APHIS ESF-11 Coordinator Information |
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APHIS is the coordinating body for ESF #11. What does this mean?
The new ESF #11 program within APHIS represents our commitment to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Homeland Security Office (HSO) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) desire for enhanced collaboration on emergency management and response.
The DHS National Response Framework (NRF) identifies 15 Emergency Support Function (ESF) Annexes, each annex describing a subset of emergency response activities. The ESF #11 annex encompasses activities related to Agriculture and Natural Resources. The ESF #11 Annex involves four Federal agencies, including USDA APHIS, USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), and the Department of the Interior (DOI). USDA and DOI are designated as the primary federal departments in the ESF #11 Annex and USDA is designated as the lead department. USDA, HSO delegated the lead responsibility to APHIS. This delegation gives APHIS the responsibility to coordinate and serve as the liaison between DHS/FEMA, USDA, DOI, and cooperating state and local entities for preparedness and response to an activation of ESF #11.
The following documents provide information on the new ESF #11 program to ESF #11 staff, APHIS employees, ESF #11 partner agencies, FEMA, states, and stakeholders. Included are current documents and archival documents in two separate appendices. Appendix 1 - Current Guidance includes an introduction and 3 chapters: chapter 1: ESF #11 program overview. Chapter 2: ESF #11 staffing. Chapter 3: ESF #11 activation resources including current guidance for the NRCC and RRCC/JFO.
Last Modified: August 4, 2008