2.1: Quick and Effective Response

Respond quickly and effectively when States, Territories, Tribal Nations, and local governments are overwhelmed

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STRATEGIES a. Establish FEMA’s capability to operate24 hours a day, seven days a week, while maintaining key, ongoing functions. b. Monitor potential emergencies and disasters and be prepared to deploy assets to assure a quick response. c. Develop, acquire, and coordinate a national operational capability, and the resources and assets to simultaneously respond to four catastrophic plus twelve non-catastrophic incidents, anywhere in the country. d. Lead the development and implementation of a consolidated, all hazard Federal Emergency Response Plan. e. Develop effective organizational and business process relationships among FEMA program areas, support organizations, and regional offices to ensure a coordinated response and recovery effort. f. Lead a collaborative effort to ensure a coordinated response and recovery effort among Federal agencies, emergency responders, and State, Territorial, Tribal, and local emergency managers through FEMA’s leadership and through mutual incentives for cooperation and coordination. g. Lead the collaborative establishment of a National response network and standards for interoperability of wireless communications to enable communications among all responders.

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