Incident Support Teams (IST) 2
Incident Support Teams (IST) 2 : "The US&R IST was developed to provide a group of highly qualified specialists readily available for rapid assembly and deployment to a disaster area. The mobilization and use of US&R task forces provides a significant capability for disaster response and mitigation. The multi-disciplinary FEMA US&R task forces afford search, rescue, medical, and technical capabilities, and a wide variety of services for catastrophic events. To maximize the speed with which task forces are mobilized and utilized, a FEMA US&R IST was developed. "The IST must be available on short notice to mobilize within 2 hours of request. IST members must be self sufficient for at least 24 hours and prepared for a response assignment of up to 14 days. An IST equipment cache is organized into functional kits and is available for dispatch with the IST. FEMA maintains these kits to support the IST with communications equipment (including telephones and radios), computers, printers, and administrative office supplies. An inventory of the IST equipment cache is provided in Appendix E to this document. (FEMA, US&R IST in Federal Dis. Ops. 2000p. 1)
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