ESF 22
ESF 22 :
Emergency Support Function. The National Response Plan (NRP) groups the capabilities of federal departments and agencies into an array of Emergency Support Functions creating an organizational structure to provide the support, resources, program implementation and services that are most likely to be needed to save lives, protect property, restore essential services and critical infrastructure, and help victims return to normal following a national incident. The ESFs serve as the primary operational level mechanism to orchestrate activities – to provide assistance to state and local governments or to federal departments and agencies conducting missions of primary federal responsibility. Each ESF is composed of Primary and Support Agencies. States, local governments, and other agencies, public or private, may use the term Emergency Support Function
