State, local, tribal and territorial governments are responsible for implementing the homeland security mission, protecting public safety and welfare and ensuring the provision of essential services to communities and industries within their jurisdictions.
States and territorial governments also:
Serve as crucial coordination hubs, bringing together preparedness authorities; capabilities; and resources.
Coordinate requests for Federal assistance when the threat or incident situation exceeds jurisdictional capabilities.
Develop and implement statewide/regional critical infrastructure security and resilience programs that reflect the full range of NIPP-related activities.
Facilitate the information-sharing process. States receive critical infrastructure information from the Federal Government to support national and State critical infrastructure security and resilience programs.