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What is the purpose of the National Response Framework?
What is the purpose of the National Response Framework?
Provides a consistent, nationwide template to enable the whole community to work together to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the effects of incidents regardless of their cause, size, location, or complexity.
What are the roles and responsibilities of response partners?
What are the roles and responsibilities of response partners?
Capabilities necessary to save lives, protect property and the environment, and meet basic human needs after an incident has occurred.
What are core capabilities for response?
What are core capabilities for response?
Distinct critical elements necessary to meet the national preparedness goal, essential for executing each mission area, provide a common language for preparedness across the whole community, and are not exclusive to any single level of government.
What are the seven community lifelines?
What are the seven community lifelines?
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How does the stabilization of the seven community lifelines reduce threats to public health and safety?
How does the stabilization of the seven community lifelines reduce threats to public health and safety?
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Study Notes
National Response Framework
- Provides a unified framework for communities to collaborate on prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery from incidents.
- Applicable to incidents regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity.
- Establishes a consistent nationwide template for effective incident management.
Roles and Responsibilities of Response Partners
- Involves capabilities essential for saving lives, protecting property, and ensuring basic human needs post-incident.
- Response partners collectively enhance the effectiveness of incident management through collaboration and shared responsibilities.
Core Capabilities for Response
- Distinct critical elements necessary to achieve the national preparedness goal.
- Essential for executing each mission area related to disaster response.
- Foster a common language for preparedness across the entire community.
- Inclusive of all levels of government, reflecting a whole-community approach to emergency management.
Community Lifelines
- Seven key lifelines:
- Safety and security
- Food, water, and sheltering
- Health and medical
- Energy
- Communications
- Transportation
- Hazardous material
- Stabilizing these lifelines is crucial during response efforts to mitigate threats to public health, safety, and economic security.
- Continuously assessed throughout incidents to identify necessary response actions until stabilization is accomplished.
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