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• Unallowable Equipment: Grant funds must comply with IB 426 and may not be used for the purchase of the following equipment: firearms, ammunition, grenade launchers, bayonets, or weaponized aircraft, vessels, or vehicles of any kind with weapons installed. • Expenditures for weapons systems and ammunition. • Costs associated with hiring, equipping, training, etc. sworn public safety officers whose primary job responsibilities include fulfilling traditional public safety duties such as law enforcement, firefighting, emergency medical services, or other first responder duties. • Costs that supplant traditional public safety positions and responsibilities. • Activities and projects unrelated to the completion and implementation of the EMPG Program. • Clothing used for everyday wear by emergency management employees or other personnel. As defined in section 200.310 Insurance Coverage: The non-federal entity must, at a minimum, provide the equivalent insurance coverage for real property and equipment acquired or improved with Federal funds as provided to property owned by the non-federal entity. Federally owned property need not be insured unless required by the terms and conditions of the Federal award. D. Allowable Training Related Costs EMPG Training funds may be used for a range of emergency management -related training activities to enhance the capabilities of local emergency management personnel through the establishment, support, conduct, and attendance of training. Training activities should align to a current IPP developed through an annual Integrated Preparedness Program Workshop (IPPW). Training should foster the development of a community -oriented approach to emergency management that emphasizes engagement at the community level, strengthens best practices, and provides a path toward building sustainable resilience. All EMPG-funded personnel are expected to be trained emergency managers. In addition to training activities aligned to and addressed in the IPP, all EMPG -funded personnel (including full - and part-time state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) recipients and Sub -Recipients) shall complete the following training requirements and record proof of completion: (1) NIMS Training, Independent Study (IS) -100 (any version), IS -200 (any version), IS -700 (any version), and IS -800 (any version) and; (2) Professional Development Series (PDS) OR the Emergency Management Professionals Program (EMPP) Basic Academy listed in the chart below. Additional types of training or training related activities include, but are not limited to, the following: • Developing/enhancing systems to monitor training programs • Conducting all hazards emergency management training • Attending National Disaster & Emergency Management University (NDEMU) training or delivering NDEMU train-the-trainercourses • Attending other Department of Homeland Security (DHS) approved emergency management training • State -approved, locally sponsored CERT training • Mass evacuation training at local, state, and tribal levels For training, the number of participants must be a minimum of 15 in order to justify the cost of holding a course. For questions regarding adequate number of participants, please contact the Division State Training Officer for course specific guidance. Unless the recipient receives advance written approval from the State Training Officer for the number of participants, then the Division must reduce the amount authorized for reimbursement on a pro -rata basis for any training with less than 15 participants. 42