comdtinst m16114.32c - U.S. Coast Guard

Part 2 – Operations and Missions
Chapter 2 – Mission Planning
(05) Periodically update recall lists and establish a command phone
tree.
(06) Exercise the phone tree semi-annually.
(07) Maintain emergency food, water, medical, and emergency
response supplies. Commands should assume a 72-hour supply
requirement.
(08) Assist in Federal response as directed by the Coast Guard
of command.
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(09) Utilize public volunteers as legally capable and as required for
immediate response operations.
(10) Restore normal operations as conditions allow.
NOTE
Carpenters, electricians, plumbers, dry wall hangers and finishers, air conditioning
repairmen, and security personnel should be included in the reserve personnel list.
F.4. Natural
Disaster
Assumptions
The following are natural disaster assumptions:
(01)
Peacetime Conditions will exist. Should this assumption prove
false, there may be serious degradation in the Coast Guard’s
ability to respond.
(02) No Mobilization of Reserve Personnel will have occurred prior to
the event. A major disaster may require a reserve call-up similar
to that which occurred for Hurricane Andrew when it hit Miami
in 1992. In that event, 175 reserves were activated. The bulk of
these were needed for skills contained within the DC, EM, and PS
rates (construction, electrical, and security). Reservists in the
other rates with construction experience were in great demand.
(03) Both Operational and Individual Readiness will be critical to
achieving immediate success. A catastrophic disaster will
overwhelm the capability of local and state governments to carry
out the extensive emergency operations that will be necessary to
save lives and protect property.
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