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animals; support to specialized shelters; support to medical shelters; nonconventional shelter management; coordination
of donated goods and services; and coordination of voluntary agency assistance (National Response Framework).
Emergency management
An ongoing process to prepare for, mitigate, prevent, respond to, maintain continuity during, and recover from an
incident that threatens life, property, operations, or the environment. (See NFPA 1600.)
Emergency Operations Center
The physical location at which the coordination of information and resources to support incident management (onscene
operations) activities normally takes place. An EOC may be a temporary facility or may be located in a more
central or permanently established facility, perhaps at a higher level of organization within a jurisdiction. EOCs may be
organized by major functional disciplines (for example, fire, law enforcement, medical services), by jurisdiction (for
example, Federal, State, regional, tribal, installation, city, county), or by some combination thereof. (NIMS)
Emergency public information
Information that is disseminated primarily in anticipation of or during an emergency. In addition to providing
situational information to the public, it frequently provides directive actions required to be taken by the general public.
(NIMS)
Emergency responders
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: all installation EM staff; installation C3 personnel, to include 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/commands; Public Health Emergency Officers (PHEOs); designated liaison officers; and other supporting
Emergency Responders, to include Fatality Management personnel, Mortuary Affairs personnel, designated Public
Affairs personnel, and designated Supply/Logistics personnel.
Enhanced 911
E911 provides the capability for dispatch center operators to automatically receive and utilize the telephone number
and address of the caller to decrease overall emergency response times for data collection at the dispatch center and
information transfer to first responders. E911 is a North American telecommunications based system that automatically
associates a physical address with the calling party’s telephone number, and routes the call to the most appropriate
Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) for that address. The caller’s address and information is displayed to the call
taker immediately upon call arrival. This provides emergency responders with the location of the emergency without
the person calling for help having to provide it. This is often useful in times of fires, break-ins, kidnapping, and other
events where communicating one’s location is difficult or impossible.
Evacuation management
Organized, phased, and supervised withdrawal, dispersal, or removal of civilians from dangerous or potentially
dangerous areas, and their reception and care in safe areas (see DODI 6055.17).
First receivers
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.
First responders
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), helispots, aerial support
sites), public works response and/or recovery personnel/teams, and Environmental OHS spill response teams and
designated response, monitoring, and recovery personnel and/or teams.
Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
A Department of Homeland Security capabilities- and performance-based exercise program that provides a standardized
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