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U.S. Navy NTRP 4-02.9 U.S. AIR FORCE AFTTP 3-2.82_IP U.S. ARMY ATP 4-02.82 Occupational And Environmental Health Site Assessment APRIL 2012 According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum MCM 0028-07 (Nov2007), Procedures for Deployment Health Surveillance, "force health protection (FHP) provides the conceptual framework for optimizing force health readiness and protecting Department of Defense (DOD) personnel from occupational and environmental health (OEH) threats associated with deployments and military Service." Deployment health surveillance is a critical component of health risk management and FHP. Deployment health surveillance includes identifying and assessing OEH threats, recognizing potential exposure pathways for deployed populations, documenting and reporting health risk, and implementing preventive measures to reduce the health risk posed by those OEH threats. The occupational and environmental health site assessment (OEHSA) is the key information organizing process and report that supports OEH risk management activities on military installations in an operational environment. The OEHSA documents environmental conditions, identifies potential OEH threats, guides OEH data collection activities and further risk assessments, and summarizes acute or immediate risk mitigation actions. Health risk assessment (HRA) and health risk management are critical parts of deployment health surveillance. The OEHSA is the first step of the process that supports data collection and risk assessments over time. HRAs anticipate, identify, prioritize, and assess health threats and compare residual risks across potential controls and countermeasures. OEHSAs are a key element of the HRA process and assist Service preventive medicine personnel to adequately support FHP and local commanders' risk management decisions concerning OEH threats