Who is responsible for leading the Federal Government’s response efforts to ensure that the necessary coordinating structures, leadership, and resources are applied quickly and efficiently to large-scale and catastrophic incidents?

The Secretary of Homeland Security is responsible for leading the Federal Government’s response efforts to ensure that the necessary coordinating structures, leadership, and resources are applied quickly and efficiently to large-scale and catastrophic incidents.

The Secretary of Homeland Security coordinates preparedness activities within the United States to respond to and recover from terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies, providing for unity of Federal efforts for domestic incident management.

From the perspective of emergency management professionals, the Secretary of Homeland Security leadership is crucial in orchestrating the Federal response during emergencies, ensuring that all actions by different departments and agencies are unified and effective.

The Secretary of Homeland Security role also involves managing a robust response capability and emergency management expertise to support lead Federal agencies during a domestic incident response.

Source: https://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is800d/english/instructor%20guide/el0800.d%20ig.pdf