The National Planning Frameworks
The National Planning Frameworks, written between 2011 and 2014, one for each preparedness mission area, describe how the whole community works together to achieve the National Preparedness Goal. The Goal is: “A secure and resilient nation with the capabilities required across the whole community to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to and recover from the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk.” The Goal is the cornerstone for the implementation of Presidential Policy Directive / PPD-8: National Preparedness.
The National Planning Frameworks are part of the National Preparedness System. There is one Framework for each of the five preparedness mission areas:
  • National Prevention Framework (May 2013)
  • National Protection Framework (July 2014)
  • National Mitigation Framework (May 2013)
  • National Response Framework (2nd Ed, May 2013)
  • National Disaster Recovery Framework (February 2015)

To support efforts in advance of or during an incident, the critical infrastructure community collaborates based on the structures established in the National Planning Frameworks and the interim National Cyber Incident Response Plan.

One example of how these structures support collaborative efforts is provided through the National Response Framework.

The National Response Framework’s organizational structures coordinate critical infrastructure-related activities conducted in response to a nationally declared disaster or major incident necessitating Federal assistance. Its Critical Infrastructure Support Annex explains how critical infrastructure security and resilience activities are integrated into the National Response Framework and describes policies, roles and responsibilities, incident-related actions and coordinating structures used to assess, prioritize, secure and restore critical infrastructure during actual or potential domestic incidents. The Annex leverages the partnership structures and information-sharing and risk management processes described in this National Plan. Similar linkages are in place and will continue to be enhanced, through the other Frameworks and incident response plans.