The engineer F&ES mission is preventing fires and minimizing losses of lives and property, alleviating the negative impact to the environment support humanitarian needs. Included both man-made and natural incidents; fire prevention and suppression; fire and rescue; mitigation or containment of releases of hazardous materials resulting from industrial accidents or other enemy action; emergency medical response support; and provides training for both the fire brigade and host nation firefighting personnel. Fire protection personnel have extremely limited capabilities during any operations (especially throughout the transitional period until follow-on forces arrive). Initially, the resources common to stability operations will not be available. Commanders must prioritize assets accordingly to provide appropriate manpower needed for 24hour continuous operations.
DesignationTM 3-34.30
EditionApr 2015
StatusActive
Pages90
FunctionEngineering
CollectionCurrent Doctrine
DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Headquarters, Department of the Army This publication is available at Army Knowledge Online (https://armypubs.
