FRP- NRP- NIMS
Federal Response Plan, National Response Plan and
the National Incident Management System
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NRP Objectives
• Implement HSPD-5
– Single comprehensive national approach
• Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Recovery
– Ensure all levels of government work together
• National Incident Management System
• Horizontal and vertical integration
• Effective Communications
– Integrate crisis and consequence management
into a unified component
Guidance to Writing Team
• All hazard
– Not detailed by hazard
• Life cycle of event
– Prevention, preparedness, response and
recovery
• Preserve what works
– From existing plans
– From NIIMS
Timeline
• Sept. 30, 2003
– HSC-approved initial NRP
– full NRP outline
– full NRP/NIMS development/implementation timeline
completed
• Dec. 31, 2003
– NIMS final draft document (v9.0 released 3/1/04)
– Working Draft NRP base plan (v1.0 released 2/25/04)
– Begin development of functional and hazard-related
annexes
• July 1, 2004
– HSC-approved full NRP base plan
– Procedural and other support documents to follow
Initial NRP
• Bridging document to full NRP
– Uses existing plans (FRP, NCP, CONPLAN etc)
– Harmonizes existing operational processes, procedures
and protocols
• Defines DHS elements
– Principal Federal Official
– Interagency Incident Management Group
• Formerly Crisis Assessment Team
– Homeland Security Operations Center (HSOC)
• Requires specific modifications to existing plans:
Changes to Existing Plans
– National Homeland Security Operations Center
• Primary national-level hub for operational communications and info
pertaining to domestic incident management
– Interagency Incident Management Group
• Facilitate national-level situational awareness, operational coordination,
course of action determination and policy recommendations
– Interagency policy process for domestic incident
management
– Principal Federal Official roles and responsibilities
• Represents the DHS Secretary locally
• FCO/SAC retain authorities
– Joint Field Office concept define
• Integrates Federal, state and local incident management entities locally
whenever possible
• Coordination point for JOC/DFO
Outreach Strategy
• Keep stakeholders informed
• Provide system for feedback and comment
throughout the process
State & Local Participation
• State local group formed to provide input to
process
• Represents cross-section of stakeholders
– NEMA
– IAEM
– NACo
– IAFC
– Others
• Provide review, input, reality check
State & Local Feedback
• Keep simple; Keep very simple
• Use what works
– organizational structures
– investments made by states
– or else be prepared to pay for changes
• Build on good state & local systems & processes
not reverse
• Significant concern regarding proliferation of
communication “channels”
NIIMS compared to NIMS
• NIIMS
1. Incident Management
2. Training
3. Qualifications &
Certifications
4. Publication
Management
5. Support Technology
• NIMS
1. Command & Incident
Management
2. System Preparedness
& Planning
3. Resource
Management
4. Communications,
Information &
Intelligence
Management
5. Support Technology
Guiding Principles
• Support HSPD-5 concepts
– Integrate Prevention/Mitigation,
Preparedness, Response and Recovery
– Integrate crisis and consequence management
– Integrate DHS components
• Incorporate Critical Infrastructure Protection
• Keep what works
– Maintain Federal, State, local consistency
– Limit expansion to manageable numbers
Emergency Support Functions
under the Federal Response Plan
ESF #1 Transportation
ESF #7 Resource Support
Department of Transportation
General Services Administration
ESF #2 Communications
ESF #8 Health and Medical
Services
National Communications System
ESF #3 Public Works and
Engineering
Department of Defense
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ESF #4 Firefighting
Department of Health and Human
Services
ESF #9 Urban Search and Rescue
FEMA
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
ESF #10 Hazardous Materials
ESF #5 Information and Planning
ESF #11 Food
Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA)
Department of Agriculture
Food and Nutrition Service
ESF #6 Mass Care
American Red Cross
Environmental Protection Agency
ESF #12 Energy
Department of Energy
Other Activities
• National Resource Management
Working Group
1. National Resource Typing effort
2. Automated Resource Management System
(group has been looking at ROSS as a
possible national system for all Departments
and Agencies)
Other Activities
• Senior Logistics Conference and
follow-up meetings and working
groups
1. October 2003 Northcom hosted the first
Senior Logistics Conference. Group will
develop the Logistics Annex for the NRP.
2. Initial Group made up of lead personnel from
all ESF agencies and the military J4 unit.
Senior Logistics Council
• FS represented on this council
• FS suggesting this annex concentrate on
Multi-agency Coordination and
mobilization concepts and policies instead
of ESF functions
Other Planning Efforts
• Initial Catastrophic Incident
Response Plan
• Being Developed by Homeland Security
Council and DHS.
• Department of Agriculture Homeland
Security Staff is working with Agencies for
input.
• NWCG resources are included in the plan
USDA All Risk IMT’s
• USDA Homeland Security Staff is working
with USDA Agencies on plans and training
for USDA Teams.
• ICS training efforts continue throughout
USDA.
• I-420 exercise for 6 Teams is scheduled for
October of 2004 at NARTC.
DHS IMT’s
• Goal is to have a Pilot Team stood up and
operational this fiscal year
• Will eventually have 4 Teams (2 East and 2
West)
• 10-12 permanent team members
• Will be collocated with Coast Guard Air
Facilities since they will be providing the
transportation
• Teams will be on 2 hr call
DHS IMT’s
• Will recruit and advertise for positions, will
be Senior Level GS-13 and above
• Looking for people with on the ground
operational experience that are currently
qualified and carded for the position or can
meet the qualifications
• Purpose of teams will be the interface for
Federal Response (assets) to the Incident
Commander/Unified Command
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