PBEM Emergency Operations Center (EOC): Difference between revisions
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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]. 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.'' | ||
