Transcript Part of a Broader Strategy - Van Buren/Cass District

IS-800.b
National Response
Framework, An
Introduction
Part of a Broader Strategy
The National Response
Framework is required
by, and integrates under,
a larger National
Strategy for Homeland
Security.
Key Principle: Tiered Response
A basic premise of the
Framework is that
incidents are generally
handled at the lowest
jurisdictional level
possible.
Federal Response: Key Players
• The President leads the Federal
Government response.
• The Secretary of Homeland Security
is the principal Federal official for
domestic incident management
consistent with HSPD-5.
• The FEMA Administrator is
responsible of the preparation for,
protection against, response to, and
recovery from all-hazards incidents.
• When DHS coordination is NOT
required, Federal agencies may
provide assistance consistent with
their authorities.
National Response Framework
• When assistance is coordinated by a Federal agency with
primary jurisdiction, the Department of Homeland
Security may activate framework mechanisms to support
the response without assuming overall leadership for the
incident.
• The Framework promotes partnerships with
nongovernmental and voluntary organizations which
provide specialized services that help individuals with
special needs.
• The Framework is focused on incidents of all types,
including acts of terrorism, major disasters, and other
emergencies.
Threat
State Government:
Incident Response Process
Incident
Activate State
EOC
Activate intrastate or
interstate mutual aid
and assistance
agreements
Declare a State of
Emergency
Provide requested
State resources
Request Federal support based on
anticipated need, or when State
resources are exhausted
Criteria for Effective Exercises
Exercises should:
• Include multidisciplinary,
multijurisdictional incidents.
• Include participation of private-sector and
nongovernmental organizations.
• Cover aspects of preparedness plans,
particularly the processes and procedures
for activating local, intrastate, or interstate
mutual aid and assistance agreements.
• Contain a mechanism for incorporating
corrective actions.
National Incident Management
System
NIMS:
 Provides a consistent nationwide template.
 Enables Federal, State, tribal, and local
governments, the private sector, and
nongovernmental organizations to work together.
 Helps to prepare for, prevent, respond to, recover
from, and mitigate the effects of incidents regardless
of cause, size, location, or complexity.

Reduces the loss of life and property, and harm to the environment.

Provides a proactive approach to ensuring that responders from across
the country are organized, trained, and equipped in a manner that allows
them to work together seamlessly.
Emergency Plans
Make sure your emergency plans:
• Are developed using hazard identification and
risk assessment methodologies.
• Are integrated, operational, and incorporate
key private-sector and nongovernmental
elements.
• Include provisions for all persons, including
special needs populations and those with
household pets.
Planning
Planning across the full range of
homeland security operations is
an inherent responsibility of
every level of government.
Situational Awareness Priorities
When developing protocols for situational
awareness, priority should be given to:
• Providing the right information at the right time.
• Improving and integrating national reporting.
• Linking operations centers and tapping
subject-matter experts.
• Standardizing reporting.
Unified Command
In a Unified Command, individuals designated
by their jurisdictional or organizational authorities
work together to:
• Determine objectives, strategies,
plans, resource allocations, and
priorities.
• Develops a single Incident Action
Plan.
• Execute integrated incident
operations and maximize the use of
assigned resources.
• Allows agencies to interact effectively
on scene while maintaining their own
authority, responsibility, and
accountability.
Local Emergency Operations
Center
An emergency operations
center (EOC):
• Supports on-scene incident
management operations.
• Is the physical location at
which the coordination of
information and resources
occurs.
Local Officials and
Emergency Operations Center
Incident Command Post
National Response Coordination Center
DHS
Secretary
NOC Components
Watch
Intel & Analysis
Planning Element
NOC-NICC
NRCC
 Monitors potential or developing
incidents.
 Supports the efforts of regional and field
components.
 Initiates mission assignments or
reimbursable agreements to activate
other Federal departments and agencies.
 Activates and deploys national-level
specialized teams.
State Coordinating Officer
The State Coordinating Officer is
appointed by the Governor to
coordinate State disaster
assistance efforts with those of the
Federal Government.
Demobilization
Gain and Maintain Situation
Awareness
Activate and Deploy
Resources and Capabilities
Coordinate Response Actions
Demobilize
When should
planning for
demobilization
occur?
• Demobilization is the orderly,
safe, and efficient return of a
resource to its original location
and status.
• Incident managers begin
planning for the demobilization
process when incident activities
shift from response to recovery.
Principal Federal Official (PFO)
As a member of the Unified
Coordination Group, the Principal
Federal Official (PFO) has
responsibility for administering
Stafford Act authorities.
National Response Coordination
Center (NRCC)
The NRCC serves as FEMA’s
primary operations management
center, as well as the focal point for
national resource coordination.
Regional Response Coordination
Centers (RRCC)
RRCCs operate under the direction
of the FEMA Regional
Administrator and coordinate
Federal regional response until the
Joint Field Office (JFO) is
established.
National Preparedness Guidelines
National Preparedness Guidelines Four
critical elements:
• The National Preparedness Vision
• National Planning Scenarios
• Universal Task List
• Target Capabilities List
The National Response
Framework presents the guiding
principles that enable all
response partners to prepare for
and provide a unified national
response to all incidents.