AFPAAS designed to improve accountability Published Dec. 30, 2010 By Air Force Personnel Center RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Air Force officials want to ensure the safety of all Airmen and their family members when a natural disaster or large-scale crisis strikes. Air Force Personnel Center officials will use the Air Force Personnel Accountability and Assessment System to improve accountability management, reporting and case management. Designed to synchronize Air Force reporting with the Department of Defense's accountability system, AFPAAS meets combatant commander and DoD requirements for personnel tracking by ensuring accountability of all Air Force personnel including active-duty Airmen and family members, Guard members, Reservists, civilians and contractors overseas. Specifically, AFPAAS allows commanders and units to account, assess, manage and monitor the recovery and reconstitution process for personnel and their families affected and/or scattered by a wide-spread catastrophic event, every step of the way. AFPAAS provides valuable accountability at all levels of the Air Force chain of command, enhancing the commanders' ability to make strategic decisions. For the Airman, Guard member, Reservist, civilian or family member who must report their status, the Web-based AFPAAS program provides for ease and flexibility, worldwide during a disaster or crisis. Air Force personnel and family members simply log into https://afpaas.af.mil or call 800-435-9941 to report individual and family member status if affected by a disaster or crisis. Peterson Airmen who have questions about registering their families in AFPAAS can contact the Airman and Family Readiness Center, Building 350, at 556-4161. Although Web security allows for log-in from any computer, only approved readiness personnel and commanders with CAC access can view personally identifiable information. In addition to increasing reliability of members' status, AFPAAS speeds up the assistance process to help affected family members. AFPAAS provides commanders a tool to identify and verify assistance and aid eligibility or entitlements for affected personnel and their families prior to or immediately following a disaster.