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Incident
Advisory
Council
(IAC)
Multiagency coordination
JFO
coordination
group
Strategic coordination
Prioritization between incidents and
associated resource allocation
Focal point for issue resolution
EOCs/MCCs
Regional
Response
Coordination
Center
(RRCC)
National
Operations
Center
(NOC)
Support and coordination
Identifying resource
shortages and issues
Gathering and providing
information
Implementing multiagency
coordination entity decision
Joint Field
Oce
(JFO)
Local
EOC
State
EOC
National
Response
Coordination
Center
(NRCC)
Incident command
Directing on-scene
emergency
management
Area
command
Incident
command
post
Incident
command
post
Incident
command
post
Figure 1.2
Coordination and command structures in the National Response Plan
(NRP).
support to local, tribal, and state authorities; interaction with nongovernmental,
private-donor, and private-sector organizations; and the coordinated, direct exer-
cise of federal authorities, when appropriate.
Whereas the FRP addressed response activities only, the NRP included response
and recovery, as well as a need for long-term recovery activities that was recognized
following Hurricane Katrina. The NRP was considered by the emergency man-
agement community not to be a plan but rather to set boundaries for hierarchical
framework for planning.
The NRP also established a new term of reference for disasters—incidents of
national significance—to address potential acts of terrorism. Under the authority
of the secretary of Homeland Security, federal response to an incident of national
significance could include
◾
A federal department or agency, responding under its own authorities,
requests DHS assistance.
◾
Resources of state and local authorities are overwhelmed.
−
Stafford Act for major disasters or emergencies
−
Other catastrophic incidents
◾
More than one federal department or agency is involved.
−
Credible threats or indications of imminent terrorist attack
− Threats/incidents related to high-profile, large-scale events
Given its sweeping changes, the NRP included its own implementation schedule
(see Figure 1.3).
