16 National Resource Typing Categories
The followingcategories are used toarrange the FEMA 120 resource types intotheir functional area. Non-typed resources listed in E Team are also placed under one of these appropriate categories.
Transportation:
To assist Federal departments and agencies: State, tribal, and local governments; the private sector; and NGOs that require transportation to perform incident management missions; to coordinate incident management operations and restoration of the transportation infrastructure.
Communications:
To provide communications support incident management efforts.
Public Works and Engineering:
To assist those engaged in lifesaving, life-sustaining, damage mitigation, and recovery operations following a major disaster or emergency by providing technical advice, evaluation, and engineering services; by contracting for construction management and inspection and for the emergency repair of water and wastewater treatment facilities; by supplying potable water and ice and emergency power; and by arranging for needed real estate.
Firefighting:
To detect and suppress fires.
Information and Planning:
To collect, analyze, process, and disseminate information to support planning and decision-making.
Law Enforcement and Security:
To provide law enforcement assistance during response and recovery operations; to assist with site security and investigation.
Mass Care:
To support efforts to meet the mass care needs of disaster victims, including delivering such services as supplying victims with shelter, feeding, and emergency first aid; supplying bulk distribution of emergency relief supplies; and collecting information to and for a disaster welfare information system designed to report on victim status and assist in reuniting families.
Resource Management:
To provide operational assistance for incident management operations.
Health and Medical:
To provide assistance to supplement resources in meeting public health and medical care needs.
Search and Rescue:
To provide specialized lifesaving assistance in the event of a disaster of emergency, including locating, extricating, and providing onsite medical treatment to victims trapped in collapsed structures.
Hazardous Materials Response:
To support the response to an actual or potential discharge and/or release of hazardous materials.
Food and Water:
To identify, secure, and arrange for the transportation of safe food and water to affected areas during a disaster or emergency.
Energy:
To help restore energy systems following a disaster or emergency.
Public Information:
To contribute to the well-being of the community following a disaster by disseminating accurate, consistent, timely, and easy-to-understand information; to gather and disseminate information about disaster response and recovery process.
Animals and Agriculture Issues:
To coordinate activities responding to an agricultural disaster and/or when the health or care of animals is an issue.
Volunteers and Donations:
To support the management of unsolicited goods and unaffiliated volunteers, and to help establish a system for managing donated goods and services.
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