ACN 116/20 - OCT 2020 PROMULGATION OF U S. COAST GUARD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MANUAL VOLUME IV: INCIDENT MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS RESPONSE

ALCOAST COMMANDANT NOTICE                         CANCEL DATE  01 OCT 2021

R 021016 OCT 20
FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC//CG-DCO//
TO ALCOAST
UNCLAS //N03010//
ACN 116/20
SUBJ:  PROMULGATION OF U S. COAST GUARD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MANUAL
VOLUME IV: INCIDENT MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS RESPONSE
A. U. S. Coast Guard Emergency Management Manual Volume IV: Incident
Management and Crisis Response, COMDTINST M3010.24A
B. Contingency Preparedness Planning Manual Volume 4: Incident Management
and Crisis Response, COMDTINST M3010.24
1. This ACN announces the promulgation of REF (A) and subsequent cancellation
of REF (B).
2. REF (A) is an update to the Coast Guard Incident Management and Crisis
Response policy and includes the following updates:
   a. Realigns the modernized USCG organizational constructs of Emergency
and Incident Management, removes process redundancies now found in the U.S.
Coast Guard All-Hazard National Incident Management System Incident Command
System (ICS) Performance Qualification Standard (PQS) Guide – November 2014,
and expands the role of the ICS Coordinator to cover all levels of incident
management.
   b. Lays the groundwork for the creation of a Response Training
Officer position, clarifies incident typing, modifies General Military
Training ICS course requirements for CG Auxiliary members, updates CG
National Strike Force (NSF)/Incident Management Assistance Team (IMAT) -
Incident Management Team (IMT) qualification requirements, and notes ICS
training equivalencies from non-USCG sources.
   c. Of particular note for Sectors is the temporary reduction of IMT fill
requirements to 60% from 75% until 2025 to allow for the full implementation
and effect of ICS training content and delivery improvements being undertaken
at this time.
3. There will be no hardcopy distribution of this Manual, REF (A).
All supporting policy documents are posted on the COMDT (CG-612) web sites at:
http://www.dcms.uscg.mil/directives and CGPortal:
https://cg.portal.uscg.mil/library/SitePages/Home.aspx and on the Office of
Emergency Management and Disaster Response Portal page at:
https://cg.portal.uscg.mil/units/cgcpe/SitePages/Home.aspx.
4. For comments or questions please contact the Office of Emergency
Management and Disaster Response: CDR Jeanita Jefferson at (202) 372-2261 or
at Jeanita.A.Jefferson@uscg.mil.
5. Released by VADM S. A. Buschman, Deputy Commandant for Operations.
6. Internet release is authorized.