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Class A: Class A personnel are considered essential to the Foundation's strategic operations, and are not permitted direct access to anomalies under any circumstances. When the situation requires physical proximity between Class A personnel and such anomalies (such as facilities housing containment units), Class A personnel are not permitted access to those areas of the facility containing such anomalies, and are to be kept in secure areas at all times. In the event of an emergency, Class A personnel are to be immediately evacuated to a secure location outside the facility. O5 Council members (Overseers) enjoy permanent Class A status.

Class B personnel are considered essential to local Foundation operations, and are only permitted to access objects, entities, and anomalies that have been properly quarantined and are free of mind-altering capabilities or memetic agents. In the event of a containment breach or hostile action against a Foundation facility, Class B personnel will be evacuated to a secure location outside the facility as soon as possible.

Class C personnel are granted direct access to most anomalies that are not strictly hostile or dangerous. Class C personnel who have had direct contact with potentially mind-altering or memetic properties are to be quarantined and psychiatrically evaluated as deemed necessary by security personnel. In the event of a containment breach or hostile action against a Foundation facility, non-combatant Class C personnel are to be directed to secure sealed areas or evacuated at the discretion of security personnel in the event of a Site-wide containment breach or other catastrophic event.

Class D personnel are expendable personnel employed to handle extremely dangerous anomalies and are not permitted any contact with Class A or Class B personnel. Class D personnel are typically recruited from prison inmates around the world who are accused of violent crimes, especially those facing the death penalty. In particularly trying times, Protocol 12 may be instituted, allowing the use of other sources of personnel (political prisoners, refugee populations, other civilian sources) for Class D recruitment by transferring them to Foundation custody under circumstances allowing plausible deniability responses. Class D personnel will undergo regular psychiatric evaluations, and will be administered a Class B or higher amnestic or terminated at the end of a one-month tour of duty under the responsibility of the facility's medical or security staff. In the event of a catastrophic event affecting the facility, Class D personnel will be immediately removed unless the facility's security personnel deem it appropriate not to do so.

Class E is a provisional classification applicable only to field agents and containment personnel who have been exposed to potentially harmful effects in the course of initial acquisition and containment of new anomalous objects, entities, or phenomena. Class E personnel will be quarantined, monitored, and screened for potentially harmful behavioral, personality, or physiological changes as soon as possible, and will only be allowed to return to active duty after reporting to and receiving clearance from psychiatric and medical personnel.

Containment specialists are a group of people

Containment Specialists have two general roles in Foundation facilities. First, containment teams are called upon in response to confirmed cases of anomalous activity to ensure and establish initial containment of anomalous objects, entities, or phenomena and transport them to the nearest Foundation Containment Site.

In addition, Foundation engineers and technicians are called upon to conceive, refine, and maintain containment plans and units dedicated to objects, entities, and phenomena on Foundation premises.

Researchers constitute the scientific arm of the Foundation, recruited from among the most intelligent and trained research scientists from around the world. With specialists in every imaginable field, from chemistry and botany to the esoteric, and even more specialized fields such as theoretical physics and xenobiology, the Foundation's research projects pursue a better understanding of unexplained anomalies and their workings.

Local security officers (often referred to simply as "Guards") stationed at Foundation facilities are charged with maintaining the physical and informational security of Foundation projects, operations, and members. Recruited primarily from military, law enforcement, and prison personnel, security officers are trained in the use of all types of weapons and various contingency plans covering both security breach incidents and external hostile action. They are also responsible for data security, ensuring that compromising documents are not misplaced and that a facility's computer systems are safe from outside intrusion. They are also often the first line of defense at Foundation facilities against external attackers.

Response Teams — or Tactical Teams — are well-trained and heavily armed teams that are tasked with escorting containment teams when dangerous anomalous entities or hostile Groups of Interest are involved and defending Foundation facilities against hostile action. In practice, response teams are military units stationed at key Foundation installations that stand ready to deploy at a moment's notice.

Field Agents are the eyes and ears of the Foundation, trained personnel to seek out and investigate signs of anomalous activity, and often embedded within law enforcement agencies or local or regional services such as emergency medical services or the legislature. As covert units, Field Agents typically do not carry equipment that would allow them to deal with unconfirmed cases of anomalous activity; once such an anomaly is confirmed and isolated, Field Agents will call for assistance from the nearest containment team with the means to secure and contain it.

Mobile Task Forces are specialist units made up of veteran field personnel recruited from across the Foundation. Mobile Task Forces are activated to deal with threats of a specific nature, and include personnel of all types, from field researchers specializing in a particular type of anomaly to combat units tasked with securing certain types of hostile anomalous entities. For more information, please refer to the Mobile Task Forces document for more detailed information.

Headquarters Directors for major Foundation facilities are the highest-ranking members of the staff present at these locations, and are responsible for the continued safe operation of their Site and all contained anomalies and projects conducted therein. All Department Directors report directly to the Headquarters Director, who in turn reports to the O5 (Oversight) Council.

The O5 Council designation refers to the committee comprised of the Foundation's highest-ranking directors. With full access to all information relating to contained anomalies, the O5 Council oversees all Foundation operations worldwide and directs its long-term strategic planning. Due to the confidentiality of their positions, O5 Council members are not to come into direct contact with any anomalous objects, entities, or phenomena. Furthermore, the identities of all O5 Council members are secret. References to Council members are limited to their numerical designations (O5-1 through O5-13).