A facility used to house state, federal, and volunteer agency personnel who administer state and federal recovery assistance programs and manage recovery operations within each state declared a major disaster by the president.

An off-incident, temporary site where emergency services personnel and equipment report upon arrival into a disaster-impacted state. Many states use the National Guard to stand up a JRSOI as the first mission to provide logistical support of all resources that are coming into the state. A JRSOI may be staffed by a combination of National Guard, local, state, and federal resources.