Expanded Regional Collaboration, National Preparedness Guidelines Priority # 1 (1)
Expanded Regional Collaboration, National Preparedness Guidelines Priority # 1 (1) : "Major events, especially terrorism, will invariably have cross-geographic consequences and impact. The expanded regional collaboration priority highlights the need for embracing partnership across multiple jurisdictions, regions, and States in building capabilities cooperatively. Successful regional collaboration allows for a multijurisdictional and multidisciplinary approach to building capabilities for all four mission areas [prevent, protect, respond, recover], spreading costs, and sharing risk across geographic areas. This approach increases opportunities to create efficiency and leverage capabilities across the country. Regional collaboration focuses on expanding mutual aid and assistance compacts among contiguous State, local, and tribal entities, and their private and non-governmental partners, and extending the scope of those compacts to include pre-incident preparedness activities (i.e., planning, training, exercising). The intent is to locate capabilities strategically to maximize coverage of the U.S. population and the Nation's high priority critical infrastructure and key resources. The Goal does not mandate that State and local governments adopt a regional governmental structure, but it does require that all levels of government embrace a regional approach to building capabilities". (DHS/ODP, State and Urban Area Homeland Security Strategy: Guidelines on Aligning Strategies with the NPG, 2005, pp. 8-9)
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