PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The President must create emergency support teams of Federal workers to send to areas hit by a major disaster or emergency. These teams must help the Federal coordinating officer. When the President asks, any Federal agency head must send staff to work with the teams, either on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis as the President decides. People sent must not lose seniority, pay, or other job status. The President, through the FEMA Administrator, must set up at least 3 national response teams, enough regional response teams (including Regional Office strike teams under section 317 of title 6), and any other teams needed. The Administrator must set target capability levels under the guidelines in section 746(a) of title 6, make sure teams have enough planned, trained, equipped, and practiced personnel to meet those targets, and regularly check and report team readiness in the report required by section 752(a) of title 6.

Title 42, §5144

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(a)Emergency support teams

The President shall form emergency support teams of Federal personnel to be deployed in an area affected by a major disaster or emergency. Such emergency support teams shall assist the Federal coordinating officer in carrying out his responsibilities pursuant to this chapter. Upon request of the President, the head of any Federal agency is directed to detail to temporary duty with the emergency support teams on either a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, as is determined necessary by the President, such personnel within the administrative jurisdiction of the head of the Federal agency as the President may need or believe to be useful for carrying out the functions of the emergency support teams, each such detail to be without loss of seniority, pay, or other employee status.

(b)Emergency response teams

(1)Establishment

In carrying out subsection (a), the President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall establish—

(A)at a minimum 3 national response teams; and

(B)sufficient regional response teams, including Regional Office strike teams under section 317 of title 6; and

(C)other response teams as may be necessary to meet the incident management responsibilities of the Federal Government.

(2)Target capability level

The Administrator shall ensure that specific target capability levels, as defined pursuant to the guidelines established under section 746(a) of title 6, are established for Federal emergency response teams.

(3)Personnel

The President, acting through the Administrator, shall ensure that the Federal emergency response teams consist of adequate numbers of properly planned, organized, equipped, trained, and exercised personnel to achieve the established target capability levels. Each emergency response team shall work in coordination with State and local officials and onsite personnel associated with a particular incident.

(4)Readiness reporting

The Administrator shall evaluate team readiness on a regular basis and report team readiness levels in the report required under section 752(a) of title 6.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 93–288, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 143. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 5121 of this title and Tables.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 303 of Pub. L. 93–288 was renumbered section 302 by Pub. L. 100–707 and is classified to section 5143 of this title.

Amendments

2011—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111–351 substituted “Administrator” for “Director” wherever appearing. 2006—Pub. L. 109–295 substituted “Emergency support and response teams” for “Emergency support teams” in section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted subsec. heading, and added subsec. (b).

§5144 Emergency Support and Response Teams