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Joint field office Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
A temporary multiagency coordination center established at the incident site to provide a central location for coordination of federal, state, local, tribal, nongovernmental, and private-sector organizations with primary responsibility for incident oversight, direction, and/or assistance to effectively coordinate protection, prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery actions. Also called JFO. (JP 3-28)
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Doctrine Division. ( About )