Management Support Team (MST), National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)
An MST is a command and control team that provides support and liaison functions for other NDMS teams in the field.  MSTs are usually staffed by a mix of Federal employees and are constituted on an ad-hoc, mission-specific basis.  An MST (perhaps as small as one or two individuals) always accom­panies an NDMS unit on a deployment.  See Annex A:  Federal Response Teams for more detailed informa­tion on this Federal Resource.

Mine and Tunnel Search and Rescue Team
A specially trained and equipped team that searches for, rescues, and/or recovers individuals from working or abandoned mines and tunnels.

Mine Rescue Team (Confined Space Rescue)
Team locates and rescues individuals lost or trapped in active or abandoned mine shafts or other below-ground entrapments.

Mobile Communications Center (Mobile Emergency Operations Center [EOC]; Mobile Command Center; Continuity of Operations Vehicle)
A vehicle that serves as a self-sustaining mobile operations center capable of operating in an environ­ment with little to no basic services, facilitating communications between multiple entities using an array of fixed and/or wireless communications equipment, providing appropriate work space for routine support functions, and providing basic services for personnel in short-term or long-term deployments.

Mobile Feeding Kitchen (Mobile Field Kitchen; Rapid Deployment Kitchen)
A containerized kitchen that can be positioned forward in fulfillment of Emergency Support Function (ESF) #11 - Food and Water.  The units are used to support feeding operations at emergency incidents.

Mobile Field Force (Crowd Control Teams; Riot Dispersal Team)
Police units trained in handling large crowds and riot situations, including specialized training in crowd dispersal, tactics, and special weapons.

Mobile Kitchen Unit
A unit designed and constructed to dispense food for incident personnel providing a specified level of capacity.

Mountain Search and Rescue Team (Wilderness Rescue Team)
Team searches for and rescues people either above the timberline or in high-angle areas below the timberline, which can include glacier, crevasse, backcountry, alpine search and rescue, and other aspects of the environment.