DAF Emergency Management and Mishap Prevention Flashcards

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering DAF Emergency Management Program structure, disaster types, warning signals, MOPP levels, mission recovery, and mishap prevention categories based on AFH 1 Chapter 17.

DAF Emergency Management (EM) Program

A program developed to ensure the readiness of forces to save lives; minimize the loss or degradation of resources; and continue, sustain, and restore operational capability in an all-hazards threat environments at DAF installations worldwide.

Prevention

Actions to avoid an incident or to intervene to stop an incident from occurring, involving actions to protect lives and property.

Protection

Provides the capabilities necessary to protect the installation against all threats, hazards, and manmade or natural disasters.

Response

Activities that address the short-term, direct effects of an incident, including immediate actions to save lives, protect property, and meet basic human needs.

Recovery

The development, coordination, and execution of service- and site-restoration plans for impacted communities and the reconstitution of government operations and services.

Mitigation

Activities designed to reduce or eliminate risks to persons or property or to lessen the actual or potential effects or consequences of an incident.

Disaster Response Force (DRF)

Specific organizational offices and responders that respond to disasters/incidents and manage and conduct response operations.

Emergency Communications Center (ECC)

A 24-hour a day, seven days a week operation that incorporates the core functions of fire and emergency services, security forces, and medical dispatch.

Incident Commander (IC)

The individual responsible for all incident activities, including developing strategies and tactics and ordering and releasing resources, with overall authority for managing incident operations.

First Responders

Personnel including Fire and Emergency Services (F&ES), medical, and security forces who immediately engage in activities to save lives, stabilize the incident, and prevent further property damage.

Emergency Responders

DRF response elements that deploy after first responders to expand IC capabilities, including CBRN specialists, EOD personnel, and medical providers.

Emergency Operations Center (EOC)

The installation’s critical function to address imminent or realized threats/hazards and coordinate support to the incident command and on-scene personnel.

Command Post

A full-time, 24/7 Command and Control (C2) node directly responsible to commanders and serving as the focal point of operations.

Crisis Action Team (CAT)

The top echelon of installation mission continuation and sustainment, composed of senior officers and enlisted leaders who assess situations and determine mission priorities.

Natural Disasters

Non-routine events causing severe damage that may require assistance, such as hurricanes/typhoons, tornadoes, earthquakes, and floods.

Technological Hazards

Man-made events caused by a malfunction in a technological structure or human error in controlling technology, such as hazardous materials release.

Man-Made Hazards

Non-routine events that exceed the capacity of an affected area, including acts of terrorism, active shooters, and civil disorder.

Chemical Agents

Substances intended for use in military operations to kill, seriously injure, or incapacitate, categorized as lung damaging, blister, blood, incapacitating, and nerve agents.

Biological Agents

Microorganisms or derived toxins that cause disease in personnel, plants, or animals, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and toxins.

Nonionizing radiation

A broad range of phenomena including light, radiofrequency emissions, and microwaves that generally produces heat when interacting with the body.

Ionizing radiation

Radiation with sufficient energy to produce ions when interacting with matter, causing harmful effects by altering or destroying essential cell processes.

Toxic Industrial Chemical (TIC)

A chemical developed or manufactured for use in industrial operations or research by industry, government, or academia that poses a hazard.

Toxic Industrial Material (TIM)

A generic term for toxic chemical, biological, or radioactive substances in various forms used for industrial, commercial, medical, or military purposes.

Three to Five Minute Steady Tone

Indicates a disaster or incident is imminent or in progress; individuals should be alert, take cover or evacuate, and account for personnel.

Three to Five Minute Wavering Tone

Indicates an attack or hostile act is imminent or in progress; individuals should be alert, execute security measures, and account for personnel.

Lockdown, Lockdown, Lockdown

An announcement indicating an active shooter incident is in progress.

Alarm Green

Indicates attack is not probable; personnel operate in MOPP 0 (or as directed) and normal wartime conditions.

Alarm Yellow

Indicates an attack is probable in less than $30\,\text{minutes}$; personnel posture in MOPP 2 (or as directed).

Alarm Red/Blue

Indicates an air or ground attack is imminent or in progress; personnel posture in MOPP 4 (or as directed) and seek immediate protection.

Alarm Black

Indicates the attack is over and CBRN contamination and/or UXO hazards are suspected or present; personnel perform Self-Aid/Buddy Care.

Split MOPP

A tactic used to divide an installation or operating location into two or more CBRN zones to contain contamination.

Ground Crew Ensemble

A whole-body system including a protective mask, overgarment, gloves, and footwear covers that protects against chemical-biological agents, toxins, and radiological particulates.

Collective Protection Systems (COLPRO)

Fixed-site or expeditionary locations utilizing an overpressure system to keep CBRN threat agents outside, allowing occupants to work or rest without protective gear.

S-A-L-U-T-E

An acronym for reporting attack information: Size, Activity, Location, Unit, Time, and Equipment.

Post-Attack Reconnaissance (PAR) Teams

Teams directed by control centers to collect information about attack effects and report contamination/hazards.

Class A Mishap

A mishap resulting in costs totaling $2,500,000 or more, destruction of a DoD aircraft, a fatality, or permanent total disability.

Class B Mishap

A mishap resulting in costs of $600,000 or more but less than $2,500,000, permanent partial disability, or inpatient hospitalization of three or more personnel.

Class C Mishap

A mishap resulting in costs of $60,000 or more but less than $600,000, or a nonfatal injury/illness resulting in one or more days away from work.

Class D Mishap

A mishap resulting in costs of $25,000 or more but less than $60,000, or a recordable injury/illness not classified as Class A, B, or C.

AF Form 457

The USAF Hazard Report form used to report hazards that cannot be eliminated immediately.

Air Force Safety Automated System (AFSAS)

A safety reporting system that collects data used to investigate mishaps and mitigate hazards for all safety disciplines.

Job Safety Analysis

A process used to evaluate task risks not governed by technical orders or when new processes are introduced to identifying hazards before operations begin.