Get to know the NOAA Line Offices! | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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NOAA has six line offices that conduct both "blue sky" and response activites. Let's get more familiar with what our NOAA line offices do normally and during a response.

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Provides federal law enforcement services including patrols, investigations, and surveillance in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and can also support disaster response

NMFS

5

Staff Incident Command Posts, as needed, to provide local expertise and technical assistance regarding protected resources and guidance and/or to support field activities including wildlife response and Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment Tech

NMFS

5

Provides products, tools, and services to help emergency responders, coastal planners, individuals, and businesses make decisions to save lives, protect property, and mitigate damage.

NOS

5

Provides products, services, and data, such as nautical charts and tidal and water-level monitoring.

NOS

5

Manages 14 national marine sanctuaries and 2 national monuments and provides funding to coastal states to manage 29 national estuarine research reserves.

NOS

5

Supports states in protecting resources and guiding economic development in coastal areas.

NOS

5

Supports training for state coastal managers.

NOS

5

Provides critical scientific or technical support for an emergency response to protect coastal communities.

NOS

5

Participates in immediate response to natural disasters, hazardous spill events, damage assessment, and restoration activities.

NOS

5

Assists coastal managers with the decisions they need to make before, during, and after environmental events.

NOS

5

Provides weather, water, and climate forecasts to the public.

NWS

5

Provides hazardous weather warnings and additional weather-related products to the public.

NWS

5

Collects approximately 76 billion observations.

NWS

10

Issues around 1.5 million forecasts, and 50,000 warnings.

NWS

5

Provides emergency alerts and issues warnings during life-threatening weather situations.

NWS

5

Provides spot weather forecasts for fires and other emergency operations.

NWS

5