Critical Infrastructure Assessment
Table 3 : Infrastructure Criticality Categorization . tional infrastructure is vital to the success of any operation , the identification of infrastructure that is either critical to the nation or vital / key to the mission has impacts across any HQ during planning and execution . Consideration must be given to the potential impact on the loss of such infrastructure and to understanding of the implications . The necessary mitigation measures should be considered . For example the loss of a vital bridge , could be mitigated by the prepositioning of bridging assets . There are many examples of infrastructure that would adversely affect the civil population and by extension the mission that cannot be overlooked . The loss of fundamental services such as power or water in the civilian sector is likely to have a direct impact on operations with far reaching consequences . Buildings of religious or cultural significance may be of strategic importance to the mission and therefore warrant NATO action in their protection . It is important to stress that infrastructure assessments are a living and continuous process which will require update , amendment or reassessment as new information is collected , plans change or as a result of operations .
been adopted as NATO doctrine . However LC GENG is leading the process having advocated to the NCS and NFS the use of HQ LANDCOM Directive 080-02 – Infrastructure Assessment for Land Operations as a starting point for standardization in this field . This has been presented to nations , NATO command and force structures and specialized entities representatives at the recent MILENG WG and will be taken forward after the first Infrastructure Assessment Course . This course will be facilitated by the Military Engineering Centre of Excellence ( MILENG CoE ), 6 - 9 Mar 17 in Ingolstadt , Germany . Instructors will be provided from the 170 Infrastructure Support Engineer Group , UK , which developed the Infrastructure Assessment process and have considerable expertise in this area .
Within LANDCOM , GENG continues to formulate divisional SME inputs , interactions and product support across all HQ divisions in order to ensure that infrastructure considerations likely to have impact on operations are reflected into Land Operational Planning .
The Way Forward .
The implementation of Infrastructure Assessments within the OPP has not yet
Table 4 : Event Probability .
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