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LLNL Emergency Plan <br />Rev-23 <br />October 2017 <br /> <br /> 73 <br />6.1.5 Notifications from Department of Energy Headquarters <br />DOE HQ has a process for issuing time sensitive important notifications to DOE sites. These <br />notifications may relate to national emergency situations, site security conditions, or <br />DOE/NNSA continuity of operations, and normally require a positive acknowledgement by the <br />DOE site. Notifications are sent from DOE HQ by both recorded telephone message and email to <br />the point-of-contact identified by the site. ACRECC serves as the 24 hours-a-day initial point-of- <br />contact at LLNL. <br />When ACRECC receives a DOE HQ notification message, Fire Dispatch personnel acknowledge <br />the notification as directed by the message, and then provide the message information to the on- <br />duty LEDO. EMD has established a specific email account (EOC@llnl.gov) that is provided to <br />DOE HQ for notification by email messages. This email address is set-up to forward any email <br />received at the ACRECC email account (which is an ACFD email domain) to all EMDOs and all <br />ORDOs. Due to the important nature of these messages, the on-duty EMDO will contact <br />ACRECC to verify that they have acknowledged the message with DOE HQ and that they have <br />passed the message information to the on-duty LEDO. <br />6.2 Communications <br />Emergency communications is defined as the ability of emergency responders to exchange <br />information via data, voice, and video as authorized, to complete their missions. Emergency <br />responders at all levels must have interoperable and seamless communications to manage <br />emergency response, establish command and control, maintain situational awareness, and <br />function under a common operating picture for a broad scale of incidents. <br />Emergency communications consists of three primary elements: <br />1. Operability – The ability of emergency responders to establish and sustain <br />communications in support of mission operations. <br />2. Interoperability – The ability of emergency responders to communicate among <br />jurisdictions, disciplines, and various levels, using a variety of frequency bands, as <br />needed and as authorized. System operability is required for system interoperability. <br />3. Continuity of Communications – The ability of emergency response agencies to <br />maintain communications in the event of damage to or destruction of the primary <br />infrastructure. <br />6.2.1 Secure Communications <br />The LLNL EOC has the capability for secure communications using a secure telephone unit and <br />secure facsimile for connectivity to DOE/NNSA HQ Operations Center. NNSA’s ECN/VTC <br />equipment is located in the support area of the EOC.