Chapter 9 - All-hazards emergency response and recovery

Abstract

This chapter examines how the nation's emergency management system manages disaster response and recovery operations, including how large-scale emergencies are declared at each level of government and what kinds of declarations are made. It examines the legislative actions taken since the 9/11 terrorist attacks that affect the nation's response capabilities, the many federal homeland security grant programs that are available to states and local communities, and the response roles assumed by each level of government, from local to national (including those of the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies and offices), and by private and nonprofit organizations. Also discussed are what homeland security volunteer programs exist, what each does, and how they are distributed across the country, how the National Incident Management System and the National Response Framework guide all-hazard emergency response to major incidents in the United States, and how the National Disaster Recovery Framework functions.