Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI)
Program through DHS to provide grants to cities and municipalities around major city targets to improve response and preparedness. Includes PD, FD and EMS agencies. Used to be called 'Buffer Zone' grants years ago because they were given to departments around NYC in event of another large scale incident/attack.
http://urbanareas.org/blog/
"The UASI program will provide financial assistance to address the unique multi-discipline planning, organization, equipment, training, and exercise needs of high-threat, high-density Urban Areas, and to assist them in building and sustaining capabilities to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from threats or acts of terrorism.
The UASI program is intended to enhance regional preparedness efforts. UASI program implementation and guidance must include regional partners and should have balanced representation among entities with operational responsibilities for prevention, protection, response, and recovery activities within the region. As the State Administrative Agency (SAA) for the UASI grant, the NYS Office of Homeland Security (OHS) must ensure that each NYS UASI takes an inclusive regional approach to the development and implementation of the UASI program and involve the contiguous jurisdictions, mutual aid partners, port authorities, rail and transit authorities, campus law enforcement, State agencies, Citizen Corps Councils, and MMRS jurisdictions in their program activities.
Activities implemented under UASI must support terrorism preparedness by building or enhancing capabilities that relate to the prevention of, protection from, or response to terrorism in order to be considered eligible. However, many capabilities which support terrorism preparedness simultaneously support preparedness for other hazards. Grantees must demonstrate the dual-use quality for any activities implemented that are not explicitly focused on terrorism preparedness."
