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Support the EM program assessment process per chapter 20.
(c) Installations—
Conduct the comprehensive risk management process annually per chapter 5.
Coordinate, maintain, and update the installation EM plan annually per chapter 6.
Organize, man, train, equip, exercise, evaluate, maintain, and sustain the EM capabilities identified in the installation
EM plan, as detailed, in chapters 7–19.
Complete NIMS Phase II through NIMS Phase IV implementation as detailed in chapter 8.
Establish and maintain an installation EOC per chapter 11, to include Incident Management System (IMS), common
operating picture (COP), and Geographic Information System (GIS) capabilities.
Establish and maintain a comprehensive mass warning and notification system per chapter 11.
Establish and maintain an enhanced 911 capability per chapter 11.
Implement and maintain an EM training program per chapter 13.
Establish and implement total life cycle management of assigned equipment per chapter 14.
Implement an EM exercise and evaluation program per chapter 15. Complete at least one complete EM exercise
cycle prior to attaining FOC.
Establish and maintain the mitigation activities per chapter 16.
Establish and maintain the prevention activities per chapter 17.
Establish and maintain the response capabilities per chapter 18, including all first responder, first receiver, emergency
responder, and mass care provider capabilities.
Establish and maintain the recovery capabilities per chapter 19, including the recovery working group (RWG),
damage assessment, debris management, disaster mental health, and fatality management/mortuary affairs capabilities.
Successfully complete a tri-annual DOD Installation Vulnerability Assessment (IVA) against the criteria specified in
appendix E (EM benchmarks) per chapter 20.
Conduct readiness reporting via the Service Area 604 Installation Status Report (ISR) on an annual basis or as
directed per chapter 20.
d. Implementation planning. The Army EM Program is based upon the principle of tiered, phased, and tailored
implementation as described above.
(1) HQDA G–34 requirement. DAMO–ODP shall develop and manage an implementation plan with input from
Army stakeholders. The implementation plan shall identify the EM capabilities (see app B) and EM performance
objectives (see app C) for each installation type and which Army installations are included in each type designation.
The implementation plan shall be approved by the HQDA, G–34, Protection Division.
(2) Headquarters requirement. Installation-owning commands (IMCOM, AMC, USARC, ARNG) shall provide
input to the DAMO–ODP implementation plan and implement the plan once approved. Installation-owning commands
shall collect, consolidate, and track progress on program implementation through the ISR and report progress to
DAMO–ODP, when requested.
(3) Installation requirement. Each installation shall develop, execute, and maintain an EM program implementation
plan to assign tasks, track progress, and establish milestones. The milestones must include the operational capability
targets listed above.
2–3. Incident types
a. Incident types. The EM program is constrained by the use of existing capabilities, both organic to the Army
installation and available through approved support agreements with external providers, to prepare for, mitigate the
potential effects of, prevent, respond to, and recover from all natural, technological, and terrorism hazards impacting or
with the potential to impact the jurisdiction, supported mission, the protected populace, and/or supporting critical and
routine infrastructure. Based upon the incident types established by the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) and FEMA
and shown in figure 2–1, EM programs are only capable of managing up to Type 3 incidents. Management of Type 1
and Type 2 incidents as described below require additional capabilities and expertise beyond those of an Army
installation and are addressed through close interagency coordination with supporting Federal, State, and regional (or
Host Nation) governments and agencies at all levels of command (DA, geographic combatant commanders, theater
commanders, ASCCs, ACOMs, DRUs, regions, and all installations). For the purposes of this publication, Army
installations are considered the functional equivalent of local jurisdictions.
(1) Incident type differentiation. In an all-hazards construct, it is not feasible to provide specific thresholds for each
and every hazard and resulting incident in order to differentiate between Type 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 incidents. This scale is
relative and subject to the installation commander’s interpretation, but should follow the general guidelines from USFA
and FEMA. The intent of incident typing is to establish reasonable expectations concerning the limits of the installation’s
capability and capacity thresholds. This reasonable expectation is vital to building an effective EM program as
many people outside of the State and local EM profession, especially at the National level, focus solely on the
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