COMDTINST 16471.3
such as the approval, monitoring and decision protocols associated with disperants
and in situ burn response alternatives. To maintain consistency and relieve some of
the burden placed on area committees to independently collect this information,
input shall be distilled and provided to the field by the responsible national or
regional level. Area committees may insert this response information directly into
their plan, or customize it to suit their local needs so long as it is consistent with the
parameters set forth in this instruction.
c.
The following sub-paragraphs address specific issues related to ACP organization,
content, revision cycle, publishing and distribution.
(1)
Format: Enclosures (1) and (2) delineate plan content, sequence, and the
desired national organizational structure of the coastal and Great Lakes
ACPs. Text portions are numbered for easier identification and
compatibility with electronic format. Area contingency plans shall be
organized so that section names, numbers and sequence mirror enclosure (1)
down through the first two hierarchical levels (i.e., the thousand and hundred
series). This requirement will allow plan users to easily locate information
from within coastal and Great Lakes ACPs, and permits predictable citation
and reference among different coastal and Great Lakes plans. Should area
committees wish to propose improvements or alternatives to this national
format, they may contact Commandant (G-MOR). To improve plan
management, publishing and distribution, a generic "ICS format" template
will be provided in Standard Workstation III word processing software along
with user instructions to aid with this format transition.
(a)
Section Names and Numbers: The first level of plan organization
divides the plan into major sections: Introduction, Command,
Operations, Planning, Logistics, Finance/Administration, and
Appendices. These major sections are given whole, thousand series
numbers (e.g. section 1000 is Introduction, 2000 is Command, etc.).
The next level below the major sections are assigned hundred series
numbers (e.g., 3100 is Operations Section Organization, 3200 is
Recovery and Protection). Enclosure (1) reflects the required
organizationally structured plan framework. How specific
information is organized below a hundred level is left to the
discretion of the area committee.
(b)
Section Content: Enclosure (2) is provided as an example Table of
Contents that has been fleshed out with suggested refinements that
may be expanded upon below the hundred series. Information to be
placed below the hundred series must be consistent with information
potentially used by that section or branch. Liberal referencing or
hyper-links to pertinent source information is preferred over re-
paraphrasing existing documents whenever possible.
(c)
Reserved/Open Sub-Sections: Under every major thousand-level
section, an entire hundred series section has been reserved for the
area committee or the cognizant Coast
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