Incident of National Significance 4
Incident of National Significance 4 : "For the purpose of this plan, incidents that require DHS operational and/or resource coordination are termed Incidents of National Significance (also referred to as nationally significant incidents or national incidents in this plan). DHS establishes reporting requirements and conducts ongoing communications with Federal, State, local, tribal, and private sector and non- governmental organizations to maintain situational awareness, analyze threats and assess national implications of potential or actual incidents. Incidents of National Significance requiring DHS action can include the following: (1) Credible threats, indications of terrorism or acts of terrorism within the United States; (2) Major disasters or emergencies as defined under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended, to include hurricanes, tornadoes, storms, earthquakes, fires, flood, or explosion regardless of cause; or any other occasion or instance for which the President determines that Federal assistance is needed to supplement State, local and tribal efforts to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety; (3) Catastrophic incidents, which, for the purposes of the NRP, are any natural or manmade incidents, including terrorism that leaves extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, and disruption severely affecting the population, infrastructure, environment, economy, and government functions. A catastrophic event results in sustained national impacts over a prolonged period of time; exceeds resources normally available in the local, State, Federal, and private sectors; and significantly interrupts governmental operations and emergency services to such an extent that national security could be threatened; or (4) Unique situations that may require involvement of the Secretary of Homeland Security to aid in coordination of incident management efforts". (DHS, National Response Plan (Draft #1), February 25, 2004, pp. 4-5)
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