Emergency Support Function (ESF) #15 - External Affairs Annex
Emergency Support Function (ESF) #15 - External Affairs Annex : "Purpose? ensures that sufficient Federal assets are deployed to the field during incidents requiring a coordinated Federal response to provide accurate, coordinated, timely, and accessible information to affected audiences, including governments, media, the private sector, and the local populace, including the special needs population. ESF #15 provides the resource support and mechanisms to implement the National Response Framework (NRF) Incident Communications Emergency Policy and Procedures (ICEPP) described in the Public Affairs Support Annex?. ESF #15 integrates Public Affairs, Congressional Affairs, Intergovernmental Affairs (State, tribal, and local coordination), Community Relations, and the private sector under the coordinating auspices of External Affairs. Another component, the Joint Information Center (JIC), ensures the coordinated release of information under ESF #15. The Planning and Products component of External Affairs develops all external and internal communications strategies and products for the ESF #15 organization". (DHS, NRF ESF 15, Jan 2008, 1)
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