Emergency Support Functions (ESF)

Emergency Support Functions (ESFs), along with the Recovery Support Functions (RSFs), provide the structure for coordinating interagency support for a state response to an incident. ESF's/RSF’s are mechanisms for grouping functions most frequently used by the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs (DEMA) to support the counties during state-declared disasters and emergencies. 

The Incident Command System (ICS) provides for the flexibility to assign an ESF and other stakeholder resources according to their capabilities, taskings and requirements to augment and support emergency operations in order to respond to incidents in a more collaborative and cross cutting manner. The following are a list of the Emergency Support Functions and Recovery Support Functions as outlined in the Arizona State Emergency Response and Recovery Plan:

• ESF #1 - Transportation and Infrastructure
• ESF #2 - Communications
• ESF #3 - Public Works and Engineering
• ESF #4 - Firefighting
• ESF #5 - Emergency Management
• ESF #6 - Mass Care
• ESF #7 - Logistics
• ESF #8 – Public Health & Medical Services
• ESF #9 – Search & Rescue
• ESF #10 - Hazardous Materials
• ESF #11 - Agriculture and Natural Resources
• ESF #12 - Energy
• ESF #13 - Public Safety
• ESF #14 - Recovery 
• ESF #15 - External Affairs
• RSF #1 – Community Planning & Capacity Building
• RSF #2 – Economic
• RSF #3 – Health & Social Services 
• RSF #4 – Housing
• RSF #5 – Infrastructure Systems 
• RSF #6 – Natural & Cultural Resources