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G-1 APPENDIX G DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS SUPPORTING DEFENSE SUPPORT OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES 1. General DOD installations may be used as federal operating areas to support federal personnel and resources, when requested (e.g., incident support base, federal staging area, federal team staging area facility, modular airborne fire-fighting systems operating base). Installations may also be designated as BSIs to support DOD operations IAW existing Service regulations. Designation as one of these federal operating areas or a BSI requires a CCDR-validated and approved RFA and the concurrence of the appropriate Military Department Secretary. 2. Concept of Operations Support concepts are based on the proximity of the designated BSI and its capabilities, which are: a. Major Installation. If a designated BSI is a major installation within a reasonable travel time from the incident area, then that installation may augment task force common- user support to responding forces within the limits of existing capability/capacity for that installation without impacting other ordered requirements. Additional capabilities for that installation must be requested through appropriate processes and procedures by the supported CCDR. This will enable the responding task force to focus on the DSCA mission. b. Austere Installation. Depending on the location of the catastrophic event, the BSI may be designated in an area that is not in close proximity to a major DOD installation. In these instances, the commander, joint task force (CJTF), will complete an estimate of the situation and request either contract support or submit a request for forces to mitigate logistics capability shortfalls due to limited personnel, equipment, facilities, or interrupted or extended lines of communications between the BSI and those DOD elements operating at the incident site. 3. Base Support Installation Considerations The BSI-designated installation will provide general support for common-user logistics (food, life-support, medical support, and fuels) to all proximate DOD forces, as well as JRSOI as required. Commanders and their staffs conduct mission analysis to meet logistics requirements and to coordinate the potential use of a military installation for base support of DOD forces during DSCA. Considerations include: a. A concise concept of purpose and description of the functions the BSI will support. b. Forces required to support the operation and phasing for induction of logistics elements.