Welcome to Regional Response Team IX

There are thirteen Regional Response Teams (RRTs) in the U.S., each representing a particular geographic region (including Alaska, the Caribbean and the Pacific Basin). RRT IX serves the Southwest United States, and includes the States of Arizona, California and Nevada.  Membership includes Federal Agencies, States and Tribes, with participants from Local Government, Industry, and NGOs.  

The mission of the RRT is to support the Federal On-Scene Coordinator before, during and after an incident. This may include consultation, planning, training and coordination.

Response - The RRT supports the Federal On-Scene-Coordinators who is responding to oil and hazardous substance incidents per the National Contingency Plan.  The RRT through its members is a source for inter-agency liaison, anticipation of emerging issues, technical assistance, advice and identification of qualified resources to address the various environmental and public health missions which may be addressed under Emergency Support Function #10 of a Stafford Act Response.

Planning - The RRT maintains a Regional Contingency Plan to ensure that the roles, processes and priorities of federal and state agencies during an actual incident are clearly defined.

Training - Agency members of the RRTs provide simulation exercises of Regional plans to test the abilities of federal, state, and local agencies to coordinate their emergency response activities. 

Coordination - The RRTs identify available resources from each federal agency and state within their regions. Such resources include equipment, guidance, training, and technical expertise for response to oil spills, chemical releases and WMD.

Contact RRT9

24x7 contact numbers for RRT IX approvals or
consultation during an incident:

• For coastal/maritime incidents, call the 
  U.S. Coast Guard:  800-246-7236. 
• For inland incidents, call U.S. EPA:  800-300-2193.
• To report a spill, call the NRC:  800-424-8802

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