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Coordination regarding CVAMP process, especially prioritization of needs.
Coordination and support of assessment and assistance visits, including DOD Integrated Vulnerability Assessment
(DOD IVA, formerly Joint Service Installation Vulnerability Assessment, force protection assistance teams (FPATs),
higher headquarters assessment teams (HHATs), and staff assistance visits (SAVs) as described in chapter 20.
17–5. Integration of prevention and response phases
Prevention phase activities include active, ongoing operations to deter, detect, and defend Army installations from
terrorism and criminal threats on a daily basis. There is no clear line of demarcation between many of these activities,
such as entry control points, maintaining the installation perimeter, intrusion detection, monitoring cameras and alarms,
and other such functions, as these activities do not end solely because response operations are underway in one or more
installation zones. Such activities are essential to a successful response as they provide vital information to the
installation dispatch center and installation EOC as well as down to the incident commander and provide for access and
direction to external mutual aid responders while coordinating outbound and inbound movement of evacuation traffic
and mass care resources. It is best to consider the challenge as integration of existing prevention activities as a
supporting component of response and recovery operations through pre-incident preparedness and coordination. The
scale and complexity of these response operations range from Type 5 incidents (least complex) to Type 1 incidents
(most complex) as shown in chapter 2, figure 2–1. The establishment of either of the following systems is the clearest
possible indication that the installation has begun response operations:
ICS activation by qualified, trained, certified, and experienced law enforcement, fire and emergency services,
environmental OHS spill response team, environmental OSC, or public works.
MACS activation (pre-ICS activation) by (a) the installation commander or the commander’s designated representatives,
to include the garrison commander and the staff duty officer, or (b) predetermined installation dispatch center
SOPs.
Chapter 18
Response Operations
18–1. Response overview
a. Response operations. Response operations consist of all activities taken from the initial notification of a potential
(with delayed or gradual onset hazards) or actual (with sudden onset hazards) incident resulting from any natural,
technological, and terrorism hazards impacting or with the potential to impact the jurisdiction, supported mission, the
protected populace, or supporting critical and routine infrastructure until the transition to the recovery phase as
described below.
(1) Transition to response phase. The scale and complexity of these response operations range from Type 5
incidents (least complex) to Type 1 incidents (most complex) as shown in chapter 2, figure 2–1. As identified in
chapter 17, the establishment of either of the following systems is the clearest possible indication that the installation
has begun response operations:
ICS activation by qualified, trained, certified, and experienced law enforcement, fire and emergency services,
environmental OHS spill response team, environmental OSC, or public works.
MACS activation (pre-ICS activation) by (a) the installation commander or the commander’s designated representatives,
to include the garrison commander and the staff duty officer, or (b) predetermined installation dispatch center
SOPs.
(2) Response phase goals. The goal of all functional areas is to employ effective, safe, legal, and environmentally
sound response procedures in order to do the following:
Provide comprehensive protection for all personnel against all natural, technological, and terrorism hazards.
Sustain critical operations during an emergency.
Maintain and/or restore essential operations and essential services post-incident.
b. Resilient community. As stated in chapter 2, successful response operations begin with a resilient Army community
that is actively engaged in the Ready Army Community Preparedness Campaign. The majority of any installation’s
available resources during response operations exist in the individuals, families, tenants, and businesses that work, live,
and operate on the installation on a daily basis. These residents and tenants decide early on how well response
operations will succeed or fail in meeting the goals of the Army EM Program (see chap 1 for vision, mission, and goal
information). It is these residents that will recognize a hazard, notify the installation dispatch center via 911 (or the
local emergency number), and take the initial protective actions in accordance with their instincts, experience, and
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