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The National Response Plan

The National Response Plan, last updated May 25, 2006, and currently under review, establishes a comprehensive all-hazards approach to enhance the ability of the United States to manage domestic incidents.  The plan incorporates best practices and procedures from incident management disciplines — homeland security, emergency management, law enforcement, firefighting, public works, public health, responder and recovery worker health and safety, emergency medical services, and the private sector — and integrates them into a unified structure.  It forms the basis of how the federal government coordinates with state, local, and tribal governments and the private sector during incidents.  It establishes protocols to help

• Save lives and protect the health and safety of the public, responders, and recovery workers;
• Ensure security of the homeland;
• Prevent an imminent incident, including acts of terrorism, from occurring;
• Protect and restore critical infrastructure and key resources;
• Conduct law enforcement investigations to resolve the incident, apprehend the perpetrators, and collect and preserve evidence for prosecution and/or attribution;
• Protect property and mitigate damages and impacts to individuals, communities, and the environment; and
• Facilitate recovery of individuals, families, businesses, governments, and the environment.

Download the National Response Plan

• National Reponse Base Plan and Appendices (PDF, 114 pages, 2MB)
• Full Version (PDF, 426 pages, 4MB) including all annexes, "Emergency Support Function Annexes", "Support Annexes", and "Incident Annexes."
• Notice of Change to the National Response Plan (PDF, 51 pages - 451 KB)
• Quick Reference Guide to the National Response Plan (PDF, 27 pages - 315 KB)
• Food and Agriculture Incident Annex, July 2006 (PDF, 10 pages - 82 KB)

For additional information on the plan or on how to obtain copies of the National Response Plan, please call 800-368-6498.