The National Operations Center (NOC)

The National Operations Center (NOC) is the primary national hub for situational awareness and operations coordination across the Federal government for incident management. It provides the Secretary of Homeland Security and other principals with information necessary to make critical national-level incident management decisions.

Hurricane Liaison Team (HLT)

The Hurricane Liaison Team (HLT) is a small team designed to enhance hurricane disaster response by facilitating information exchange between the National Hurricane Center in Miami and other National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration components, as well as Federal, State, tribal, and local government officials.

Mobile Emergency Response Support (MERS)

Mobile Emergency Response Support (MERS) provides mobile telecommunications capabilities and life, logistics, operational, and power-generation support for on-site management of response activities. MERS detachments can concurrently support multiple field operating sites within an incident area.

National Joint Terrorism Task Force (NJTTF)

The National Joint Terrorism Task Force (NJTTF) works to enhance communications, coordination, and cooperation among Federal, State, tribal, and local agencies representing the intelligence, law enforcement, defense, diplomatic, public safety, and homeland security communities by providing a point of fusion for terrorism intelligence and by supporting Joint Terrorism Task Forces throughout the United States.

National/Regional Watch Centers

Watch centers provide 24/7 situational awareness for FEMA and support the collection and distribution of information pre-incident to the NOC for development of the national COP.