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The City of Portland Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is the centralized physical location from where the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management (PBEM) coordinates major emergency response and recovery activities. The building that the EOC is located in includes offices for PBEM, [https://rdpo.net/ RDPO], and the [https://www.portland.gov/water Water Bureau]. Until 2024 it was called the Emergency Coordination Center (ECC). | The City of Portland Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is the centralized physical location from where the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management (PBEM) coordinates major emergency response and recovery activities. The building that the EOC is located in includes offices for PBEM, [https://rdpo.net/ RDPO], and the [https://www.portland.gov/water Water Bureau]. | ||
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<br/> | The EOC opened in January 2014 [[Media:2017.01.27.ECC Press Release.pdf|(press release)]]. Until 2024 it was called the Emergency Coordination Center (ECC). | ||
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== Background == | == Background == | ||
[[File:BOEC EOC.jpg|thumb|430x430px|''The original (and inadequate) BOEC EOC.'']] | [[File:BOEC EOC.jpg|thumb|430x430px|''The original (and inadequate) BOEC EOC.'']] | ||
The City of Portland first recognized the need for an Emergency Operations Center in 2007 as an outcome of the [https://2001-2009.state.gov/s/ct/about/c16661.htm TOPOFF 4 exercise]. | The City of Portland first recognized the need for an Emergency Operations Center in 2007 as an outcome of the [https://2001-2009.state.gov/s/ct/about/c16661.htm TOPOFF 4 exercise]. Years later, in an attachment to funding legislation for the EOC, Commissioner Randy Leonard's office stated: | ||
''Concern has grown in recent years that the current ERC is inadequate because of its small size, split-level design, and lack of modern equipment. In addition, concern has been raised about the vulnerability of the existing Water Bureau Emergency Operations Center. The current facilities, which house both emergency management and water bureau security staff, are unreinforced modular structures located in a potential landslide hazard area.'' | ''Concern has grown in recent years that the current ERC is inadequate because of its small size, split-level design, and lack of modern equipment. In addition, concern has been raised about the vulnerability of the existing Water Bureau Emergency Operations Center. The current facilities, which house both emergency management and water bureau security staff, are unreinforced modular structures located in a potential landslide hazard area.'' | ||
