Shortbus: the guy we really need here is PPCLI Guy, because he just finished being the G3 of LFCA, and in that capacity was responsible for CONPLAN TRILLIUM, LFCA's plan for Dom Ops response. I was involved in the major re-engineering of that CONPLAN in 2000, to integrate the mass of things we learned from Op ABACUS, Toronto Snowstorm, Ice Storm, etc.
One of the key features of the revised TRILLIUM was the assignment of a much greater role to the Army Res. Under this concept of operations, each Res CBG in LFCA was required to be able to generate a Domestic Response Coy that could deploy, as mobile and self-sufficient as possible, to dom emergencies in priority to: a) the Bde AOO or b) other parts of the LFCAOO.
PPCLI Guy can update us on where this plan stand now.
Here in 38 CBG, under our CONPLAN BISON (response to dom emergencies) we have three regional Response Coys, based in Sask, Man, and NW Ont. These are intended to be very similar to the coys envisioned under TRILLIUM. Recently, following our experiences with OP PEREGRINE (BC Fire Emergency) we have revising and updating BISON with a view to increasing our readiness. For example, if you check our Bde website, you will see our Alert State indicator that is one portion of our system for recalling Res in an emergency.
Cheers.