View Resource Typing Definition

10-508-1213

Name

Human Services Recovery Support Team

Status

Published

Version

1.2

Updated

11/18/2019 3:50:19 PM

Original Release

11/07/2017

Last Major Release

11/18/2019

Description

The Human Services Recovery Support Team assists in providing services to disaster survivors, using identified needs from the Human Services Disaster Assessment Team’s initial assessment.

Resource Category

Emergency Management

Primary Core Capability

Economic Recovery

Secondary Core Capability

Resource Kind

Team

Overall Function

The Human Services Recovery Support Team provides assistance to federal, state, tribal, territorial, and local emergency management agencies pertaining to claims for human services assistance, such as: 1. Housing assistance 2. Disaster unemployment assistance 3. Mass care services 4. Other needs assistance 5. Crisis counseling 6. Disaster legal services 7. Case management services 8. Food assistance

Composition and Ordering Specifications

1. Discuss logistics for deploying this team, such as working conditions, length of deployment, security, lodging, transportation, and meals, prior to deployment 2. The requestor provides support to the team, such as security, fuel, and power for recharging phones, computers, and other rechargeable devices 3 Requestor should specify the need for maps or telephone directories 4. Requestor should request additional specialized personnel such as housing or legal specialists separately 5. Requestor may order Recovery Support Function (RSF) Leads with this team, including RSF 3 Health and Social Services Recovery, RSF 4 Housing Recovery, and others as necessary

Supporting Core Capabilities
None

Minimum Personnel Per Team

Not Specified

Component Types
Type	Attribute
Type 1	4

Management And Oversight Personnel Per Team

Not Specified

Component Types
Type	Attribute
Type 1	1 – National Incident Management System (NIMS) Type 1 Human Services Recovery Support Specialist

SUPPORT PERSONNEL PER TEAM

1. Requestor may order additional personnel including Damage Assessment, Community Relations, and Disaster Recovery Center personnel. 2. The Disaster Recovery Center Manager is not a NIMS typed position.

Component Types
Type	Attribute
Type 1	1 – Disaster Recovery Center Manager 1 – NIMS Type 2 Volunteer Agency Liaison 1 – NIMS Type 2 Donations Coordinator

Electronics Equipment Per Team

Not Specified

Component Types
Type	Attribute
Type 1	4 – Laptops 1 – Global Positioning System (GPS) 1 - Camera

Communications Equipment Per Team

Consider alternate forms of communication, such as satellite phones, based on the mission assignment and team needs.

Component Types
Type	Attribute
Type 1	4 – Two-way portable radios 4 – Cell phones

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Equipment Per Team Member

Not Specified

Component Types
Type	Attribute
Type 1	Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is mission-specific and may include: 1. Protective footwear 2. Protective clothing 3. Gloves 4. Masks 5. Eye protection 6. Respirators 7. Hearing protection

General Supplies Per Team

Not Specified

Component Types
Type	Attribute
Type 1	1. Office supplies 2. Relevant human services reference materials and forms

700

Notes

References
Reference
FEMA, NIMS 509: Human Services Recovery Support Specialist
FEMA, NIMS 509: Volunteer Agency Liaison
FEMA, NIMS 509: Donations Coordinator
FEMA, National Incident Management System (NIMS), October 2017
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended
Title 44 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR): Emergency Management and Assistance

Version	Publish Date	Document Type
Published Versions
1.2	11/18/2019 3:50:19 PM	PDF
1.1	9/28/2018 5:08:07 PM	PDF
1.0	11/7/2017 3:16:57 PM	PDF