FEMA seeking input on draft national planning frameworks

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its partner agencies are seeking input on a series of draft national planning frameworks related to incident Response, Prevention, Protection, and Mitigation. FEMA is updating the existing National Response Framework, and federal agencies have developed new national frameworks for Prevention, Protection, and Mitigation activities.

- The National Response Framework addresses how the "whole community" -- which includes all levels of government, individuals and communities, businesses, non-profits, and faith-based organizations -- work together to respond to "all-hazard" incidents.
- The National Prevention Framework addresses whole community roles and actions in the prevention of terrorism in our Nation.
- The National Protection Framework addresses whole community roles and actions in protecting our Nation against natural disasters and man-made hazards, including terrorism.
- The National Mitigation Framework addresses whole community roles and actions in lessening the impact of disasters through mitigation.

In addition, you may be aware that FEMA issued a National Disaster Recovery Framework in September 2011. FEMA has just developed a draft Federal Recovery Interagency Operational Plan, which supports the Framework and provides additional details on Federal implementation of the Framework.

All of this work is being conducted under a presidential directive called Presidential Policy Directive-8. FEMA and its partner agencies have released these draft documents for a national public engagement period and is inviting national comment on these documents by April 2. You may download a copy of these documents and instructions for providing comments on them at the following FEMA website:

http://www.fema.gov/prepared/ppd8.shtm