Title 6 — Domestic SecurityRelease 119-73

§745 National planning scenarios

Title 6 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - COMPREHENSIVE PREPAREDNESS SYSTEM › Part Part A— - National Preparedness System › § 745

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator may work with federal agency leaders and the National Advisory Council to create planning scenarios that show the relative risk of all hazards — natural disasters, terrorism, and other man-made events — so planners can set and adjust target capabilities and capability levels to meet the national preparedness goal. Those scenarios must show the likely size, scope, and complexity of representative hazards and be the minimum number needed to identify the tasks and capabilities required to respond to all hazards.

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Title 6, §745

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(a)The Administrator, in coordination with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies and the National Advisory Council, may develop planning scenarios to reflect the relative risk requirements presented by all hazards, including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters, in order to provide the foundation for the flexible and adaptive development of target capabilities and the identification of target capability levels to meet the national preparedness goal.

(b)In developing, revising, and replacing national planning scenarios, the Administrator shall ensure that the scenarios—

(1)reflect the relative risk of all hazards and illustrate the potential scope, magnitude, and complexity of a broad range of representative hazards; and

(2)provide the minimum number of representative scenarios necessary to identify and define the tasks and target capabilities required to respond to all hazards.

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Citation

6 U.S.C. § 745

Title 6 — Domestic Security

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73