DSCA Aconyms
JFO
JOINT FIELD OFFICE
Conducts homeland defense, civil support, and security cooperation to defend and secure the United States and its interests.
What is USNORTHCOM
It is the primary legal authority for federal participation in domestic disaster relief. The President may direct federal agencies, including DoD, to support disaster relief.
What is the Stafford Act
Works with the Federal Coordinating Officer to formulate State requirements, including those that are beyond State capability, and set priorities for employment of Federal resources provided to the State.
Who is the State Coordinating Officer (SCO)?
Appointed by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, on behalf of the President, to coordinate federal assistance to a state affected by a disaster or emergency.
Who is the Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO)?
ESF
EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTION
Plans and integrates DoD support to the designated Primary Agency for domestic Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Response Operations. When directed, deploy to an incident site and establish C2 of designated DoD forces.
What is the Joint Task Force – Civil Support (JTF-CS)
Facilitate the efficient and effective sharing of resources between member states during times of disaster or emergency.
What is the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)?
One of these are assiged to each FEMA Region.
Who is the Defense Coordinating Officer (DCO)?
Due to its severity, size, location, actual or potential impact on public health, welfare, and infrastructure it requires and HIGH amount of direct federal assistance for response and recovery.
What is a Level 2 disaster?
AFRAT
AIR FORCE RADIATION ASSESSMENT TEAM
U.S. military forces (both Title 10 and Title 32) task-organized and given the mission to respond to domestic chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear incidents.
What is the Defense CBRN Response Enterprise (CRE)
In response to a request for assistance from a civil authority, under imminently serious conditions and if time does not permit approval from higher authority, DoD officials may provide an immediate response by temporarily employing the resources under their control, subject to any supplemental direction provided by higher headquarters, to Save Lives, Prevent Human Suffering, or Mitigate Great Property Damage Within the United States.
What is the Immediate Response Authority?
Approves all DoD participation in CBRN Response support through approval of Request for Forces (RFF) and approval of FEMA Requests for Assistance (RFA)
Who is the Secretary of Defense (SecDef)?
A written plan that defines the incident objectives and reflects the strategies and tactics necessary to manage an incident during an operational period.
What is the Incident Action Plan (IAP)?
CERF-P
CBRNE Enhanced response force package (NG)
Response capability consisting of a flexible mix of vehicles and resources designed to meet all hazards and national security emergency requirements--telecommunications, life support, logistics, operations, power.
What is the Mobile Emergency Response Support Team
No active, direct, regulatory, proscriptive, or compulsory type support to law enforcement authorities, such as: arrest; apprehension; acting as an undercover agent or informant, investigator, or interrogator; interdiction of a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft; search; seizure; security; surveillance; stop and frisk; or similar activities, such as conducting security patrols to prevent looting, directing traffic or the movement of people, crowd control, riot control, pursuit, evidence collection, and enforcing evacuation orders.
What is the Posse Comitatus Act (PCA) of 1878?
Appoints an Incident Commander (IC) or a unified command with multiple ICs.
Who is the Mayor?
Work order issued by FEMA Operations to a Federal agency directing completion of a specific task, and citing funding, other managerial controls, and guidance.
What are Mission Assignments?
NRF NIMS
NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Provide the Incident Commander (IC) an initial assessment, characterization of the incident, and advise the IC on how to respond and what additional assets should be requested.
What is the Weapon of Mass Destruction – Civil Support Team (WMD-CST)
Calls for creation of a National Preparedness Goal, a National Preparedness System, and a National Preparedness Report.
What is Presidental Policy Directive 8 (PPD-8)?
Declares an emergency and designates which counties are impacted.
Who is the Govenor?
10
What is the number of FEMA Regions?