National Response Plan

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National Response Plan

• HSPD-5

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HSPD-5

• On February 28, 2003, President Bush signed
  Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5,
  which mandated the developed of a new National
  Response Plan (NRP), to replace the Federal
  Response Plan.

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HSPD-5

• The NRP is an all-discipline, all-hazards plan
  that establishes a single, comprehensive
  framework for the management of domestic
  incidents.
• This provides for the coordination of federal
  support to state, local and tribal responders.

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NRP

• The NRP supersedes the Federal Response Plan,
  the U.S. Government Interagency Domestic
  Terrorism Concept of Operations Plan (ConPlan)
  and Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan
  (FREPP) and modifies other federal agency
  response plans, as needed.

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NRP

• Integrates incident-related prevention,
  preparedness, response and recovery activities
• Coordinates Federal, State, local, private-sector
  and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
• Maximizes efficient utilization of resources

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NRP

• Improves Incident Management Communications and
  Situational Awareness
• Facilitates mutual aid and federal emergency
  support
• Facilitates Federal-to-Federal interaction
• Provides for catastrophic response
• Links with other response plans

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NRP Priorities

• Save lives and protect the health and safety of
  the public, responders, and recovery workers.
• Ensure security of the homeland.
• Prevent an imminent incident, including acts of
  terrorism, from occurring.
• Protect and restore critical infrastructure and
  key resources.

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NRP Priorities

• Conduct law enforcement investigations to resolve
  the incident, apprehend the perpetrators, and
  collect and preserve evidence for prosecution
  and/or attribution.
• Protect property and mitigate damages and impacts
  to individuals, communities, and the environment.
  
• Facilitate recovery of individuals, families,
  businesses, governments, and the environment.

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NRP

• The Plan consists of
• Base Plan
• Appendixes
• Emergency Support Function (ESF)
• Support Annexes

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Base Plan

• The Base Plan includes
• Planning Assumptions
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Concept of Operations
• Incident Management
• Plan Maintenance

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Appendixes

• The Appendixes provide
• More Detailed Supporting Information
• Terms, Definitions, Acronyms, Authorities
• Compendium of National Interagency Plans

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Emergency Support Functions Annexes (ESFS)

• The ESF Annexes detail
• Missions, Policies, Structures and
  Responsibilities of Federal agencies for
  coordinating support to States and other entities
  during Incidents of National Significance.

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ESF Annexes

• Transportation
• Communications
• Public Works / Engineering
• Firefighting
• Emergency Management
• Mass Care
• Resource Support
• Public Health Medical Response

• Urban Search Rescue
• Oil Hazardous Materials Response
• Agriculture Natural Resources
• Energy
• Public Safety Security
• Long-term Community Recovery Mitigation
• External Affairs

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Support Annexes

• The Support Annexes
• Provide guidance and describe the functional
  processes to ensure efficient and effective
  implementation of NRP incident management
  objectives.

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Support Annexes

• Financial Management
• International Coordination
• Logistics Management
• Private-Sector Coordination
• Public Affairs

• Science Technology
• Tribal Relations
• Volunteer Donations Management
• Worker Safety Health

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Incident Annexes

• Biological Incident
• Catastrophic Incident
• Cyber Incident
• Food Agriculture Incident
• Nuclear/Radiological Incident

• Oil Hazardous Materials Incident
• Terrorism Incident Law Enforcement and
  Investigation

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Incidents of National Significance

• Based upon HSPD-5, Incidents of National
  Significance are high impact events that require
  a coordinated and effective response to save
  lives, minimize damage, and provide the basis for
  long-term community recovery and mitigation
  activities.

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However

• The National Response Plan is intended for ANY
  incident in which substantial federal support is
  anticipated.

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Local Response

• The Plan identifies police, fire, public health
  and medical, emergency management, and other
  personnel as responsible for incident management
  at the local level.
• The Plan enables incident response to be handled
  at the lowest possible organizational and
  jurisdictional level.
• The Plan ensures the seamless integration of the
  federal government when an incident exceeds local
  or state capabilities.

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Transition to Federal Support

• Timely Federal Response to Catastrophic Incidents
  (CIs).
• Identifies CIs as high-impact, low-probability
  incidents, including natural disasters and
  terrorist attacks that result in extraordinary
  levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption
  severely affecting the population,
  infrastructure, environment, economy, national
  morale, and/or government functions.
• Provides the means to swiftly deliver federal
  support in response to CIs.

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New Features in NRP

• Homeland Security Operations Center (HSOC) The
  HSOC serves as the primary national level
  multi-agency hub for domestic situational
  awareness and operational coordination.  The HSOC
  also includes DHS components, such as the
  National Infrastructure Coordinating Center
  (NICC), which have primary responsibility for
  coordinating communications with the Nations
  critical infrastructure during an incident.

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New Features in NRP

• National Response Coordination Center (NRCC) The
  NRCC, a functional component of the HSOC, is a
  multi-agency center that provides overall federal
  response coordination.
• Regional Response Coordination Center (RRCC) At
  the regional level, the RRCC coordinates regional
  response efforts and implements local federal
  program support until a Joint Field Office is
  established.

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New Features in NRP

• Interagency Incident Management Group (IIMG) A
  tailored group of senior federal interagency
  experts who provide strategic advice to the
  Secretary of Homeland Security during an actual
  or potential Incident of National Significance.
• Joint Field Office (JFO) A temporary federal
  facility established locally to provide a central
  point to coordinate resources in support of
  state, local, and tribal authorities.

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New Features in NRP

• Principal Federal Official (PFO) A PFO may be
  designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security
  during a potential or actual Incident of National
  Significance. While individual federal officials
  retain their authorities pertaining to specific
  aspects of incident management, the PFO works in
  conjunction with these officials to coordinate
  overall federal incident management efforts.

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