Emergency Response Teams - Advanced Element (ERT-A) 2
Emergency Response Teams - Advanced Element (ERT-A) 2 : "The ERT-A responds during the early stages of an incident. It is headed by a team leader from FEMA and is composed of program and support staff and representatives from selected ESF primary agencies. A part of the ERT-A deploys to the State EOC or to other locations to work directly with the State to obtaining information on the impact of the event and to identify specific State requests for Federal incident management assistance. Other elements of the ERT-A (including Mobile Emergency Response Support (MERS) personnel and equipment) deploy directly to or near the affected area to establish field communications, locate and establish field facilities, and set up operations. The ERT-A identifies or validates the suitability of candidate sites for the location of mobilization center(s) and the JFO". (DHS, National Response Plan (Draft #1), 25Feb2004, 36). Note: "to be replaced by the Federal Incident Response Support Teams (FIRST) and Incident Management Assistance Teams (IMAT)". (White House, National Strategy for Homeland Security, Homeland Security Council, October 2007, p. 35)
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