Emergency Operations Center (EOC) 01
Emergency Operations Center (EOC) 01 : (1) The physical location at which the coordination of information and resources to support domestic incident management activities normally takes place. An EOC may be a temporary facility or may be located in a more central or permanently established facility, perhaps at a higher level of organization within a jurisdiction. EOCs may be organized by major functional disciplines (e.g., fire, law enforcement, and medical services), by jurisdiction (e.g., Federal, State, regional, county, city, tribal), or some combination thereof. (National Incident Management System NIMS). (2) An emergency operations center (EOC) is a location from which centralized emergency management can be performed during response and recovery. The use of EOCs is a standard practice in emergency management, and is one type of multiagency coordinating entity. Local governments should have designated EOCs. The physical size, staffing, and equipping of a local government EOC will depend on the size and complexity of the local government and the emergency operations it can expect to manage. The level of EOC staffing will also vary with the specific emergency situation. A local government's EOC facility should be capable of serving as the central point for: (a) Coordination of all the jurisdiction's emergency operations. (b) Information gathering and dissemination. (c) Coordination with other local governments and the operational area. (SEMS)
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