‘Ghapter'2 RESPONSIBILITIES 2-1. General. The Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Energy (DOE) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) establish joint policy fo coordinating response to a nuclear weapon accident. This joint policy outlines responsibilities for command and control at the scene ofa nuclear accident or significant incident and is discussed in more detail in the NARP manual. Specific responsibilities of each of these agencies and the organizations that work for them in responding to a nuclear accident are described in AR 50-5. For the purposes of this FM, the following must be understood. a. DOD and DOE responsibilities are worldwide, subject to the provisions of international agreements, host nation restrictions, and theater command policy. b. 000 has responsibility for establishing transition-to-war and wartime NALRA policy. c.
DesignationFM 3-15
EditionJan 1987
StatusSuperseded
Pages129
FunctionCBRN
CollectionRecent Archive
Public domain (U.S. Government work)