The mission of the National Joint TERT Initiative: In partnership, the National Emergency Number Association and the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International are dedicated to the development of a nationally recognized program for telecommunicator mutual aid response in the aftermath of disasters, providing information as to operational deployment of Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) programs and taking a leadership role in assisting governmental agencies in the development of TERT style programs at the regional, state and local levels.

The Tennessee Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TN-TERT) was established in 2008. Trained telecommunicators available to respond in times of crisis to help PSAPs, EOC or incident command with Public Safety Communications.