Emergency Response Team-Advanced Element (ERT-A)
Emergency Response Team-Advanced Element (ERT-A) : "The ERT-A is a small interagency "advance" team that deploys to the State Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Normally the ERT-A does not issue mission assignments but communicates with the RRCC to ensure that any requirements identified by the State for Federal assistance are passed to the RRCC for action". (FEMA, Mission Assignment SOPs Operating Procedures, 2007, p. 4; p.50)