National Advisory Council

About Statement & Mission Statement
Membership Applications
Upcoming Meetings
Membership
Contact

About Statement & Mission Statement

The National Advisory Council (NAC) was established by the enactment of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to ensure effective and ongoing coordination of Federal preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation for natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other manmade disasters. The NAC advises the FEMA Administrator on all aspects of emergency management. The NAC incorporates state, tribal, and local governments and private sector input in the development and revision of the national preparedness goal, the national preparedness system, the National Incident Management System, the National Response Framework and other related plans and strategies.

Membership Applications

The Office of the National Advisory Council is no longer accepting applications and nominations for membership to the NAC. The last day to submit applications and nominations was Friday, March 22, 2013. We received over 500 applications and are currently reviewing them. We hope to notify applicants of their status in the next few months.

April 26, 2013 NAC Meeting

The National Advisory Council is scheduled to meet on April 26, 2013 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT at the Hilton Garden Inn Capitol Hill Hotel located at 1225 First Street, NE in Washington, DC. The meeting is open to the public. The agenda for the meeting can be found here.

Additionally, a conference line has been established for those members of the public interested in attending via teleconference: 1-800-320-4330 with Conference Bridge PIN 271425#.

A public comment period will be held during the meeting from 3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT. Those seeking to offer public comments must register in advance with the Office of the NAC and limit their comments to three (3) minutes. The public comment period is limited to a maximum of 10 speakers. Please note that the public comment period may end before the time indicated, following the last call for comments.

Written comments or requests to make oral presentations must be submitted in writing no later than April 25, 2013 and must be identified by Docket ID FEMA-2007-0008 and may be submitted by one of the following methods:

Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail/Courier: Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of Chief Counsel, FEMA, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472-3100.

Comments received will be posted without alteration at Regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.

Membership

The members of the National Advisory Council are appointed by the Administrator, and, to the extent practicable, are geographically diverse and represent a substantive cross section of officials, emergency managers, and emergency response providers from state, tribal, and local governments, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations.