TENNESSEE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN (TEMP)

The Tennessee Emergency Management Plan (TEMP) is the document that provides the foundation for all disaster and emergency response operations conducted within the state of TennesseeTennessee state law requires TEMA to develop this plan and update it on a periodic basis.  All local emergency management plans are required to emulate the TEMP in terms of structure and purpose.

All of the other plans developed by the agency make reference back to the TEMP in some form or fashion. Some details of emergency management plans involving sensitive topics, such as national security issues or events involving terrorism, are closely held by the agency and not made available to the general public.

Tennessee was one of the first states to integrate the Emergency Support Function (ESF) concept into its state plan, and several other states and territories of the United States have used our plan as a model for their own.

Tennessee Emergency Management Plan - Current Plan Date is July 1, 2007

Individual Section Titles 

  • Introduction and Table of Contents
  • Basic Plan
  • ESF 1 - Transportation
  • ESF 2 - Communications
  • ESF 3 - Infrastructure
  • ESF 4 - Firefighting
  • ESF 5 - Information and Planning
  • ESF 6- Human Services
  • ESF 7 - Resource Support
  • ESF 8 – Public Health and Medical Services
  • ESF 9 - Search and Rescue
  • ESF 10 - Environmental Response
  • ESF 11 - Food
  • ESF 12 - Energy
  • ESF 13 - Law Enforcement
  • ESF 14 - Donations and Volunteers
  • ESF 15 - Recovery
  • ESF 16 - Animal Housing and Care Services