Emergency Support Functions (or ESFs) are a method of grouping people, resources, systems, and functions to “…provide the structure for coordinating [state] interagency support for a [state] response to an in
The Federal Response Plan (FRP) is issued in 1992 to establish a clear structure for the delivery of federal assistance under authorities like the Stafford Act and National Contingency Plan. The FRP also designatesEmergency Support Functions(ESFs), and EPA is named a lead coordinator of ESF #10...
Providing Federal support to the affected States. Deploying teams to establish the Joint Field Office (JFO) that will assume these functions. One RRCC Per FEMA Region Knowledge Review Instructions: Working as a team, review the description of an element of response organization provided by your in...
Urban resilience is “the ability of an urban system […] to maintain or rapidly return to desired functions in the face of a disturbance, to adapt to change, and to quickly transform systems that limit current or future adaptive capacity” [22 p. 39]. Recently, resilience has emerged as...
Emergency support functions (ESFs) refer to the grouping of governmental capabilities that provide support, resources, program implementation, and services that are needed to save lives, protect property, restore essential services, and help communities return to normal during emergencies. There are 15...