Emergency Support Function Teams (ESFTs)
Emergency Support Function Teams (ESFTs) : "FEMA coordinates incident response support from across the Federal Government by calling up, as needed, one or more of the 15 ESF teams. The ESF teams are coordinated by FEMA through its NRCC. During a response, ESFs are a critical mechanism to coordinate functional capabilities and resources provided by Federal departments and agencies, along with certain private sector and nonprofit organizations. They represent an effective way to bundle and funnel resources and capabilities to local, State and other responders. These functions are coordinated by a single agency but may rely on several agencies that provide resources for each functional area. The mission of the ESF is to provide the greatest possible access to capabilities of the Federal Government regardless of which agency has those capabilities. The ESFs serve as the primary operational-level mechanism to provide assistance in functional areas such as transportation, communications, public works and engineering, firefighting, mass care, housing, human services, public health and medical services, search and rescue, agriculture and energy". (DHS, NRF Comment Draft, 2007, p. 55)
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