APPENDIX IV
ADVERSE INCIDENT PLAN
COMTHIRDFLT
OPERATION ORDER
ROSE FESTIVAL VISIT
APPENDIX III TO ANNEX B
ADVERSE INCIDENT PLAN
Reference: (a) SECNAVINST 5720.44A
(b) BUPERS MANUAL
(c) MARCORPERSMAN, Chapter 12
(d) PACFLT Regulations, Article 12104.1
(e) (All others as applicable)
1. Purpose. The purpose of this Appendix is to specify the procedure and format
for the release of information concerning adverse incidents occurring during the
Portland Rose Festival visit.
2. Definition. An “adverse incident” is considered to be as follows:
a. Any personal casualty, whether to military or civilian personnel, which
results in death, being placed in a “missing” status or injury serious enough to require
hospitalization.
b. Lesser injuries to a group of persons, resulting from a single incident.
c. A major accident or incident which could be or could become the subject of
press interest, and particularly those incidents which are or could have been observed
by civilian media representatives or guests.
3. Background. Although it is not likely, there is a possibility that adverse
incidents will occur during the Rose Festival visit. The occurrence of adverse
incidents is invariably of great interest to the media. Experience has shown that
news coverage of such incidents can be limited to a relatively brief time period if
essential information on the incident can be provided in the briefest possible period
of time. Identification of persons involved in adverse incidents is of special interest
to the media and is most often the item that extends news coverage into additional
days.
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