Family Emergency Response

Disaster affects hundreds of thousands of people every year. It may happen at your local Navy installation. It may happen to you. Family Emergency Response is the quick response provided to commands, personnel and families when they are faced with crisis situations such as natural or manmade disasters, loss of life, disaster evacuation or war. In the midst or aftermath of an incident, FFSC team members strive to provide the following based on the event:

  • Setting up a 24-hour Emergency Family Assistance Center, if needed

  • Manning the Assistance Center with Fleet & Family Support staff and other agency staff,  as needed

  • Consultation

  • Crisis intervention

  • Debriefings

  • Information and referrals

  • Work towards restoring mission readiness

 

Are you and your family ready for an emergency?

Whether you’re part of the general Navy community, the Navy’s emergency management team, or a potential partner in disaster response and recovery, you have a role in planning for emergencies -- preparedness is your duty.

 

Ready Navy https://www.ready.navy.mil/

Ready Navy is the Navy’s emergency preparedness program to ensure commands, Sailors, retirees, reservists, Department of Defense (DoD) employees, and their loved ones can be ready to meet crisis-related challenges. By exploring the links on the Ready Navy site, you will:

  • Be informed of potential hazards
  • Understand making an emergency plan
  • Learn to build a kit to support basic needs
  • Access tools and resources to help you

 

Helpful Checklists

 

What is an EFAC?

Emergency Family Assistance Center-Deliver support programs and resources to promote short and long-term recovery following a disaster.

Types of Disasters

  • Command – incidents that affect the unit or ship
  • Natural – affects an installation, community, state or nation
  • Manmade – element of human intent, error, negligence, or failure of a manmade system

EFACs provide full spectrum of support in response to a crisis.

EFACs serve as a central point of coordination of family assistance and are a source for continuous information related in the aftermath of a disaster.

EFAC are typically  established after the disaster and the installation has been deemed safe.

An EFAC is open to ALL who have base access. Active-duty, retired, spouses, and civilian employees.

Resources
  • Get information as it becomes available.
  • Receive services like food, shelter, financial assistance, and mental health checks.

 

Navy Family Accountability and Assessment System NFAAS

Navy Family Accountability and Assessment System standardizes a method for the Navy to account, manage and monitor the recovery process for personnel and their families affected and/or scattered by a widespread catastrophic event. NFAAS provides valuable information to all levels of the Navy chain of command, allowing commanders to make strategic decisions that facilitate a return to stability.

NFAAS allows Navy Personnel to do the following:

  • Report Accounting Status

  • Update Contact/Location information

  • View Reference Information

  • Complete a Needs Assessment Survey