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Family Assistance Center team.
Local safe haven management teams.
Remote safe haven management team.
Rapid needs assessment team.
Mass feeding teams.
Bulk distribution teams.
Small animal sheltering team.
Volunteer management team.
Donations management team.
Call center team.
(3) Shelter-in-place requirements. The SIP functional exercises will be conducted no less than 2 times per year. One
or more facilities must conduct an actual SIP operation of no less than 10 percent of their assigned personnel with a
no-notice initiation by the installation dispatch center through the mass warning and notification system. Any of the
SIP options identified in the Ready Army Community Preparedness Campaign materials may be exercised and must be
consistent with the scenario. Exercises may be combined with the conduct of a functional exercise of one or more other
functional areas. For example, SIP may be exercised as part of an AT, fire and emergency services, or similar
functional exercise.
(4) Continuity requirements. Continuity plans should be exercised in conjunction with the EM exercise cycle. Tables
15–1 and 15–2 include continuity plan exercises based upon the semiannual exercise requirement identified in DODI
6055.17. Commands should tailor their exercise requirements to meet AR 500–3.
(5) Support agreements. Support agreements must be exercised and validated to ensure that these agreements meet
the needs of the receiving jurisdiction and that the NIMS resource management procedures, including reimbursement
process, work effectively. Exercising support agreements require early coordination with the supporting agency and
may require specific funding lines to be established during the exercise planning process to ensure that reimbursement
occurs for the provided services. Although, 31 USC 1342 provides an exemption for voluntary services during
emergencies, the design team is encouraged to discuss the impact of exercising NGO and/or FBO capabilities during
the exercise cycle and whether reimbursement is required for this type of support.
d. Full scale exercise goals. An EM FSE shall focus on multi-agency, multijurisdictional emergencies resulting from
identified hazards. The goal of an EM FSE is to evaluate the common core components of the EM program within a
specific hazard or multi-hazard scenario. An EM FSE must meet the criteria shown in table 15–1.
Table 15–1
Emergency management full-scale exercise requirements
Emergency Management Full-Scale Exercise Requirements
Criteria Description Chapter
Type III or higher (Type I–2) 1) Scenario may be any hazard identified during the risk management
process.
2) Recommend stepping up in complexity (hurricane, wildfire, HAZMAT,
then terrorism).
Mass Warning and Notification System 1) Activation throughout scenario (start, during, end).
2) Employment as stated in functional exercise requirements above.
3) Survey or spot check to ensure mass warning and notification system
capability and effectiveness in one or more installation zones.
Activation of notification protocols 1) Internal: See mass warning and notification system requirement above.
2) External: Establish voice or data communications with 2 or more points
of contact from the following list:
Local civil jurisdiction (dispatch center, emergency manager, EOC).
State EOC (or province and/or territory equivalent).
Nearby DOD installation (dispatch center, duty officer).
Supported ASCC (watch center, duty officer).
Supported IMCOM region (if applicable) (duty officer).
Private, NGO, or FBO response partner (if applicable).
Higher headquarters: Draft and submit to installation commander for approval
one or more serious incident reports and send test e-mail to designated
recipient to validate connectivity.
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