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methodology and terminology for exercise design, development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning (see<br />

DODI 6055.17).<br />

Incident<br />

An occurrence or event, natural or manmade, that requires a response to protect life or property. Incidents can, for<br />

example, include major disasters, emergencies, terrorist attacks, terrorist threats, civil unrest, wild land and urban fires,<br />

floods, HAZMAT spills, nuclear accidents, aircraft accidents, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, tropical storms,<br />

tsunamis, war-related disasters, medical and public health emergencies, and other occurrences requiring an emergency<br />

response (see DODI 6055.17).<br />

Incident Command System<br />

A standardized on-scene EM construct specifically designed to provide an integrated organizational structure that<br />

reflects the complexity and demands <strong>of</strong> single or multiple incidents, without being hindered by jurisdictional boundaries.<br />

ICS is the combination <strong>of</strong> facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications operating within a<br />

common organizational structure, designed to aid in the management <strong>of</strong> resources during incidents. It is used for all<br />

kinds <strong>of</strong> emergencies and is applicable to small as well as large and complex incidents. ICS is used by various<br />

jurisdictions and functional agencies, both public and private, to organize field-level incident management operations.<br />

(NIMS)<br />

Installation<br />

An aggregation <strong>of</strong> contiguous or near contiguous, common mission-supporting real property holdings under the<br />

jurisdiction <strong>of</strong> DOD controlled by, and at which, an <strong>Army</strong> unit or activity is permanently assigned. A grouping <strong>of</strong><br />

facilities located in the same vicinity, which support particular functions. Installations may be elements <strong>of</strong> a base. (JP<br />

1–02) Real property holdings commanded by a centrally selected commander. Installations represent management<br />

organizations. An installation may be made <strong>of</strong> one or more sites. In addition, two types <strong>of</strong> “virtual” installations exist<br />

within the <strong>Army</strong>. The <strong>Army</strong> National Guard has virtual installations, identified as each state commanded by the<br />

Adjutant General, under which are Readiness Centers or sites. Each <strong>Army</strong> Reserve regional readiness command is,<br />

likewise, defined as a virtual installation under which Reserve centers are identified as sites (see AR 200–1)<br />

Mass care<br />

Mass care includes sheltering, feeding operations, emergency first aid, bulk distribution <strong>of</strong> emergency items, and<br />

collecting and providing information on victims to family members (National Response Framework).<br />

Mass care providers<br />

Mass care providers consist <strong>of</strong> personnel or teams providing mass care services, to include the following: Family<br />

Assistance Center Team, shelter-in-place wardens and teams, local safe haven management team(s), remote safe haven<br />

management team(s), mass feeding teams, bulk distribution teams, call center team, volunteer management personnel/<br />

teams, donations management teams, rapid need assessment personnel and/or teams, small pet sheltering team, and<br />

designated supporting personnel from DFMWR, DOL, related directorates, and <strong>of</strong>fices.<br />

Mass warning and notification system<br />

The mass warning and notification capability consists <strong>of</strong> an interoperable family <strong>of</strong> systems providing near real-time<br />

information and instructions to personnel on an installation; in a building, area, site, or installation using intelligible<br />

voice communications, visible signals, text, data, or graphics. The purpose <strong>of</strong> mass warning and notification systems is<br />

to protect life by indicating the existence <strong>of</strong> an emergency situation and issuing necessary instructions to provide<br />

appropriate response or actions. The family <strong>of</strong> systems includes, but is not limited to; wide area notification systems<br />

(giant voice), interior building notification (indoor voice), TAS, Computer-based Notification Systems (CNS).<br />

Mitigation<br />

The activities designed to reduce or eliminate risks to persons or property or to lessen the actual or potential effects or<br />

consequences <strong>of</strong> an incident. Mitigation measures may be implemented prior to, during, or after an incident. Mitigation<br />

measures are <strong>of</strong>ten informed by lessons learned from prior incidents. Mitigation involves ongoing actions to reduce<br />

exposure to, probability <strong>of</strong>, or potential loss from hazards. (See AR 525–27.)<br />

Multi-agency Coordination System<br />

A system that provides the architecture to support coordination for incident prioritization, critical resource allocation,<br />

communications systems integration, and information coordination. MACS assist agencies and organizations responding<br />

to an incident. The elements <strong>of</strong> a MACS include facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications.<br />

(NIMS)<br />

DA PAM 525–27 20 September 2012<br />

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