COMDTINST 5400.1B — Obtaining Personnel Resources To Meet Surge Requirements

COMDTINST 5400.1B governs policy, authority, and procedures for staffing short-term and surge personnel requirements.

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  • Publication number: COMDTINST 5400.1B
  • Title: OBTAINING PERSONNEL RESOURCES TO MEET SURGE REQUIREMENTS
  • Date: 8/6/2018
  • Proponent: CG-1M

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The publication addresses temporary mission-critical and volunteer vacancies, emergency response, annual surge operations, and special events. It requires personnel requirements to be planned, prioritized, identified, and tracked, and includes Request for Forces templates.

Applies to: All Coast Guard unit commanders, commanding officers, officers-in-charge, deputy/assistant commandants, and chiefs of headquarters staff elements must comply with the provisions of this Instruction.

Topics covered

  • Short-term personnel augmentation
  • Surge personnel requirements
  • Emergency response staffing
  • Request for Forces templates
  • Personnel estimates and sustainment plans
  • Operational personnel requirements
  • Coast Guard enterprise human resources software system

Questions and answers

Who must comply with COMDTINST 5400.1B?

All Coast Guard unit commanders, commanding officers, officers-in-charge, deputy/assistant commandants, and chiefs of headquarters staff elements must comply with the provisions of this Instruction. (paragraph 2)

What types of short-term or surge personnel requirements does COMDTINST 5400.1B address?

Short-term/surge personnel requirements include, but are not limited to, temporary mission critical and volunteer vacancies, emergency response, annual surge operations and special events. (paragraph 4)

What must the Incident Commander do with personnel requirements?

Ensures personnel requirements are adequately identified and prioritized, and forecast specific skills requirements (e.g., foreign language or specialty skills).

Where must personnel data be tracked under COMDTINST 5400.1B?

Ensures data is tracked, maintained, and reported within the Coast Guard enterprise human resources software system.

Is paper distribution available for COMDTINST 5400.1B?

No paper distribution will be made of this Instruction. An electronic version will be located on the following Commandant (CG-612) web sites. (paragraph 8)

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