ESF-5 Emergency Management
Emergency Support Function #5 (ESF #5), Information and Planning, supports the collection, analysis, coordination, and distribution of information during incidents that require federal coordination. The original essay correctly emphasizes situational awareness, impact assessment, future resource needs, planning, and the movement of information among coordination centers and field structures. However, ESF #5 should not be understood as the federal function that directly commands every response resource or independently deploys law enforcement.

