The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry and the USA Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are going to exchange experts during joint rescue operations in major disasters. This is provided by a protocol of the fourth meeting of the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission Working Group on Emergency Situations and seventeenth meeting of Joint U.S.-Russia Cooperation Committee on Emergency Situations, which took place in Washington on 25 June.

The document provides for expert cooperation in disaster response operations and to study the latest practices.

In addition, the parties approved of U.S.-Russian cooperation in this field in 2013-2014, which envisages exchange of experience including in monitoring and forecasting emergency situations, training of rescuers, development of mine-rescuing and provision of security at mass events.

At the end of the meeting the parties expressed their satisfaction with the level of cooperation between the Russian Federation and the United States in the area of emergency prevention and response and agreed to develop it in order to respond efficiently to all kinds of disasters.

-September 13, 1998
(to September 17) World Energy Council Meeting[5] Houston, Texas

-April 23, 1999
(to April 25) NATO 50th Anniversary Celebration[5] Washington, D.C.

-November 29, 1999
(to December 3) World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1999[5] Seattle, Washington

-January 27, 2000 2000 State of the Union Address[5] Washington, D.C.

-April 14, 2000
(to April 17) International Monetary Fund Spring Meeting[5] Washington, D.C.

-July 3, 2000
(to July 9) Operation Sail Summer Millennium Celebration[5] New York City

-July 29, 2000
(to August 4) 2000 Republican National Convention[5] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

-August 14, 2000
(to August 16) 2000 Democratic National Convention[5] Los Angeles, California

-January 20, 2001 2001 Presidential Inauguration[5] Washington, D.C.

-February 27, 2001 Presidential Address to Congress[5] Washington, D.C.

-November 10, 2001
(to November 16) United Nations General Assembly 56th session[5] New York City

-January 29, 2002 2002 State of the Union Address[5] Washington, D.C.

-February 3, 2002 Super Bowl XXXVI[5][6] New Orleans, Louisiana

-February 8, 2002
(to February 24) 2002 Winter Olympics[5][6] Salt Lake City, Utah

-May 21, 2002
(to May 22) World Economic Forum USA Meeting[citation needed] Washington, D.C.

-January 20, 2003 2003 State of the Union Address Washington, D.C.

-January 20, 2004 2004 State of the Union Address[5] Washington, D.C.

-June 8, 2004
(to June 10) 30th G8 summit[5] Sea Island, Georgia

-June 9, 2004
(to June 11) State funeral of Ronald Reagan[5][7] Washington, D.C.
Simi Valley, California

-July 26, 2004
(to July 29) 2004 Democratic National Convention[5][7] Boston, Massachusetts

-August 30, 2004
(to September 2) 2004 Republican National Convention[5][7] New York City

-January 20, 2005 2005 Presidential Inauguration[5][7] Washington, D.C.

-February 2, 2005 2005 State of the Union Address[5][7] Washington, D.C.

-January 31, 2006 2006 State of the Union Address[7] Washington, D.C.

-Dec 30, 2006
(to January 3, 2007) State funeral of Gerald Ford[5][7] Washington, D.C.
Grand Rapids, Michigan

-January 23, 2007 2007 State of the Union Address[7] Washington, D.C.

-January 28, 2008 2008 State of the Union Address[5][7][8] Washington, D.C.

-August 25, 2008
(to August 28) 2008 Democratic National Convention[8] Denver, Colorado 26th NSSE[8]

-September 1, 2008
(to September 4) 2008 Republican National Convention [8] St. Paul, Minnesota 27th NSSE[8]

-November 14, 2008
(to November 15) 2008 G-20 Washington summit[9] Washington, D.C.

-January 17, 2009 Pre-Inaugural Whistle Stop Tour[10] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to
Washington, D.C. Part of inaugural ceremonies

-January 18, 2009 Pre-Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial[10] Washington, D.C.

-January 20, 2009 2009 Presidential Inauguration[5][7] Washington, D.C.

-February 24, 2009 2009 Presidential Address to Congress[9] Washington, D.C.

-September 24, 2009
(to September 25) 2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit[9] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

-January 27, 2010 2010 State of the Union Address[11] Washington, D.C.

-April 12, 2010
(to April 13) 2010 Nuclear Security Summit[12] Washington, D.C.
January 25, 2011 2011 State of the Union Address[13] Washington, D.C.

-November 12, 2011
(to November 13) Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit[13] Honolulu, Hawaii

-January 24, 2012 2012 State of the Union Address[13] Washington, D.C.

-May 19, 2012
(to May 21) 38th G8 summit[13] Chicago, Illinois

-May 19, 2012
(to May 21) NATO 2012 Chicago Summit[13] Chicago, Illinois

-August 27, 2012
(to August 31) 2012 Republican National Convention[13] Tampa, Florida

-September 3, 2012
(to September 6, 2012 2012 Democratic National Convention[13] Charlotte, North Carolina

-January 20, 2013 2013 Presidential Inauguration[14] Washington, D.C.

When an NSSE is declared, the Secret Service becomes the lead agency for the security planning for the event; the FBI takes lead responsibility for counterterrorism, counterintelligence, criminal investigations; and FEMA takes lead responsibility for crisis management. Like the FBI and FEMA, the Secret Service brings in local law enforcement, public safety, and military experts to assist with developing the plan, and give them the special guidance and training to operate within the security plan.[2]

Typical NSSE security measures include:

Interagency coordination and interoperability
Heavy police (days off and leaves may be canceled) and often National Guard presence[3]
Police dogs for bomb detection[2]
Surveillance
WMD detection, mitigation, and decontamination
Sharpshooters and other tactical capabilities
Flight restrictions around the area[3]
United States Coast Guard patrols[3]
Increased railroad security[3]
Extensive road closure