The Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, requests comments on the revised National Response Plan. [FEMA Docket ID 2007-0007]

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is accepting comments on the draft supporting documents to the National Response Framework (NRF). Composed of the Emergency Support Functions Annexes, Support Annexes, and Incident Annexes, these supplemental documents provide additional guidance that may be used in implementing the NRF. Combined with the NRF, these documents incorporate lessons-learned from recent disasters, and articulate more clearly the roles of the States, tribal, and local jurisdictions and the private sector to guide a successful response to natural disasters or terrorist attacks.

The AVMA contends that while the National Response Framework exemplifies an ever stronger emergency preparedness system for the United States, it is not comprehensive. Specifically, the AVMA asserts that the FEMA National Integration Center should ensure the development of an Animal Annex within the National Response Framework to address all species-all hazards issues.