# Arizona Rapid Response Team Development > **NIH FDA U2F** · ARIZONA STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · 2024 · $190,000 ## Abstract The Development and Maintenance of Human and Animal Food Rapid Response Teams Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA): RFA-FD-23-019 Arizona Rapid Response Team Development Project Summary There are 8 different objectives outlined in the FOA: RFA-FD-23-019 that the AZDA will focus on achieving throughout the next 3 years. Key milestones are indicated for each objective. Each year the AZDA intends to achieve target goals to bring us closer to the overarching mission of developing a multi-agency, multi-disciplinary team that will operate utilizing Incident Command System (ICS) and National Incident Management System (NIMS) principles and a Unified Command structure to respond to HAF emergencies. We expect to effectively minimize the time between agency notification of HAF incident and implementation of effective control measures. During the next three years, the AZDA plans to develop a successful Rapid Response Team (RRT) by identifying current capabilities, identifying RRT partners, developing relationships, creating a structure, tracking progress and updates as well as developing improvement plans. We will perform a capability assessment of our jurisdiction to help begin the development process in addition to creating a sustainability plan. Both will be reviewed and updated annually to ensure the objectives of the grant are met. In addition, the AZDA will provide the FDA with annual reports documenting progress, updates and improvement plans. Standard Operating Procedures will be created and act as living documents, reviewed and edited annually or more frequently when necessary. These procedures will help lay the framework for Arizona's RRT. Document maintenance is important to ensure the objectives of the FOA are being met by identifying gaps and allowing the RRT partners to close those gaps. The AZDA intends to quickly identify RRT partners to develop a strong structure. The AZDA intends to develop a plan which will provide detailed information about the RRT development process, key accomplishments and performance measures. During the next three-year period there will be an emphasis on the development of a food emergency management plan based on the RRT Best Practices Manual. In order to ensure uniformity and consistency throughout the nation, it is important to ensure there is appropriate training and mentorship from other states who have a fully developed Rapid Response Team. This will also help with the development of our own food emergency management plan. Our goal is to ensure that our RRT partners are fully trained and to plan for succession by ensuring that new members will be able to pick up exactly where the last person left off flawlessly. Necessary training will be identified for each partner. The structure will be built to help identify responsibilities of each position and agency. It will be a top priority to build and maintain interagency relationships and set up quarterly meetings. We are aware that we need to coordinate with ot... ## Key facts - **NIH application ID:** 10916523 - **Project number:** 5U2FFD008049-02 - **Recipient organization:** ARIZONA STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE - **Principal Investigator:** Teressa M Lopez - **Activity code:** U2F (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.) - **Funding institute:** FDA - **Fiscal year:** 2024 - **Award amount:** $190,000 - **Award type:** 5 - **Project period:** 2023-09-01 → 2026-06-30 ## Primary source NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10916523 ## Citation > US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10916523, Arizona Rapid Response Team Development (5U2FFD008049-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10916523. Licensed CC0. --- *[NIH grants dataset](/datasets/nih-grants) · CC0 1.0*