AFI10-210 governs the Air Force Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force (BEEF) Program and its civil engineer readiness requirements.
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AFI10-210 addresses UTC posture, deployment requirements, contingency missions, training, personnel substitutions, and waiver authorities. It requires Prime BEEF programs to support operations plan taskings and prepare for hazards including disasters, explosive devices, and CBRN weapons.
Applies to: This instruction applies to all Regular Air Force (RegAF), Air Force Reserve (AFR), and Air National Guard (ANG) civil engineer units and personnel.
Unit commanders develop their Prime BEEF program to ensure civil engineer personnel can meet operations plan taskings, impromptu contingency taskings within unit capabilities, and other unit-specific deployment requirements.
Taskings may include support to combatant commands, joint or combined task forces, Expeditionary Wings and or Capability Enhancement Teams (CET).
Prepare for, respond to, and recover from all hazards and threats to include major accidents, natural disasters, improvised explosive devices, weapons of mass destruction, enemy/terrorist use of chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) weapons.
Exceptions: 32E3H (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) and 32E3B (Emergency Management/CBRN) requirements must be filled by a qualified officer possessing the correct duty Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) and grade; any deviation must be coordinated with the EOD program director or DAF EM Program Manager, respectively.
Note 3: 3E4X3 can substitute as a 5-level but NOT 7 or 9 level.