What is FEMAs IMAT All About

FEMA’s Incident Management Assistance Teams (IMAT) are rapidly deployable assets that provide the federal government’s initial coordination and response capability prior to and in the immediate hours following a serious incident. IMATs are response-oriented and deploy in support of the state, local, tribal and territorial government efforts to save lives, protect property, and provide life-sustaining services to meet basic individual and community needs or in support of another lead federal agency, as directed, for non-Stafford Act incidents. IMATs are designed to remain onsite through the stabilization of an incident and effectively transition responsibilities to follow-on personnel in order to reconstitute for subsequent missions.FEMA maintains three national IMATs, one collateral national IMAT to supplement the other national teams, and 13 regional IMATs geographically located within all 10-regional headquarters. National teams are trained for Level I events (requiring an extreme amount of federal assistance for response and recovery efforts) and regional teams are trained for Level II events (requiring a high amount of federal assistance). All IMATs are national assets part of a nationwide readiness system, and therefore can be deployed anywhere across the nation, including U.S. territories, to support disasters based on the greatest need. The regional teams typically deploy for any federally declared incidents within their respective regions or in support of complex incidents outside their region, while national teams deploy for larger, more complex events, such as a major hurricane affecting multiple states.Both national and regional IMATs maintain partnerships across all levels of government. IMATs collaborate with state, local, tribal and territorial partners as well as other federal agencies. This collaboration includes supporting Emergency Support Functions, and Recovery Support Functions in preparedness, disaster response, and National Special Security EventsTodd De VoeWebsite - https://toddtdevoe.com/Website- www.crisis-cafe.comSpeak N Spark-https://bit.ly/3sTVUfrLinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3sVHL1gEM WeeklyWebsite - https://bit.ly/3jj5ItlTwitter - https://bit.ly/31z8MeXFacebook - https://bit.ly/3dMlbRPLinkedIn - https://bit.ly/34mXyfzYouTube - https://bit.ly/2FQDhWdSister ShowsEM StudentWeb - https://bit.ly/2Hw0sFxTwitter - https://bit.ly/31z8MeXFacebook - https://bit.ly/3dMlbRPLinkedIn - https://bit.ly/34mXyfzYouTube - https://bit.ly/2FQDhWdThe Business Continuity ShowTwitter - https://bit.ly/3ojEIO2Facebook - https://bit.ly/2Tjqv5HLinkedIn - https://bit.ly/34mXyfzYouTube - https://bit.ly/3mePJyGSponsorsDisaster Tech-https://www.disastertech.com/NDEM Expo-https://www.ndemevent.com/en-us.htmlDoberman EMG-https://www.dobermanemg.com/The Readiness Lab-https://www.thereadinesslab.com/Sitch Radio - https://www.sitchradio.com