Mobile Field Force
Mission: The ILEAS Mobile Field Force (MFF) is designed to provide rapid, organized and disciplined response to civil disorder, crowd control or other tactical situations involving the distribution of pharmaceuticals from the National Strategic Stockpile, weapons of mass destruction incidents as well as other more conventional events.
Function: The MFF is basically a platoon of police officers of various ranks with a leader. Tactics used are based on small squad tactics developed by the Office of Domestic Preparedness as well as the more traditional Mobile Field Force tactics. A team generally consists of four squads and may be supplemented by specialized units from ILEAS member agencies.
The MFF may be utilized to:
- Provide security at sites where pharmaceuticals from the National Strategic Stockpile are being distributed.
- Provide evacuation assistance related to weapons of mass destruction incidents.
- Rescue victims or police officers under hazardous conditions.
- Apprehend multiple offenders in crowd situations.
- Isolate areas of civil disorder or disaster by the use of large, organized perimeters.
- Control or disburse unruly crowds.
- Act as the first response to EMAC requests from other states.