Question

Analyze a response to an mishap or incident that involved critical infrastructure and discuss the coordination & cooperation between local/state/federal/ territorial/or tribal (as applicable)

Answer 1

Emergency preparedness, response and recovery is an ongoing process of planning and responding effectively to the occurrence of an event (planned or unplanned), as well as addressing the issue of recovery and restoration of operations and lives following an event. Industrial Hygienists' technical expertise as part of a team on occupational and environmental health and safety issues, is applicable to a variety of natural disasters, hazardous chemical, biological or radiological releases, and terrorism events.

Emergency Support Functions Federal, State, Tribal, Territorial, and local
governments, as well as other organizations, organize resources and capabilities under 15
Emergency Support Functions (ESFs). ESFs align categories of resources and provide
strategic objectives for their use. ESFs may be selectively activated for both
Stafford Act and non-Stafford Act incidents where Federal authorities request
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) assistance or under other circumstances as defined in HSPD-5. Not every incident results in the activation of all ESFs.
Activation depends on the nature and magnitude of the event, the suddenness of
onset, and for ESF #9, the existence of SAR resources in the affected area.
The ESF #9 SAR response is scalable to meet the specific needs of each incident,
based upon the nature and magnitude of the event, the suddenness of onset, and the
capability of local SAR resources.
ESF #9
ESF #9 rapidly deploys Federal SAR
resources to provide lifesaving assistance to State, Tribal, Territorial, and local SAR Coordinator(s), SAR Mission Coordinator(s), and other authorities when a request for assistance is made or anticipated
from an authority recognized by the NRF for incidents or potential incidents requiring an
integrated SAR response.