Government Technology

Lessons From Building the First EOC on Tribal Land

We started off with a single office in the back of the gymnasium. That was the whole of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) Nation’s emergency operations center (EOC) shortly after COVID-19 struck ...
Firehouse

State-of-the-Art Emergency Operations Center Boosts Minnesota’s Disaster Response Capabilities

The new 36,650-sq.-ft. EOC in Blaine replaces the outdated facility in St. Paul, incorporating renewable energy systems and ...
Homeland Security Today

PERSPECTIVE: Coordinating Civil Unrest Through Ground-Level Emergency Management Experience

(Photo: Open source image of Chicago Emergency Operations Center via chicago.gov) Reflecting back to 2020, as cities across the nation grappled with waves of civil unrest, I was charged to lead the ...
Homeland Security Today

Embedding Meteorologists and Hydrologists into Emergency Operations

Weather-caused disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes and inclement weather drive a large portion of emergency management operations in the United States. Incorporating meteorological forecast ...
Petoskey News-Review

Emmet County EOC shifts ice storm response to long-term recovery phase

Emmet County's Emergency Operations Center is transitioning from emergency response to long-term recovery after the March ice storms. The EOC will focus on coordinating recovery efforts, supporting ...