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LLNL Emergency Plan Rev-22 January 2017 75 the offsite notification process per Emergency Programs Organization plans/procedures. They will also be notified via the Emergency Programs Organization’s emergency information notification system as a back-up. The NNSA/LFO Emergency Management SME and DOE/NNSA HQ Operations Center Watch Office will continue to receive subsequent notifications and updates throughout the emergency. 6.1.5 Department of Energy Headquarters Notifications DOE HQ has a process for issuing time sensitive important notifications to DOE sites. These notifications may relate to national emergency situations, site security conditions, or DOE/NNSA continuity of operations, and normally require a positive acknowledgement by the DOE site. Notifications are sent from DOE HQ by both recorded telephone message and email to the point-of-contact identified by the site. ACRECC serves as the 24 hour-a-day initial point-of- contact at LLNL. When ACRECC receives a DOE HQ notification message, Fire Dispatch personnel acknowledge the notification as directed by the message, and then provide the message information to the on- duty LEDO. EMD has established a specific email account (EOC@llnl.gov) that is provided to DOE HQ for notification by email messages. This email address is set-up to forward any email received at the ACRECC email account (which is an ACFD email domain) to all EMDOs and all ORDOs. Due to the important nature of these messages, the on-duty EMDO will contact ACRECC to verify that they have acknowledged the message with DOE HQ and that they have passed the message information to the on-duty LEDO. 6.2 Communications Emergency communications is defined as the ability of emergency responders to exchange information via data, voice, and video as authorized, to complete their missions. Emergency responders at all levels must have interoperable and seamless communications to manage emergency response, establish command and control, maintain situational awareness, and function under a common operating picture for a broad scale of incidents. Emergency communications consists of three primary elements: 1. Operability – The ability of emergency responders to establish and sustain communications in support of mission operations. 2. Interoperability – The ability of emergency responders to communicate among jurisdictions, disciplines, and various levels, using a variety of frequency bands, as needed and as authorized. System operability is required for system interoperability. 3. Continuity of Communications – The ability of emergency response agencies to maintain communications in the event of damage to or destruction of the primary infrastructure.