Emergency Support Function definition
Emergency Support Function. (ESF-8) means Public Health and Medical Services which provides the mechanism for coordinated assistance to supplement State, tribal, regional, and/or local resources in response to a public health and medical disaster, potential or actual incidents requiring a coordinated response, and/or during a developing potential health and medical emergency.
Emergency Support Function means a system that supports restoration of communications infrastructure, co-ordinates communications support to response efforts, facilitates the delivery of information to emergency management decision makers, and assists in the stabilization and re-establishment of systems;
Emergency Support Function. (ESF-8) means Public Health and Medical Services which provides the mechanism for coordinated Federal assistance to supplement State, tribal, and local resources in response to a public health and medical disaster, potential or actual incidents requiring a coordinated response, and/or during a developing potential health and medical emergency. More information can be found at: https://aspr.hhs.gov/legal/Pages/Emergency-Support-Functions.aspx
Examples of Emergency Support Function in a sentence
Coordinate with and support all Emergency Support Function (“ESF”)-8 lead agencies, including local health departments and DSHS PHRs, within the boundaries of each HCC Region.
This plan may be titled as the Emergency Support Function #8, an annex to the County Emergency Operations Plan, All- Hazards Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan, Public Health All-Hazards Plan, or other title that fits into the standardized county emergency preparedness nomenclature.