Overview of U.S. Emergency Rescue Management

The emergency rescue management system is divided into federal and state levels. The federal government has developed a national disaster reduction plan, a federal government disaster response plan, and a federal government disaster assistance plan. Congress has specifically established regulations on the authorization and provision of federal government disaster relief and emergency assistance. The Federal Government Disaster Response Plan divides the resources of the federal government agencies into 12 different emergency support functions. Each function has assigned a major responsible agency and a number of supporting agencies, and has established the specific responsibility scope and response steps of each agency.

The implementation procedure is: Once a disaster occurs, the local government first responds and the county and municipal governments conduct self-rescue; when the capacity is insufficient, the state government is requested to provide support; the state government mobilizes resources within the state to provide assistance; when the state government’s capacity is insufficient, the governor can request the federal government. Assistance: The President announced major disasters or emergencies in accordance with relevant disaster relief and rescue regulations, and appointed the Federal Coordinator; the Federal Coordinator and the State Coordinator jointly established a disaster site office to implement emergency support functions, mobilize and provide assistance with the emergency response team. Federal disaster relief resources; issues that cannot be coordinated by the Coordinator are left to the National Emergency Support Team and the National Catastrophic Disaster Response Team.

The highest administrative agency for emergency management in the United States is the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (now part of the Department of Homeland Security); the National Fire Administration, the Federal Flood Insurance Administration, the Civil Defence Administration, the Federal Disaster Relief Administration, and the Federal Bureau of Defence The merger of other institutions, mainly responsible for the federal government's prevention, monitoring, response, rescue and recovery of large-scale disasters. The Emergency Management Agency has 10 permanent regional offices and 2 regional offices throughout the country. Each regional office targets several states and directly assists the states in disaster relief and disaster reduction.

The Emergency Management Agency organizes and manages 28 urban search and rescue teams, including two international rescue teams located in 16 states and Washington, DC. After the "9.11" incident, the U.S. government has established the Department of Homeland Security to include more than 100,000 staff members from 22 federal agencies including the Coast Guard, Customs, Immigration, Transportation Security Administration and Federal Emergency Management Agency into the Department of Homeland Security. Guarantee to respond quickly and effectively to emergencies. ?