FACA Committee Purpose & Justification The information in this plan was imported from the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database and transformed into StratML Part 1, Strategic Plan, format. Fiscal Year:2011 Committee Type: Non Scientific Program Advisory Board Board of Visitors for the National Fire Academy DHS 0a1e033b-5563-44c7-aaa8-abced7fe8f88 [ Location : (http://stratml.fido.gov/dick/DHSFACA748.xml) ] [ Federated Name : (urn:www.dhs.gov:agency:654:committee:748:) ] [ Agency Name : (Department of Homeland Security) ] [ Agency Acronym : (DHS) ] [ Agency Domain : (www.dhs.gov) ] [ Agency Web Site : (http://www.dhs.gov ) ] [ Committee Name : (Board of Visitors for the National Fire Academy) ] [ Committee Type : (Non Scientific Program Advisory Board) ] [ Committee Web Site : (http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/training/nfa/about/bov.shtm) ] [ Goal? : (no) ] [ Vision? : (no) ] [ Mission? : (yes) ] Department of Homeland Security http://www.dhs.gov http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/training/nfa/about/bov.shtm Not Available 78d4c946-cfc5-4b4f-b238-3d1061ea24f8 The National Fire Academy’s (NFA) Board of Visitors (BOV) directly supports the Agency’s strategic goal of protecting the Nation from natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other emergencies by helping to strengthen nationwide preparedness of the fire and emergency response community. The NFA BOV annually reviews the Academy’s training programs to determine whether they further the mission as approved by the Agency’s Administrator. The Board directly supports the Department of Homeland Security’s FY2008-2013 priority of training for “All Hazards” through its annual review of the Academy’s training programs.As such, the BOV makes recommendations for improvement, inspects the physical facilities in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and reviews funding levels for all Academy training programs. e03f8581-f210-404a-9dfb-f65a80c555e3 Not Available e3102b97-0297-4551-bb9c-b9919bee5c3b 43e72a74-837d-4f4e-adc4-ee1d15ceea64 42e274b8-285d-4f13-b684-423a77380273 2010-10-01 2011-09-30 2013-07-09 http://explore.data.gov/resource/datasets/c5i3-bb9j Gannon (J.) Dick gannon_dick@yahoo.com