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Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment
Center
Response Phases
Consequence Management Home Team (CMHT)
The primary roles of the CMHT are to support, through a bridge line
and email, the event response while CMRT I is en route to the event
scene and to provide early data assessment resources.
The CMHT support includes analyzing event data (e.g., monitoring data),
evaluating hazards, providing event information and data products (e.g.,
plume maps) to protective action decision makers.
The CMHT also distributes data products to the Radiological Assistance
Program (RAP) team(s) that have been deployed to support the response
until the CMRT assets are established at the event scene. A Senior
Energy Official (SEO) approves the release of this information to the
authorized state, local and tribal authorities.
The CMHT provides status information to the CMRT I assets when those
assets arrive at the event scene. Generally, the CMHT data assessment
capability will be stood down and transferred to the CMRT field assets
(e.g., CMRT I) once those assets have been established at the event
scene. If necessary, the CMHT assets will remain available to support
the event response throughout the event, 24 hours per day.
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CMRT I
Immediately after an incident occurs, protective actions focus on
accurately determining if citizen evacuation or sheltering-in-place are
recommended. In order to provide for a short deployment time line, this
response element is small, both in terms of personnel and equipment.
The CMRT I response is a small, rapidly-deploying team focused on
obtaining and assessing gross field monitoring measurements. It is
capable of sustaining 24-hour operations for up to 72 hours. The CMRT I
team is required to deploy with a 4-hours “wheels up” time following
notification. The team includes 31 on-call personnel and 2,500 lbs (200
cubic feet) of equipment.
This phase will serve as a quick response element to augment the
Radiological Assistance
Program (RAP). It also provides the core Command and Control for
FRMAC contributions from other federal agencies. The team will
incorporate all the disciplines necessary to support operations but only
on a limited scale. These disciplines include radiation monitoring,
sampling, analysis, assessment, health and safety, and support and
logistics functions. It is designed for quick response and rapid
radiological data collection and assessment in order to provide early
health effects advice and timely characterization of the radiological
situations to the officials responsible for making and implementing
protective actions for the public. Each specific emergency may require a
tailored response.
CMRT II
During CMRT II, protective actions focus on accurately defining
areas where long-term relocation of the population may be warranted.
The CMRT II response package is prepared to deploy on one aircraft
with a 12-hour “wheels up” following notification. This response team
includes 32 personnel and an additional 39,000 lbs. (2,400 cubic feet)
of equipment. The CMRT II response team deploys with consumables to
support operations for 96 hours without re-supply and is prepared to
support 24-hour per day operations for several weeks.
CMRT II will focus on extensive field monitoring (collection,
assessment, compilation, and archiving of data) and initial sample
collection and sample processing for characterization and eventual
handoff to the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
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CMRT III
During CMRT III of an incident, protective actions focus on
accurately defining areas where contamination levels of air, water,
crops, forage, and livestock may lead to concentrations in excess of
nationally accepted guidelines.
The CMRT III response package consists of additional technical
personnel from the National Laboratories and RAP regions. Deployment
will begin 24 hours after notification. Mobile laboratories for the
processing of data will also be deployed.
The response during CMRT III focuses on extensive sampling, sample
processing and analysis, and further collection, assessment, compilation
and archiving of data in order to characterize the radiological
conditions as specified by the Nuclear/Radiological Incident Annex to
the National Response Plan (NRP). CMRT III is prepared to support
24-hour per day operations for several weeks as determined by the
severity of the emergency.
The CMRT III organizational chart also shows participation by the
Coordinating Agency and the state(s), which are the customers of the
FRMAC. They play a major role in setting overall FRMAC priorities and
activities. Their representatives are the link to the FRMAC Director and
staff. They are responsible for delivering requests from their
organizations to the Director and staff for FRMAC radiological products
and services. Technical representatives from these organizations are
located at key positions in the FRMAC to help implement their
organizations’ requirements and priorities.
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