# Disaster Response Support

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## NOS Services

When a disaster is imminent or strikes unexpectedly, NOS is prepared to provide a broad range of scientific, technical, and policy experts to support the response and inform recovery. When a Stafford Act declaration is made, this support may or may not require the issuance of a FEMA Mission Assignment depending on the scope of the disaster, cost of the service, and the length of time NOS experts are reassigned from their normal, appropriated duties and missions. The issuance of a Mission Assignment for a Coastal Advisor would provide FEMA and others with direct access to an NOS expert who would										facilitate the delivery of other NOS expertise and services as might be needed. Examples of other NOS services that could be valuable for preparedness, response and recovery include:

** CAMEO												Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations:												A software suite designed to help prepare for and												respond to chemical emergencies.

** GNOME												General NOAA Operational Modeling Environment: A												software modeling tool used to predict how oil and other												pollutants might move and spread on the water.

** ERMA												Environmental Response Management Application: An												online mapping tool integrating static and real-time data												in an easy-to-use format for environmental responders												and decision-makers.

** ESI Maps												Environmental Sensitivity Index Maps: Provide a concise												summary of coastal resources at risk for contamination.

** nowCOAST®												 A GIS-based online web mapping service that provides frequently updated weather and ocean observations, coastal and marine weather warnings and forecasts, and potential storm surge flooding maps.

** Digital Coast												A NOAA-sponsored partnership and website focused on												helping communities address coastal issues by providing												tools, training and data on everything from economic												data to satellite imagery.

** Storm QuickLook												A product that provides a synopsis of near real-time												oceanographic and meteorological observations at												locations affected by a tropical cyclone.

** PORTS®												Physical Oceanographic Real Time System: A NOS service												to deliver real-time oceanographic and meteorological												data designed primarily for mariners, but with												applications for coastal management and emergency												operations.

** IOOS®												Integrated Ocean Observing System: A network of												regional ocean observing systems designed to track,												predict, manage and adapt to changes in the ocean,												coastal and Great Lakes environment.

** NOS Services in Support of Disaster ResponseNOS Hurricane Response: Tools, Data, and Services

###### **Expertise & Capabilities**

In the spirit of FEMA's "whole community" approach, NOS is committed to improving the nation's capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from and adapt to natural and man-made hazards. 

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