GOHSEP Elected_Officials_Manual_2015

GOHSEP Louisiana Elected Officials Emergency Management Manual
Prepare + Prevent + Respond + Recover + mitigate
Incident Command System (ICS)
ICS provides flexibility and span of control to assign
ESFs and other stakeholder resources according to
their capabilities to augment and support the response
and early stages of recovery.
Joint Field Office (JFO)
The JFO is a temporary Federal multi-agency
coordination center established locally. It facilitates
the domestic incident management responsibilities of
the Secretary of Homeland Security (HLS), providing
the structure at the local level to bring Federal entities
operating under their independent authorities
together. The JFO provides field-level coordination
for the full range of complex and constantly changing
requirements in anticipation of or in response to
threats or acts of terrorism, major disasters and other
emergencies, including initial coordination for longterm
community recovery and mitigation activities.
State Emergency Operations Center
(SEOC)
Also further discussed in the State Emergency
Operations Center (SEOC) and Emergency Support
Functions (ESFs) sections of this Manual, the SEOC
– staffed with GOHSEP employees and State agency
representatives – ensures that necessary personnel
and resources are available to appropriately respond
to an event. The SEOC provides situational awareness
to the Unified Command Group (UCG) — the decision
making mechanism for incident response — and
coordinates timely assistance in support of local
and State stakeholders during natural and manmade
crises.
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