NASA Procedures and Guidelines
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NPR 8715.2 Eff. Date: December 22, 1999 Cancellation Date: January 09, 2009	NASA Emergency Preparedness Plan Procedural Requirements - Revalidated
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CHAPTER 3. Concept of Operations

3.1 Office of Security and Program Protection

The Office of Security and Program Protection, NASA Headquarters, will respond to national emergencies and major natural or technological disasters, as requested by NRP (Requirement 23006).

3.2 NASA Centers

Each NASA Center shall be prepared to respond to local emergencies and major natural or technological disasters within their confines or at other NASA Centers and to support the appropriate tasking per the NRP (Requirement 23007).

3.2.1 Relationships between NASA Centers.

3.2.1.1 The NASA Emergency Preparedness Program Planning Group is responsible for recommending modifications to the NASA emergency preparedness plan (Requirement 23008). This group, chaired by the Office of Security and Program Protection, consists of NASA Emergency Preparedness Coordinators and representatives from Headquarters Codes and Centers. Each NASA Center is responsible for its own emergency plan(s) (Requirement 31625).

3.2.1.2 The Office of Security and Program Protection will coordinate planning and support between NASA Centers (Requirement 23009).

3.2.2 The minimum requirements for exercising emergency plans are as follows:

3.2.2.1 Annual tabletop exercise at the Center level (Requirement 23065).

3.2.2.2 Annual functional exercise (single scenario) at the Center level (Requirement 31627).

3.2.2.3 Biennial functional Agencywide exercises (in conjunction with a Center exercise or a Federal emergency exercise as required by the NRP) (Requirement 31628). In the event of an actual emergency, the response may be counted as a fulfillment of the required annual functional exercise.

3.2.3 Direction and Control.

3.2.3.1 The Assistant Administrator for Security and Program Protection is responsible for the overall management of the NASA Emergency Preparedness Program (Requirement 23010). Each NASA Center Director shall ensure development of that portion of the plan applicable to the mission and needs of the Center and its Component Facilities (Requirement 31629).

3.2.3.2 When notified of a NASA Center emergency, the Office of Security and Program Protection will activate and operate the NASA Emergency Operations Center (EOC) from the Office of Security and Program Protection, Washington, DC, 20546 (Requirement 23011).

3.2.3.3 When support is requested by DHS/FEMA under the NRP, the Assistant Administrator for Security and Program Protection, or designee, who serves as NASA's representative to the CDRG, will report to the DSH/FEMA Emergency Information and Coordination Center (EICC). The representative shall be the focal point for coordination with the appropriate NASA management to facilitate decisions, problem resolution, and policy issue clarification as required (Requirement 23012).

3.2.3.4 Requests for NASA resources beyond the capability of the local NASA Center shall be directed through the NASA EOC for action by the appropriate NASA Mission Directorate Associate Administrators/Headquarters Center Executives (AA/HCEs) (Requirement 23013).

3.2.3.5 Upon notification of a disaster, the NASA CDRG representative, as requested, will report to the Office of Security and Program Protection to coordinate appropriate requests from the EICC.

3.2.3.6 NASA support to responses may be required, such as: public affairs, legal, communications, facilities, occupational health, safety, transportation, security, personnel, fire services, environmental management, and the Mission Directorates AA/HCEs for the NASA Centers, and other support deemed as required.

3.3 State of Emergency Declaration

After a major natural or technological disaster, the affected Center Director, or designee, shall declare a state of emergency, coordinate with local, State, and Federal agencies, and notify NASA Headquarters, Office of Security and Program Protection during other than normal work hours (Requirement 23016). The Office of Security and Program Protection will notify the NASA Administrator and appropriate Mission Support and Mission Directorate offices and activate the Headquarters EOC to request and coordinate, as appropriate, assistance from other NASA organizations and Federal agencies.

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