Department Fire departments are usually front line workers in a disaster situation. Therefore, during a disaster, the general public depends a lot on fire department for assistance. However, provision of rescue services complexes under calamities like earth quakes, hurricanes and floods. Therefore, this necessitates increased staffing to meet the threshold of effective response. Under calamities of such a large scale as tornados, government disaster assistance teams are called in after local resources have been exhausted (National Response Framework, 1998, p. 15). Rescue steps The first step should involve assessing the extent of the damage. This will help the department to consider the adequacy of its staff requirements. Staff requirement analysis might involve how personnel will be activated, the management of catastrophic coverage, and the organization of shifts in situations where rescue operations will take more than 12 hours. Nevertheless, in case of staff shortage, additional support might be requested from the staff on leave (Newman & Clarke, 2008). Secondly, fire department should identify necessary extended operations to support rescue missions. This will involve indentifying services or fire departments that will support service provision not under the control of fire department (National Response Framework, 1998, p. 15). The third step should involve setting up of emergency operations center from where lost friends and media briefings will be undertaken from. This center will also act as a point of support for rescue teams, survivors and their relatives while controlling human traffic in collaboration with security department (Law enforcement guide for emergency operations, 2009). The fourth step will involve ensuring the safety of rescue personnel. This will involve communicating with rescue team family members concerning their whereabouts. The final step should involve organizing logistical support services in order to help the victims (Preparing for emergencies: University of California San Francisco Police Department, n. d.). Necessary operational support services One might argue that tornado management might be beyond the scope of the fire department. The official guidelines, however, state that fire department staff is responsible for carrying out rescue missions for saving the people that are in the vicinity of the tornado eruption. The National Response Framework states that “Fire Department – Assumes the role of Incident Command on scene. Determines the hazard level of the incident and directs response operations as directed by” (National Response Framework, 1998, p. 19). Therefore, the role of the fire department is crucial in the process of tornado protection and managing the tornado related rescue missions. As the National Response Framework shows, however, not only the efforts of the fire department alone, but also the joined efforts of the fire department and the law enforcement that allows for addressing the problem promptly and efficiently. “. Programs have been difficult to initiate or maintain unless they have been demanded by the citizens or mandated by law and paid for by the state or federal government” (National Response Framework, 1998, p. 31). Therefore, fire de