Mission Assurance is responsible for the protection and resilience of capabilities and assets, including personnel, equipment, facilities, networks, information and information systems, infrastructure, and supply chains critical to the performance of Department of Defense (DoD) Mission Essential Functions. Mission Assurance serves as the connective tissue between all Protection programs and is responsible for monitor Protection capabilities associated with all threats and hazards. Mission Assurance oversees coordination between programs within the MCAS Cherry Point Protection Community, which include:
- Antiterrorism
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High Yield Explosives (CBRNE)
- Continuity of Operations
- Critical Infrastructure Protection
- Emergency Management
- Operations Security
- Security Management
- Fire & Emergency Services
- Emergency Dispatch
- Force Health Protection
- Cybersecurity
- Law Enforcement
- Energy Security/Resiliency
- Physical Security
The mission of the Marine Corps Installation Emergency Management (IEM) Program is to provide policy and oversight on all Installation emergency management initiatives in order to ensure mitigation, preparation, response and recovery to emergencies and disasters in an all hazards environment. Focused on saving lives, reducing human suffering and reducing great property loss, the IEM Program will:
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Develop plans and procedures to ensure the highest levels of mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.
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Maintain a comprehensive, risked-based, multi-hazard emergency management and training program.
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Coordinate with federal, state and local resources for mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery operations.
The Cherry Point Fire & Emergency Services (CPF&ES) serves military personnel, their dependents and civilian employees living and working aboard MCAS Cherry Point and its auxiliary landing fields. As a fire department, we train and prepare for possible emergencies that may happen in our coverage areas.
In March of 2013, MCAS Cherry Point Fire & Emergency Services became internationally accredited, commensurable with the requirements of the Commission on Fire Accreditation International. The purpose of the process was to assure the services provided achieve the highest level of customer satisfaction possible. Remaining accredited is an ongoing process to help ensure that our service areas receive the level of service expected and the department is efficiently managing its personnel, training, and assets to effectively respond to calls from our customers. The department did receive re-accreditation status in March of 2018. Personnel will continue the self-assessment process to ensure the best services possible are being delivered to the community.
CPF&ES responds to emergencies on the Air Station as well as the surrounding areas to help provide Emergency Medical Services, Fire Response, Technical Rescue and Hazardous Materials Response.
The services that we commonly provide are as follows:
• Structural Firefighting
• Emergency Medical Services
• Hazardous Materials Response
• Wildland Firefighting (limited)
• Technical Rescue (Structural Collapse/ Trench/High Angle/ Confined Space/ Vehicle and Machinery)
• Water Rescue
• Fire Prevention
• Aircraft Firefighting (Support)
• Weapons of Mass Destruction Response
Additional information about Cherry Point Fire and Emergency Services can be found on the CPF&ES webpage.
Criminal Offenses:
Must be reported to the Provost Marshal's Office (PMO) phone number (252) 466-3615 or dial 911 for emergencies. The Havelock Police can be reached at (252) 447-3212. If the offense is of such an extent, you can call the Naval Investigative Service (NIS) at (252) 466-2641.
Crime Prevention Programs:
PMO conducts several CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS:
(1) Operation Crime Stop is a confidential reporting line for the anonymous reporting of crimes, phone# (252) 466-4111
(2) The Child Identification (fingerprinting) Program is designed to help law enforcement officials in the identification and/or location of missing, lost, or abducted children
(3) Operation ID is designed to discourage burglaries and theft through the marking and registering of personal property for personnel living in barracks or government housing, and for civilians working at Cherry Point.
CRIME STOPPERS is also located in Morehead City, NC. The phone number is (252) 726-4636.
The mission of the Combined Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team, comprised of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Marines from Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and Marine Wing Support Squadron 271, is to support the operating forces, supporting establishment, homeland defense, and special operations forces, by locating, accessing, identifying, rendering safe, neutralizing, and disposing of hazards from chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosive, unexploded explosive ordnance, improvised explosive device, and weapons of mass destruction that present a threat to the airfield, operations, personnel, or material aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, Marine Corps Outlying Landing Fields Atlantic and Oak Grove, the local area, and external organizations.
Explosive Ordnance Disposal responds to explosive emergencies which are outside the scope of other occupational specialties.
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Resident Agency (RA) Cherry Point, NC, is the primary civilian law enforcement agency whose function it is to investigate criminal activities involving Navy and Marine Corps interests pertaining to MCAS Cherry Point, NC. The NCIS mission includes a broad mandate to cover areas including national security, counterintelligence, counterterrorism, cyberwarfare, and force protection.