Committee: County lacks dedicated EOC, should run regular exercises
Committee members learned the county has no dedicated emergency operations center and urged regularly scheduled EOC exercises and training; staff noted mobile command options and candidate facilities such as the airport terminal.
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Committee members pressed county emergency management staff about where the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) would operate during a major incident. Meredith, the county's emergency management director, told the panel, "We do not have a dedicated EOC," and said operations typically occur out of a police precinct or a mobile command vehicle that lacks adequate space.
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