JP 3-28, Civil Support - Federation of American Scientists

Overview of the National Response Plan and National Incident Management System
(2) When the procedures within a support annex are needed to support elements of an
incident, the coordinating agency will notify cooperating agencies of the circumstances.
Cooperating agencies are responsible for:
(a) Conducting operations, when requested by DHS or the coordinating agency, using
their own authorities, SMEs, capabilities, or resources.
(b) Participating in planning for short-term and long-term incident management and
recovery operations and the development of supporting operational plans, standard operating procedures,
checklists, or other job aids, in concert with existing first-responder standards.
(c) Furnishing available personnel, equipment, or other resource support as requested
by DHS or the support annex coordinator.
(d) Participating in training and exercises aimed at continuous improvement of prevention,
response, and recovery capabilities.
(e) Nominating new technologies or procedures that have the potential to improve
performance within or across functional areas to DHS for review and evaluation.
Note: DOD is considered a cooperating agency for the majority of support annexes.
d. Incident Annexes. The incident annexes address contingency or hazard situations requiring
specialized application of the NRP. The incident annexes describe the missions, policies, responsibilities,
and coordination processes that govern the interaction of public and private entities engaged in incident
management and emergency response operations across a spectrum of potential hazards. These annexes
are typically augmented by a variety of supporting plans and operational supplements.
the annex.
resources.
activities.
(1) Each coordinating agency is responsible for:
(a) Orchestrating a coordinated delivery of those functions and procedures identified in
(b) Providing staff for operations functions at fixed and field facilities.
(c) Notifying and subtasking cooperating agencies.
(d) Managing tasks with cooperating agencies, as well as appropriate state agencies.
(e) Working with appropriate private-sector organizations to maximize use of available
(f) Supporting and keeping ESFs and other organizational elements informed of annex
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