name: FEMA "National Response Framework" -> FEMA "National Response Framework" & National Response Plan (NRP)
notes: The NRF has become THE "architecture" for disaster response in the US. It describes the response that's expected, the "roles" ("Emergency Support Functions") of different organizations and the methods for communication amongst the different groups. There are detailed descriptions of the Emergency Support Functions (ESF) and what each is expected to do. The ESFs are basically the "operations" level "command units". The NSF has glossaries so that different orgs can understand standard "terms" for the types of activities that one expects in a disaster zone. This document is a MUST READ for all disaster relief volunteers. The whole document is about a million pages, and it's all in PDF, so you might want to concentrate on a particular "Emergency Support Function" (ESF), one where you might be a "specialist". ESFs describe different Command & Control Fuctions, such as "Communications", "Public Health and Medical", "Transportation", etc". There are many ESFs to choose from. See the full list under the "main index" below. Choose "Emergency Support Fuction Annexes" in the middle of the page. It's a pull down menu. main portal entry: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/ main index (most useful): http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/mainindex.htm WARNING: After the index, MOST PAGES ARE PDFS!!! (which may be tough for dialup users, especially in disaster zones) ================== ESF Documents - http://www.docstoc.com/docs/19658504/EMERGENCY-SUPPORT-FUNCTION-ANNEX ------------------ -> The NRF has become THE "architecture" for disaster response in the US. It describes the response that's expected, the "roles" ("Emergency Support Functions") of different organizations and the methods for communication amongst the different groups. There are detailed descriptions of the Emergency Support Functions (ESF) and what each is expected to do. The ESFs are basically the "operations" level "command units". The NSF has glossaries so that different orgs can understand standard "terms" for the types of activities that one expects in a disaster zone. This document is a MUST READ for all disaster relief volunteers. The whole document is about a million pages, and it's all in PDF, so you might want to concentrate on a particular "Emergency Support Function" (ESF), one where you might be a "specialist". ESFs describe different Command & Control Fuctions, such as "Communications", "Public Health and Medical", "Transportation", etc". There are many ESFs to choose from. See the full list under the "main index" below. Choose "Emergency Support Fuction Annexes" in the middle of the page. It's a pull down menu. main portal entry: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/ main index (most useful): http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/mainindex.htm ESF #1 - Transportation ESF #2 - Communications ESF #3 - Public Works and Engineering ESF #4 - Firefighting ESF #5 - Emergency Management ESF #6 - Mass Care, Housing, and Human Services ESF #7 - Resource Support ESF #8 - Public Health and Medical Services ESF #9 - Urban Search and Rescue ESF #10 - Oil and Hazardous Materials Response ESF #11 - Agriculture and Natural Resources ESF #12 - Energy ESF #13 - Public Safety and Security ESF #14 - Long-Term Community Recovery and Mitigation ESF #15 - External Affairs WARNING: After the index, MOST PAGES ARE PDFS!!! (which may be tough for dialup users, especially in disaster zones) ================== ESF Documents - http://www.docstoc.com/docs/19658504/EMERGENCY-SUPPORT-FUNCTION-ANNEX ------------------ ------------------ ------------------ National Response Plan (NRP) - 426 pages at: http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/dhs/nrp.pdf (ESF above in figure 2 of pdf file) -- Page 14 - Citizen Involvement - Strong partnerships with citizen groups and organizations provide support for incident management prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. The U.S. Citizen Corps brings these groups together and focuses efforts of individuals through education, training, and volunteer service to help make communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to address the threats of terrorism, crime, public health issues, and disasters of all kinds. Local Citizen Corps Councils implement Citizen Corps programs, which include Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs), Medical Reserve Corps, Neighborhood Watch,Volunteers in Police Service, and the affiliate programs; provide opportunities for special skills and interests; develop targeted outreach for special-needs groups; and organize special projects and community events.

notes: The NRF has become THE "architecture" for disaster response in the US. It describes the response that's expected, the "roles" ("Emergency Support Functions") of different organizations and the methods for communication amongst the different groups. There are detailed descriptions of the Emergency Support Functions (ESF) and what each is expected to do. The ESFs are basically the "operations" level "command units". The NSF has glossaries so that different orgs can understand standard "terms" for the types of activities that one expects in a disaster zone. This document is a MUST READ for all disaster relief volunteers. The whole document is about a million pages, and it's all in PDF, so you might want to concentrate on a particular "Emergency Support Function" (ESF), one where you might be a "specialist". ESFs describe different Command & Control Fuctions, such as "Communications", "Public Health and Medical", "Transportation", etc". There are many ESFs to choose from. See the full list under the "main index" below. Choose "Emergency Support Fuction Annexes" in the middle of the page. It's a pull down menu. main portal entry: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/ main index (most useful): http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/mainindex.htm WARNING: After the index, MOST PAGES ARE PDFS!!! (which may be tough for dialup users, especially in disaster zones) -> The NRF has become THE "architecture" for disaster response in the US. It describes the response that's expected, the "roles" ("Emergency Support Functions") of different organizations and the methods for communication amongst the different groups. There are detailed descriptions of the Emergency Support Functions (ESF) and what each is expected to do. The ESFs are basically the "operations" level "command units". The NSF has glossaries so that different orgs can understand standard "terms" for the types of activities that one expects in a disaster zone. This document is a MUST READ for all disaster relief volunteers. The whole document is about a million pages, and it's all in PDF, so you might want to concentrate on a particular "Emergency Support Function" (ESF), one where you might be a "specialist". ESFs describe different Command & Control Fuctions, such as "Communications", "Public Health and Medical", "Transportation", etc". There are many ESFs to choose from. See the full list under the "main index" below. Choose "Emergency Support Fuction Annexes" in the middle of the page. It's a pull down menu. main portal entry: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/ main index (most useful): http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/mainindex.htm WARNING: After the index, MOST PAGES ARE PDFS!!! (which may be tough for dialup users, especially in disaster zones) ================== ESF Documents - http://www.docstoc.com/docs/19658504/EMERGENCY-SUPPORT-FUNCTION-ANNEX ------------------

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notes: The NRF has become THE "architecture" for disaster response in the US. It describes the response that's expected, the "roles" ("Emergency Support Functions") of different organizations and the methods for communication amongst the different groups. There are detailed descriptions of the Emergency Support Functions (ESF) and what each is expected to do. The ESFs are basically the "operations" level "command units". The NSF has glossaries so that different orgs can understand standard "terms" for the types of activities that one expects in a disaster zone. This document is a MUST READ for all disaster relief volunteers. The whole document is about a million pages, and it's all in PDF, so you might want to concentrate on a particular "Emergency Support Function" (ESF), one where you might be a "specialist". ESFs describe different Command & Control Fuctions, such as "Communications", "Public Health and Medical", "Transportation", etc". There are many ESFs to choose from. See the full list under the "main index" below. Choose "Emergency Support Fuction Annexes" in the middle of the page. It's a pull down menu. main portal: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/ main index (most useful): http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/mainindex.htm WARNING: After the index, MOST PAGES ARE PDFS!!! (which may be tough for dialup users, especially in disaster zones) -> The NRF has become THE "architecture" for disaster response in the US. It describes the response that's expected, the "roles" ("Emergency Support Functions") of different organizations and the methods for communication amongst the different groups. There are detailed descriptions of the Emergency Support Functions (ESF) and what each is expected to do. The ESFs are basically the "operations" level "command units". The NSF has glossaries so that different orgs can understand standard "terms" for the types of activities that one expects in a disaster zone. This document is a MUST READ for all disaster relief volunteers. The whole document is about a million pages, and it's all in PDF, so you might want to concentrate on a particular "Emergency Support Function" (ESF), one where you might be a "specialist". ESFs describe different Command & Control Fuctions, such as "Communications", "Public Health and Medical", "Transportation", etc". There are many ESFs to choose from. See the full list under the "main index" below. Choose "Emergency Support Fuction Annexes" in the middle of the page. It's a pull down menu. main portal entry: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/ main index (most useful): http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/mainindex.htm WARNING: After the index, MOST PAGES ARE PDFS!!! (which may be tough for dialup users, especially in disaster zones)

notes: The NRF has become THE "architecture" for disaster response in the US. It describes the response that's expected, the "roles" of different organizations, the methods for communication amongst the different groups. There are detailed descriptions of the roles and what each is expected to do. It has glossaries so that different orgs can understand standard "terms" for different types of activities. This document is a MUST READ for all disaster relief volunteers. The whole document is about a million pages, and it's all in PDF, so you might want to concentrate on a particular "Emergency Support Function" (ESF). ESFs describe different Command & Control Fuctions, like "Communications", "Public Health and Medical", "Transportation", etc". There are many ESFs to choose from. See the full list under the "main index" below. Choose "Emergency Support Fuction Annexes" in the middle of the page. It's a pull down menu. main portal: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/ main index (most useful): http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/mainindex.htm WARNING: After the index, MOST PAGES ARE PDFS!!! (which may be tough for dialup users, especially in disaster zones) -> The NRF has become THE "architecture" for disaster response in the US. It describes the response that's expected, the "roles" ("Emergency Support Functions") of different organizations and the methods for communication amongst the different groups. There are detailed descriptions of the Emergency Support Functions (ESF) and what each is expected to do. The ESFs are basically the "operations" level "command units". The NSF has glossaries so that different orgs can understand standard "terms" for the types of activities that one expects in a disaster zone. This document is a MUST READ for all disaster relief volunteers. The whole document is about a million pages, and it's all in PDF, so you might want to concentrate on a particular "Emergency Support Function" (ESF), one where you might be a "specialist". ESFs describe different Command & Control Fuctions, such as "Communications", "Public Health and Medical", "Transportation", etc". There are many ESFs to choose from. See the full list under the "main index" below. Choose "Emergency Support Fuction Annexes" in the middle of the page. It's a pull down menu. main portal: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/ main index (most useful): http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/mainindex.htm WARNING: After the index, MOST PAGES ARE PDFS!!! (which may be tough for dialup users, especially in disaster zones)

notes: The NRF has become THE "architecture" for disaster response in the US. It describes the response that's expected, the "roles" of different organizations, the methods for communication amongst the different groups. There are details descriptions of the roles and what each is expected to do. It has glossaries so that different orgs can understand standard "terms" for different types of activities. This document is a MUST READ for all disaster relief volunteers. The whole document is about a million pages, though, so you might want to concentrate on a particular "ESF". ESFs describe different Command & Control Fuctions, like "logistics" or "medical". There are many ESFs to choose from. main portal: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/ main index (most useful): http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/mainindex.htm WARNING: After the index, MOST PAGES ARE PDFS!!! (Note to FEMA: try HTML for at least the intro pages...it's a breeze, specially for dialup users...disaster zones don't often have broadband) -> The NRF has become THE "architecture" for disaster response in the US. It describes the response that's expected, the "roles" of different organizations, the methods for communication amongst the different groups. There are detailed descriptions of the roles and what each is expected to do. It has glossaries so that different orgs can understand standard "terms" for different types of activities. This document is a MUST READ for all disaster relief volunteers. The whole document is about a million pages, and it's all in PDF, so you might want to concentrate on a particular "Emergency Support Function" (ESF). ESFs describe different Command & Control Fuctions, like "Communications", "Public Health and Medical", "Transportation", etc". There are many ESFs to choose from. See the full list under the "main index" below. Choose "Emergency Support Fuction Annexes" in the middle of the page. It's a pull down menu. main portal: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/ main index (most useful): http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/mainindex.htm WARNING: After the index, MOST PAGES ARE PDFS!!! (which may be tough for dialup users, especially in disaster zones)

name: FEMA National Response Framework -> FEMA "National Response Framework"
notes: main portal: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/ main index (most useful): http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/mainindex.htm WARNING: MOST PAGES ARE PDFS!!! (Note to FEMA: try HTML for intro pages...it's a breeze, specially for dialup users...disaster zones don't often have broadband) -> The NRF has become THE "architecture" for disaster response in the US. It describes the response that's expected, the "roles" of different organizations, the methods for communication amongst the different groups. There are details descriptions of the roles and what each is expected to do. It has glossaries so that different orgs can understand standard "terms" for different types of activities. This document is a MUST READ for all disaster relief volunteers. The whole document is about a million pages, though, so you might want to concentrate on a particular "ESF". ESFs describe different Command & Control Fuctions, like "logistics" or "medical". There are many ESFs to choose from. main portal: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/ main index (most useful): http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/mainindex.htm WARNING: After the index, MOST PAGES ARE PDFS!!! (Note to FEMA: try HTML for at least the intro pages...it's a breeze, specially for dialup users...disaster zones don't often have broadband)