An Article Out Loud from the Domestic Preparedness Journal, November 23, 2022.
An essential national incident management guidance document is finally available to responders nationwide. This document will significantly improve a unified response to and recovery from large-scale incidents. However, additional work is needed to create an enhanced unity of effort and fully integrated response among federal, state, and local responders.
Narrated by MacGregor Stephenson.
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Robert J. (Bob) Roller
Robert J. (Bob) Roller serves as the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Planning Branch Chief and co-led the development of the Response and Recovery Federal Interagency Operational Plans (FIOP). He also has years of experience as a firefighter and emergency medical services (EMS) provider in both wilderness and urban environments. He is a frequent contributor to Domestic Preparedness and recently published a memoir regarding his early experiences as a wildland firefighter. The views expressed here do not necessarily represent the views of FEMA or the United States government.
