivers mission critical and mission essential training to state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) emergency management and emergency response communities, provides on-site and mobile training at the performance, management, and planning levels. FEMA and the NDPC work together to address long-term gaps that impact national preparedness. The NDPC Program objectives are: • Strengthen community resilience through training that addresses threats to the homeland including natural, human-caused, and technological. • Operate as an integrated, networked community of training partners that maximizes resources for the greatest achievable outcomes. • Optimize residential and mobile training using innovative learning technology and training methods. • Support DHS and FEMA strategic priorities in building and sustain capabilities for catastrophic disasters and complex incidents. FEMA is committed to reducing complexity, increasing efficiency, and improving outcomes. In simple terms, the training return on investment (ROI) is expressed as the benefit to cost ratio for individuals, teams, departments, jurisdictions, and regions across the nation to reach and maintain fully qualified/mission capable status. In practice, training ROI is difficult to measure. The cost of training varies significantly depending upon several variables including delivery format (i.e., online, indirect/train-the-trainer, mobile, resident/on-campus) and competency level (i.e., performance, management, and planning). FEMA uses a systematic approach to optimize the national preparedness training portfolio, align resources to address capability gaps through the most effective and efficient means available, and ensure a sound ROI from the local to the national level. NDPC collaboration with the FEMA training enterprise is integral to that effort.