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Establish incident command (depending upon incident).
Support incident commander as law enforcement branch director within the ICP operations section.
Comply with responder accountability requirements.
Conduct and/or support scene assessment.
Establish incident site cordon and/or perimeter.
Establish and/or support incident site entry and/or exit control procedures.
Conduct search for secondary devices and hazards, as directed.
Establish procedures to permit entry of mutual aid responders into the installation during increased FPCON levels.
Establish and/or support traffic control points (TCPs) and safe routes for evacuation and for ingress of emergency
vehicles.
Support continuity program security requirements.
Provide security for ICP, staging area(s), EOC, JIC, MTF, evacuation collection points, and mass care facilities.
Conduct scene/evidence preservation (all environments).
Conduct evidence collection, as directed (noncontaminated environments).
Ensure chain of custody procedures are implemented and maintained.
Conduct and/or support criminal investigations, as directed.
Provide special reaction teams, as directed.
c. Process. Law enforcement and physical security units are Category 5 first responders to emergencies as identified
in installation dispatch center SOPs. Law enforcement and physical security units shall be activated by the installation
dispatch center through the emergency communications system and as identified in the installation EM plan through the
mass warning and notification system with a team-specific recall group assignment, to include off-duty personnel as
specified by DES.
d. Concept of employment. The concept of employment for law enforcement and physical security personnel is
divided into 5 components: hot zone, warm zone (casualty decontamination team), warm zone (warm zone-cold zone
cordon), cold zone or noncontaminated environments (ICP/staging areas), and cold zone/noncontaminated environments
(other areas).
(1) Cold zone operations or noncontaminated environments (other areas). Law enforcement and physical security
personnel solely conducting operations in the cold zone shall employ normal patrol uniform with associated service
equipment. No PPE or respiratory protection is normally required unless directed by the incident commander or
installation EOC. These include the recommended assignments for all DOD contractors and additional duty personnel
conducting physical security functions. See table 18–1 for more information.
(2) Cold zone operations or noncontaminated environments (incident command post/staging areas). Law enforcement
and physical security personnel solely conducting operations in the cold zone shall employ normal patrol uniform
with associated service equipment. No PPE or respiratory protection is normally required unless directed by the
incident commander. See table 18–1 for more information.
(3) Warm zone operations (warm zone-cold zone cordon personnel). Law enforcement and physical security
personnel establishing and maintaining the security cordon along the warm zone-cold zone boundary shall employ
Level C PPE with approved NIOSH CBRN-certified APR. See table 18–2 for more information.
(4) Warm zone operations (casualty decontamination team members). Law enforcement and physical security
personnel conducting security of the casualty decontamination corridor and responsible for the preservation of evidence
within the warm zone (for example, personal belongings) shall employ Level C PPE with approved NIOSH CBRNcertified
powered air purifying respirator (PAPR). See table 18–3 for more information.
(5) Hot zone operations. Law enforcement and physical security personnel shall not operate in an unknown
contaminated environment requiring Level A PPE. Law enforcement personnel who are organized, trained, certified,
credentialed, equipped, and maintained with DOD IFSAC HAZMAT operations plus additional task-specific competencies
as required to perform assigned functions and tasks may operate in no greater than Level C PPE with
approved NIOSH CBRN-certified APR or PAPR with the specific authorization of the incident commander and in
coordination with the HAZMAT branch director.
e. Location and/or infrastructure. Law enforcement and physical security units shall be located in appropriate
facilities as determined and resourced by DES. Law enforcement and physical security assets, to include structures,
apparatus, pre-designated areas, and posts/stations, shall be geo-coded in the installation EOC’s IMS for rapid
identification and resource management.
f. Management. Law enforcement units are staffed with paid professional personnel as determined and resourced by
DES. Physical security units, depending upon local conditions and policy, may be staffed with a mix of uniformed
personnel, DA civilians, and DOD contractors with optional augmentation by predesignated additional duty personnel.
g. Equipment. Law enforcement and physical security units are equipped with appropriate equipment and rolling
stock as determined and resourced by the law enforcement chief and the DES.
h. Army resource typing definitions. As detailed in chapter 9, Army installations primarily develop, field, and
maintain NIMS Tier Two assets (defined as local, non-EMAC resources) for their EM program. In the case of law
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