Emergency Support Function Law and Legal Definition
Emergency support function means support, resources, program implementation, and services that are provided to save lives, protect property and the environment, to restore essential services and critical infrastructure, and help victims and communities to return to normal life. It is usually provided following domestic incidents. It serves as an operational-level mechanism to provide assistance to state, local, and tribal governments or to federal departments and agencies conducting missions of primary federal responsibility. Such support functions involves a grouping of government and certain private- sector capabilities into an organizational structure.
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Related Legal Terms
- Administrative Function
- Administrative Support Services [Education]
- Advanced Life Support [ALS]
- Aesthetic Functionality (Trademark)
- Affidavit of Support
- Agricultural Disease Emergency
- Alternate Non-Emergency Services Provider
- Application Support Centers
- Appropriate Local Emergency Authority
- Assignment of Support Rights
