ESF 11 HSPD 9

Ag Incident Annex

Blake Velde

USDA NRT Member

ESF 11 Agriculture & Natural Resources Formerly Food only – Food Stamps and

nutrition assistance New ESF divided into four sections:

Nutrition Assistance Animal & Plant Disease and Pest Response Food Safety and Security Supply Natural & Cultural Resources and Historic

Property Protection (NCH Resources)

Food Food & Nutrition

Service Food Stamps Commodity

Assistance at shelters Commodity

Assistance for homes

Animal Plant Disease & Pest Response APHIS Response to

Animal/zoonotic disease outbreaks

Plant disease Plant insect infestations Coordination with ESF-8

Public Health Animal/vet/wildlife

support Pets

Food Safety & Security FSIS Slaughter House and

processing plant safety Distribution & retail sites Lab analysis of food

samples Product control Food borne disease

surveillance Field Investigations

NCH Resource Protection Natural Resources Cultural Resources Historic Properties

NCH Resources Coverage Covers natural resources damaged by

natural disasters, WMD and other non-oil or HAZMAT NRDs

Coordinates with ESF 10 and ESF 3 Interior is primary Lead Secondaries include: USDA, NOAA,

FEMA

NCH Resources Assistance Technical Scientific Assistance Financial Assistance through existing

programs Contracting and procurement assistance National Interagency Fire Center Not just recovery – prevention, mitigation,

minimization of impacts

NCH Examples Timber blow down not on infrastructure Coral Reef damage Flooded historic buildings Assistance in ESA consultations

Ag & Food Safety Incident Annex USDA working with Nat. Assoc. of State

Departments of Agriculture Coop Agreement with FSIS, FDA, DHS/IAIPD

for development Info gathering on existing emergency plans Project workgroup includes human health

associations, CDC, APHIS, FBI, EPA, DoD Goal will be to develop basic overarching annex

and human health, food, plant and animal sections