The Cooperative Agreement funding will assist the US&R Response System resources (i.e., 28 US&R Task Forces) to be prepared for mission response and provide qualified personnel in support of Emergency Support Function-9 (ESF-9) activities under the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the National
Reponse Framework (NRF).
These cooperative agreements wil provide a mechanism for distribution of funding to prepare the 28 designated Task Forces for US&R disaster response.