"The National Protection Framework encompasses core capabilities which include; roles and responsibilities; and coordinating structures that facilitate the protection of individuals, communities, and the nation. There is one framework for each of the five mission areas: prevention, protection, mitigation, response and recovery. The National Disaster Recovery Framework was the first to be released. The Prevention, Mitigation and updated National Response Framework were released in May 2013. The National Protection Framework was released after the other frameworks to ensure alignment with other National protection policies, such as Presidential Policy Directive 21: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, the National Infrastructure Protection Plan.
The framework summarizes the roles and responsibilities of each part of the whole community, defines the mission area’s core capabilities, coordinating structures, describes the relationships to the other mission areas, identifies relevant information to help with operational planning, provides information that state, local, tribal and territorial governments can use to revise their operational plans; and uses concepts from existing preparedness efforts, such as the National Incident Management System."
What I find interesting is that when I ask FEMA staff working out in the field (a.k.a. not in D.C.) to name the phases of emergency management they say, "Preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery." Nary a word about "protection."
The term "protection" came up in the onslaught of the DHS after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and their singular focus on terrorism. The word has held on and changed somewhat encompassing more of an all-hazards term into the description as described above.
