Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 3020.52
May 18, 2012
Incorporating Change 1, May 22, 2017
USD(P)
SUBJECT: DoD Installation Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield
Explosive (CBRNE) Preparedness Standards
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. This Instruction:
a. Establishes and implements policy and prescribes standards and procedures to achieve
installation preparedness for CBRNE incidents consistent with the authorities in sections 2311-
2317 of title 50, United States Code (Reference (a)).
b. Designates the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas’
Security Affairs Global Security (ASD(HD&ASAGS)) as the lead in synchronizing policy,
guidance, and instruction related to the National Response Framework (Reference (b)),
consistent with DoD Directive (DoDD) 5111.1 (Reference (c)) and DoDD 5111.13 (Reference
(d)).
c. Incorporates and cancels DoD Instruction (DoDI) 2000.18 (Reference (e)) to align DoD
CBRNE preparedness activities for prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery
with the National Incident Management System (NIMS) (Reference (f)); the National
Preparedness Guidelines (Reference (g)); and associated Homeland Security Presidential
Directives (HSPDs) for Management of Domestic Incidents (Reference (h)); Critical
Infrastructure Identification, Prioritization, and Protection (Reference (i)); National Preparedness
(Reference (j)); Biodefense for the 21st Century (Reference (k)); and Public Health and Medical
Preparedness (Reference (l)).
d. Integrates and synchronizes DoD CBRNE preparedness activities with DoDI 6055.17
(Reference (m)) and DoDI 6200.03 (Reference (n)).
e. Provides CBRNE-specific guidance and standards for DoD installations worldwide to use
when preventing, protecting against, mitigating, responding to, and recovering from CBRNE
incidents.
