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personnel performing prevention, response, and/or recovery tasks at one or more incident scenes, to include the related
ICP, mobile command post (MCP), staging areas, and, if established, entry and/or exit control points, contamination
control zones (hot, warm, and cold zones per 29 CFR 1910.120Q and NFPA 471), aerial support sites (such as,
helispots), and/or any other location or area directly related to incident site and therefore under the authority of the
incident and/or unified commander. First responders are the most critical resource pool in the proper, effective, and
sustainable response and recovery from any emergency and receive the most significant and intensive commitment of
training, equipment, exercise, evaluation, and sustainment resources, to include the issue, maintenance, and sustainment
of substantial material and transportation assets by their designated resource and/or program sponsors.
Note. First responders consist of personnel (U.S. or non-U.S. citizens) designated to perform as first responder tasks during an
emergency resulting from one or more identified hazards, who require installation access during an emergency, and who require
direct, emergency access to the incident scene or related areas, to include: installation first responders, to include: fire and
emergency services, fire brigades, HAZMAT response teams, EMS, Army law enforcement, EOD, pre-identified liaison officers to
the ICP, MCP, or related areas (staging areas, base camp(s), heliports, aerial support sites), public works response and/or recovery
personnel/teams, and environmental OHS spill response teams and designated response, monitoring, recovery personnel and/or
teams.
c. Category 5: first receivers. Within the Army EM Program, the term “first receivers” is defined as those medical
treatment and/or clinical personnel performing response tasks at a MTF, to include civilian and military hospitals and
clinics, located outside the boundaries of the incident site and related areas as defined above under the definition of
“first responders.” For emergencies resulting from the intentional or accidental release/spill of hazardous materials, to
include CBRNE terrorism incidents, first receivers are restricted to those MTFs (1) greater than 10 minutes by vehicle
from the incident site’s outer contamination control zone (for example, - the cold zone as defined by 29 CFR 1910.
120Q and NFPA 471); and (2) physically located upwind and upgrade from the incident site, based upon the
determination of the incident and/or unified commander having authority over the incident site. First receivers are an
essential resource pool in the successful resolution of any emergency resulting in personnel injuries resulting from
specific hazards and receive a significant and intensive commitment of training, equipment, exercise, evaluation, and
sustainment resources, to include the issue, maintenance, and sustainment of substantial material assets by their
designated resource and/or program sponsor.
Note. First receivers consist of personnel (U.S. or non-U.S. citizens) designated to perform first receiver tasks at a medical facility
during an emergency resulting from one or more identified hazards and who require access to their designated MTF and/or clinic
during an emergency, to include: Healthcare providers or emergency personnel providing medical treatment or related services at a
MTF or clinic.
d. Category 5:. Within the Army EM Program, the term “emergency responders” is defined as those personnel
performing prevention, response, and/or recovery tasks in support of first responders at the incident site and related
areas. Under most circumstances, emergency responders do not travel to the incident site or related areas until after the
site and/or areas have been secured, evaluated, and deemed safe for personnel without specialized training and
protective equipment.
Note. Emergency responders consist of personnel (U.S. or non-U.S. citizens) designated to perform emergency responder tasks
during an emergency resulting from one or more identified hazards and who require installation access during an emergency, to
include the following:
All installation EM staff installation C3 personnel.
Installation EOC Staff, incident management teams (IMTs), crisis action teams (CATs), dispatch center staff, and
staff of related/equivalent departmental operations centers.
Pre-identified liaison officers to installation C3 locations.
Evacuation Management Team.
Technical specialists from METOC, Occupational Safety and Health, Industrial Hygiene, and environmental offices
and/or commands.
Public health emergency officers (PHEOs).
Designated liaison officers.
Other supporting emergency responders, to include: Fatality management personnel, mortuary affairs personnel,
designated public affairs personnel, and designated supply/logistics personnel.
e. Category 5: Mass care providers. Within the Army EM Program, the term “mass care providers” is defined as
those personnel performing or directly supporting mass care operations as detailed in chapter 12 in support of displaced
personnel who have been directed to evacuate or have self-evacuated one or more installation zones. Under most
circumstances, mass care providers do not travel to the incident site or related areas until after the site/areas have been
secured, evaluated, and deemed safe for personnel without specialized training and protective equipment.
Note. Mass care personnel and/or teams, to include: Family Assistance Center Team, SIP wardens/teams, local safe haven
management team(s), remote safe haven management team(s), mass feeding teams, bulk distribution teams, call center team,
volunteer management personnel/teams, donations management teams, rapid need assessment personnel/teams, small pet sheltering
team, and designated supporting personnel from DFMWR, DOL, and related directorates and offices.
f. Category 5:. Within the Army EM Program, the term “responder services” is defined as those personnel providing
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