PBEM Emergency Operations Center (EOC): Difference between revisions
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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]. In an attachment to later funding legislation for the EOC, Commissioner Randy Leonard's office stated: | 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]. In an attachment to later 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.'' | ||
The "current ERC" referred to in that statement was a training classroom room at [https://www.portland.gov/911 BOEC]. It would take hours to clear out and turn over any time PBEM activated the EOC.<ref>Pittman, E. (2021, March 27). ''Portland’s preparedness is amplified by new coordination Center''. GovTech. https://www.govtech.com/recovery/portland-emergency-coordination-center.html </ref> Meanwhile, PBEM routinely operated from offices located downtown in the [[wikipedia:Congress_Center|Congress Center]]; a location not ideal for coordinating response and recovery from a major earthquake. | The "current ERC" referred to in that statement was a training classroom room at [https://www.portland.gov/911 BOEC]. It would take hours to clear out and turn over any time PBEM activated the EOC.<ref>Pittman, E. (2021, March 27). ''Portland’s preparedness is amplified by new coordination Center''. GovTech. https://www.govtech.com/recovery/portland-emergency-coordination-center.html </ref> Meanwhile, PBEM routinely operated from offices located downtown in the [[wikipedia:Congress_Center|Congress Center]]; a location not ideal for coordinating response and recovery from a major earthquake. | ||
