Incident Support is the coordination of all Federal resources that support emergency response, recovery, logistics, and mitigation-activities that occur at the NRCC or RRCC by either the National Response Coordination Staff (NRCS) or the Regional Response Coordination Staff (RRCS). Responsibilities include the deployment of national-level assets, support of national objectives and programs affected during the disaster, and support of incident operations with resources, expertise, information, and guidance.

Incident Management is the incident-level operation of the Federal role in emergency response, recovery, logistics, and mitigation-the activities that occur at the IOF or JFO. The IOF or JFO is staffed by an Incident Management Assistance Team (IMAT). Responsibilities in incident management include the direct control and employment of resources, management of incident offices, operations, and delivery of Federal assistance through all phases of emergency response.