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Chapter I I-8 JP 3-28 primary federal jurisdiction or authorities (e.g., on a military base or a federal facility or lands), USG departments or agencies may be the first responders and first line of defense, coordinating activities with state, territorial, tribal, and local partners. The USG, states, and local governments also maintain working relationships with the private sector and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and will integrate as necessary when responding to domestic incidents. c. Pursuant to the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)-5, Management of Domestic Incidents, the Secretary of Homeland Security is the principal federal official for domestic incident management (unless it occurs on a DOD installation). Domestic incident management refers to how incidents are managed across five mission areas in accordance with (IAW) Presidential Policy Directive (PPD)-8, National Preparedness: prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery. An incident is an occurrence, caused by either human action or a natural phenomenon, that requires action to prevent or minimize loss of life or damage to property and/or natural resources. The National Incident Management System (NIMS) is a requirement in all five mission areas of domestic incidents. d. PPD-8, National Preparedness, describes the nation’s approach to prepare for the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk to the security of the US. National preparedness is the shared responsibility of our whole community. The national preparedness goal describes what it means for the whole community to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the threats, hazards, disasters, and emergencies. These threats and risks include events such as natural disasters, disease pandemics, chemical spills and other man-made hazards, terrorist attacks, and cyberspace attacks. In addition to stating the goal, the national preparedness goal describes 32 activities, called core capabilities, that address the greatest risks to the nation. e. The national preparedness system includes planning frameworks for all five mission areas. The national planning frameworks outline the strategy and doctrine for building, sustaining, and delivering core capabilities and set whole community roles and responsibilities. f. Federal Interagency Operational Plan (FIOP). The FIOPs, one for each mission area, serve as a concept of operations (CONOPS)—focusing on how the federal government will execute in the delivery and support of the core capabilities within each of the five mission areas. The FIOPs describe the CONOPS to integrate and synchronize existing national-level federal capabilities to support state, local, territorial, tribal, and federal plans and are supported by federal, department-level operational plans, where appropriate. In addition to the NRF, the Response FIOP serves as a federal-level CONOPS, which focuses on how the USG will execute the delivery and support of the core capabilities for response to a domestic incident. g. NRF. The NRF provides a comprehensive approach to domestic incident management utilizing the NIMS. DHS is the executive agent for NRF coordination, management, and maintenance. The NRF is coordinated and managed by the FEMA, an operational component of DHS. The NRF is an essential component of the National