RISK MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
The following commander and staff responsibilities are recommended for risk management during operations. They are consistent with those outlined in FM 101-5.
- Commander
(Overall)
- Provide risk guidance.
- Select hazard control options.
- Make risk decision for COA.
- Enforce and evaluate controls.
- CofS
(XO) (Staff Supervision)
- Supervise risk management integration across entire staff.
- Ensure hazards and controls are integrated into plans and orders.
- Ensure staff monitors controls during execution.
- Staff
Officers (Functional Area)
- Identify hazards most likely to result in loss of combat power.
- Develop control options that address reasons for hazards.
- Integrate hazards and selected controls into functional area paragraphs, graphics and annexes of OPORD and monitor implementation during execution.
- Safety
Officer (Coordination)
- Assist commander and staff with risk management during mission planning, execution and assessment.
- Collect hazards and controls identified by staff; use to prepare risk assessment and control measures for all operations.
- Coordinate staff risk management and make recommendations to G3/S3.
| "Leaders
at every level have the responsibility to identify hazards, to take measures
to reduce or eliminate hazards, and then to accept risk only to the point that
the benefits outweigh the potential costs." --Chief of Staff, Army, July 1995 |
Risk
Management Procedures - Operations
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