FEMA Incident Management and Support Keystone

by U.S. Department of Homeland Security

This document describes key tenets and concepts for managing operations. It is an important foundational support element of the Agency’s new overarching FEMA Publication 1. It also provides a reviewed commitment to the National Response Framework, the principles of disaster recovery, the National Incident Management System, and will provide a foundation for our continued effort to empower the Regions and emergency managers in the field.

62 pages, Paperback

First published January 31, 2011

About the author

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a cabinet department of the U.S. federal government with responsibilities in public security, particularly anti-terrorism, border security, immigration and customs, cyber security, and disaster prevention and management. Major subordinate agencies include Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Secret Service, Coast Guard, and Transportation Security Administration (TSA), among others.