21st Century FEMA Study Course: Emergency Support Function #8 Public Health and Medical Services (IS-808) - Public Health Service Teams, NDMS, Strategic National Stockpile, NNRT
U.S. Government, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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IS-808: ESF #8 – Public Health and Medical Services
February 2009
Course Overview
Purpose: The purpose of this course is to familiarize you with the function and composition of ESF #8 – Public Health and Medical Services.
Content Outline: This module includes the following major topics:
• ESF Overview
• ESF #8 Purpose and Scope
• ESF #8 Coordinator and Primary Agency
• ESF #8 Support Agencies
• ESF #8 Actions
• Concept of Operations
• National Disaster Medical System
• Public Health Service Teams
• Strategic National Stockpile
• Knowledge Review
• ESF #8 – Public Health and Medical Services Annex
• Glossary
Objectives
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Describe the overall purpose and scope of ESF #8.
• Identify the supplemental assistance ESF #8 provides to State, tribal, and local governments.
• Identify typical activities accomplished by ESF #8 resources.
• Describe the types of partnerships formed between ESF #8 and other response agencies and organizations.
National Response Framework (NRF)
The National Response Framework (NRF):
• Is a guide to how the Nation conducts all-hazards response.
• Builds upon the National Incident Management System (NIMS) coordinating structures to align key roles and responsibilities across the Nation, linking all levels of government, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector.
The NRF is comprised of:
• The Core Document, which describes the doctrine that guides our national response, roles and responsibilities, response actions, response organizations, and planning requirements to achieve an effective national response to any incident that occurs.
• Emergency Support Function Annexes, which identify Federal resources and capabilities that are most frequently needed in a national response (e.g., transportation, firefighting, mass care).
• Support Annexes, which describe essential supporting aspects that are common to all incidents (e.g., financial management, volunteer and donations management, private-sector coordination).
• Incident Annexes, which address the unique aspects of how we respond to seven broad categories or types of incidents (e.g., biological, nuclear/radiological, cyber, mass evacuation).
• Partner Guides, which provide ready references describing key roles and actions for local, tribal, State, Federal, and private-sector response partners.
Emergency Support Functions (ESFs)
ESFs are:
* The primary operational-level mechanism to provide assistance.
* Organized around functional capabilities (e.g., emergency management, transportation, search and rescue, etc.)
The Federal Government and many State governments organize many of their resources and capabilities—as well as those of certain private-sector and nongovernmental organizations— under Emergency Support Functions (ESFs).