The 15 ESFs provide the structure for coordinating federal support services for Stafford Act declared disasters as well as local emergencies and non-Stafford Act Incidents.

The 6 RSFs provide the structure for coordinating recovery support services.

The federal capabilities listed on this page for review are split between 3 disciplines: Healthcare, Public Health, and Emergency Management.

These 4 capabilities illustrate the range of preparedness and response activities for an ideal state of medical readiness which the Regional Healthcare Preparedness Coalition (RHPC) coordinates across this region.

The Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Capabilities describe components necessary and standards for jurisdictions to assess, build, and sustain public health agency preparedness and response capacity by defining jurisdictional public health agency ESF #8 role while guiding program improvement initiatives to address preparedness and response planning gaps.

The 32 core capabilities established in the National Preparedness Goal includes the National Planning Framework and reference emergency preparedness to sustain efforts and close identified gaps through planning, organization, equipment, training, and exercises (POETE).

The 7 Community Lifelines were developed as a framework for emergency management to identify root causes and interdependencies to prioritize response efforts for critical services in the community.