Fly Away Support Team (FAST)
Deployable Expertise. Operational Impact.
Mission Capability Statement
EM5’s Fly Away Support Team (FAST) is a worldwide deployable incident management team designed to assist governments, private companies, and NGOs engaged in disaster response and humanitarian operations. Bringing together senior emergency managers, planners, and operational specialists, FAST reinforces client teams to turn urgent priorities into coordinated action.
Each team is tailored to the mission, integrates into the client’s operating structure, and coordinates with relevant authorities and response partners.
Core Capabilities
Command and Coordination
Strengthen emergency operations centers and field coordination; align organizations around clear objectives, responsibilities, and decision processes.
Operational Planning
Translate mission priorities into executable incident action plans with clear objectives, assigned responsibilities, resource requirements, and timelines; anticipate changing conditions and develop contingencies to sustain operations.
Situational Awareness and Analysis
Assess disaster impacts, identify emerging risks, and develop a common operating picture to support timely decisions.
Resource and Logistics Management
Define critical requirements, prioritize scarce resources, and coordinate the movement and tracking of personnel, equipment, and relief supplies.
Humanitarian Assistance Coordination
Support evacuation, sheltering, mass care, and assistance to vulnerable populations alongside local responders and humanitarian partners.
Continuity of Operations and Essential Services
Help sustain critical government, business, and NGO functions and establish priorities for restoring disrupted services.
Recovery Transition
Identify unresolved needs, establish early recovery priorities, and support a structured handover.
Deployment Model
FAST scales from a focused advisory or advance team to a multidisciplinary operational support element. Mission scope, mobilization, staffing, duration, and sustainment are established with the client. Remote specialists can extend deployed capacity throughout the mission.
Operating Commitment
Locally informed. Mission-focused. Accountable to those we serve.
FAST reinforces client capabilities while respecting government authority, local expertise, and humanitarian principles. Every deployment emphasizes practical execution, knowledge transfer, and a handover that enables teams to sustain operations.
Mission Outcome
Help governments, private companies, and NGOs deliver a coordinated, sustained response, protecting lives, maintaining essential services, and establishing the conditions for recovery.
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