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2006 RRT Best Practices (2006)

RRT "Best Practices" from CY 2005

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Reconciling Federal Emergency Response Plans - NRT Homeland Security Recommendations (2003)

This Plan Reconciliation report assists in the consolidation of existing Federal Government emergency response plans into a single, coordinated national response plan; identifies the critical elements for a successful, well-coordinated response to incidents where more than one of the contingency plans would be used; and discusses the absence of a formal mechanism for reconciling the overlaps, gaps, and perceived conflicts that potentially exist among federal response plans.

Observations and Lessons Learned from World Trade Center and Pentagon Terrorist Attacks (2001)

Summarizes the observations made by the U.S. National Response Team (NRT) member agencies following the September 11, 2001 terrorist incidents in New York City and at the Pentagon. Also includes preliminary recommendations for NRT and other federal agencies, and lessons learned from the incidents.

Coordinating Contingency Planning: NRT-RRT Contingency Planning (2000)

Aims to help state and local planners understand the various federal statues and regulations that must be considered in contingency planning. Also describes plans regulating the private sector that are useful in public sector planning.

Electronic Contingency Plan (2000)

Two page factsheet defining an electronic contingency plan (ECP), outlining characteristics, benefits, and examples of ECPs and other resources regarding oil spills.

Update of Implementation Recommendations from the NRT following the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Discusses the progress that Federal agencies and others have made in implementing recommendations for oil spill emergency preparedness and response following the publication of The EXXON VALDEZ Oil Spill (or 1989 report) and Oil Spill Contingency Planning: National Status (1990 report).