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Unlikely to expose evacuating personnel to additional hazards.
n. Evacuation clearance time. Clearance time refers to the time required to clear all evacuees from the evacuation
routes and complete movement to safe haven, shelter, or the designated remote safe haven. Clearance time begins with
the evacuation order, continues as the first evacuating vehicle enters the transportation network, and ends when the last
evacuating vehicle reaches its destination. Clearance time includes the time required by evacuees to secure their homes
and prepare to leave (mobilization time), the time spent by evacuees traveling along the road network (travel time), and
the time spent by evacuees waiting along the road network due to traffic congestion (delay time). Clearance time does
not refer to the time a single vehicle spends traveling on the road network. Clearance time is based on a set of assumed
conditions and behavioral responses identified during the process identified in chapter 4. It is likely that an actual
emergency will differ from any simulated emergency for which clearance times are calculated for. Key assumptions
guiding this analysis are grouped into five areas:
Population data (demographics).
Emergency scenarios.
Timeliness of the evacuation order.
Behavioral characteristic of the evacuating population.
Roadway network and traffic control assumptions.
Evacuation sones.
(1) Evacuee tracking. Installation commanders shall approve a process for registration and tracking of all evacuees
consistent with the process for registration of personnel utilizing mass care services (see below). DAMO–ODP shall
identify material solutions which address this requirement and seek resourcing for material fielding and sustainment at
a programmatic level.
(2) Reentry process. Installation commanders shall approve a process for authorizing reentry by evacuees into one or
more installation zones (or the entire installation) by use of reentry permits once reentry is authorized by the
installation commander at the recommendation of the RWG, for large scale incidents, or the incident commander, for
smaller scale incidents. The reentry permit process will address residents, nonresident property owners/managers, utility
providers, and commercial business employees as well as tenant organization personnel. The reentry process relies
significantly on coordination with the FAC and the JIC to get information to all of the evacuees, including those
temporarily residing at remote safe haven(s), civilian shelters, or local safe haven(s).
12–2. Evacuation management team
a. Concept. Evacuation management requires extensive coordination with the Army community, numerous installation
activities and commands, and the civil jurisdictions receiving or supporting the additional traffic load. Evacuation
management also requires management of multi-modal transportation assets operated by DOD, private, local, State,
regional, and Federal providers. The evacuation management team is responsible for coordination of evacuation
operations necessary to (1) move personnel at risk from one or more hazards to a safer location consisting oflocal safe
haven, civilian shelter, and/or remote safe haven, (2) support evacuation of Category 2TR, 2SN, 2SC, and 2AN
populations, (3) return displaced personnel to the installation post-incident during the recovery phase, and/or (4)
continue second stage evacuation to a remote safe haven or designated place. Evacuation management team personnel
are designated Category 5 emergency responders.
b. Requirement. All EM programs shall coordinate with DOL, DES, DPW, and DFMWR on the establishment,
activation, and management of one or more evacuation management teams on the installation when requested by the
installation EOC or activated as identified in the installation EM plan. Task-organized evacuation management teams
shall be typed through the resource typing system. See table 12–1 for detailed information. Evacuation management
teams are usually activated pre-incident for hazards with sufficient warning or immediately after an incident occurs in
order to conduct evacuation operations.
c. Services. Evacuation management teams shall provide the following services tailored to the installation needs and
the specific emergency being addressed:
Activate pre-coordinated evacuation routes.
Activate and manage collection points for Category 2TR, 2SN, 2SC, and 2AN populations.
Monitor and report status of evacuation operations to the installation EOC.
Coordinate reception of evacuees with receiving safe haven management teams and/or civilian shelters.
Develop an evacuee return plan for phased or mass return of evacuees from all receiving locations and provide an
evacuee return plan to the installation EOC planning section.
When directed during the recovery phase, execute the evacuee return plan, monitor implementation and progress, and
report to the installation EOC, as directed.
d. Process. Evacuation management teams shall be activated by the installation EOC or as identified in the
installation EM plan through the mass warning and notification system with a team-specific recall group assignment.
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