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A1 - ESTABLISHING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS Threat category Responsibility
Elements I II III IV V O L N
Co-ordinate, in advance, the response by off-site law enforcement organizations to criminal activity. This
would include both tactical response and criminal investigations. Law enforcement organizations should,
for all emergencies, be represented on the incident command group (see Appendix 13) and should be
given training in on-site response.
A1.3 Integrate planning for a radiation emergency with planning at the national and local levels for
conventional emergencies (4.9).
A1.4 Arrange for implementation of a command and control system for response to a radiation
emergency. The system should be responsible for co-ordinating activities, developing strategies and
resolving disputes between the response organizations concerning functions, responsibilities, authorities,
allocation of resources and priorities. Arrange for obtaining and assessing information necessary to
allocate resources for all response organizations (4.10).
Designate an incident commander or incident command group as described in Appendix 13, with ultimate
responsibility for the overall response and for promptly directing activities and resolving disputes among
all response organizations. The incident commander should be located in the ICP or EOF near the scene
of the emergency (see Element B1.3).
Ensure that the responsibility for activation and co-ordination of the response at the national level is
clearly assigned for emergencies with different origins (e.g. licensed material, natural material,
international, military, unknown) and whenever there is simultaneous involvement of other emergency
plans or hazards (e.g. major natural disasters or criminal activity).
Ensure that all national, regional and local response organizations and also organizations that believe
they have a role during the response have agreed (in writing) to the command system.
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The ICP/EOF should have access to information needed to co-ordinate the on- and off-site response.
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29 Does not apply to operators of dangerous mobile sources.