Geoscience Reference
In-Depth Information
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Nuclear/Radiological Incident
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To promote awareness and education of the NRF, FEMA developed an indepen-
dent study training course, IS-800, An Introduction to the NRF, which is available
free of charge. FEMA continues to develop other general orientation courses for
ESFs and the Support and Incident Annexes through its online study program at
the Emergency Management Institute.
Emergency Support Functions
FRP, NRP, and NRF use ESFs as a means to provide the interagency staff to support
federal response operations of the NRCC, the RRCC, and the JFO. Depending on
the incident, deployed assets of the ESFs may also participate in the staffing of the
Incident Command Post. Under the NRP, each ESF is structured to provide opti-
mal support for evolving incident management requirements.
ESFs may be activated for Stafford Act and non-Stafford Act implementation
of the NRP (although some incidents of national significance may not require ESF
activations). ESF funding for non-Stafford Act situations will be accomplished using
NRP federal-to-federal support mechanisms and will vary based on the incident.
Within the NRP, each ESF annex identifies the ESF coordinator and the pri-
mary and support agencies pertinent to the ESF. Several ESFs incorporate mul-
tiple components, with primary agencies designated for each component to ensure
seamless integration of and transition between preparedness, prevention, response,
recovery, and mitigation activities. ESFs with multiple primary agencies designate
an ESF coordinator for the purposes of preincident planning and coordination.
A federal agency designated as an ESF primary agency serves as a federal executive
agent under the federal coordinating officer (FCO; or federal resource coordinator for
non-Stafford Act incidents) to accomplish the ESF mission. When an ESF is activated
in response to an incident of national significance, the primary agency is responsible for
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Orchestrating federal support within their functional area for an affected
state
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Providing staff for the operations functions at fixed and field facilities
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Notifying and requesting assistance from support agencies
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Managing mission assignments and coordinating with support agencies, as
well as appropriate state agencies
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Working with appropriate private-sector organizations to maximize use of all
available resources
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Supporting and keeping other ESFs and organizational elements informed of
ESF operational priorities and activities
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Planning for short-term and long-term incident management and recovery
operations
