Emergency Response Organization

DOE-HDBK-5504-95

2. EMERGENCY RESPONSE ORGANIZATION

Planning Standard: All DOE emergency management programs should include an organization with

clearly specified authorities and responsibilities for emergency response and mitigation, which should be

established and maintained for each facility. This organization should have overall responsibility for the

initial and ongoing response to, and mitigation of, an emergency. [5500.3A 11.c.(1)]

Evaluation Guidance:

Source

Applicability &

Reference

Plan Element

Plan Reference

2.1 Organization Structure

EMG-F/C

The emergency plan should generally describe the overall

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organizational structure of the site and describe in detail

the emergency response organization, including its

relationship to the overall structure.

EMG-F/C;

b. The emergency plan should specifically delineate the

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EMG-ERO

functions, authority and responsibility of all internal

C.1.e,g

organizational elements with emergency responsibilities.

40 CFR

The emergency plan should outline the relationship of

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300.105(a) (2);

the onsite emergency organization to offsite response

DOE 5500.3A

organizations, including DOE (national response assets,

11.c.(1)(d);

field elements, and HQ) and other Federal, state, tribal,

EMG-F/C;

local, and private organizations that may be relied upon

EMG-ERO

to provide assistance.

C.1.a,e;

EMG-ORI C.4

Good Practice

The emergency plan should summarize the inter-

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relationships between all suborganizations that comprise

the emergency response organization in an organization

chart(s).

DOE 5500.3A

The emergency plan should identify the suborganizations

11.c.(1)(a)

responsible for performing the following functions:

(1)

Event categorization.

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(2)

Determination of the emergency class.

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