Debris from a destroyed neighborhood in Joplin, Mo., on Monday, May 23, 2011, the day after a tornado leveled much of the city. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

(CNSNews.com) - Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency -- which falls under the Homeland Security Department -- have arrived in tornado-devastated Joplin, Mo., and so have a number of federal Health and Human Services Agencies.

HHS said it is sending a Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Assessment Team; a Family Assistance Center Team; an incident team from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; and an Incident Response Coordination Team.

According to HHS, the Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Assessment Team will work with the state and local coroners and medical examiners in determining the full extent of federal mortuary resources that may be needed.

The Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team and a Family Assistance Center Team will provide assistance to coroners, medical examiners and families in identifying victims and returning remains to their loved ones. In addition, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response will provide a Disaster Portable Morgue Unit to support local mortuary operations.

The FDA incident management team is working with state and local health departments to assist with inspections of FDA-regulated industries, such as food processing facilities and pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, to ensure the safety of FDA-regulated products.

The HHS Incident Response Coordination Team will make sure federal public health and medical teams have what they need to assist the state at this critical time. This team is the “on the ground” command-and-control for federal public health and medical assets.