This document was developed expressly for emergency management practitioners as anoverview of the process, roles, and responsibilities for requesting and providing all forms of Federal assistance. This overview also presents a summary of each of the 15 EmergencySupport Function Annexes and 8 Support Annexes including their purpose, capabilities,membership, and concept of operations. The complete annexes are contained in the onlineNRF Resource Center.For further information on how the Nation conducts incident response, refer to the
NationalResponse Framework
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National Response Framework: Overview
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