Emergency Operation Center

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INTRODUCTION

This Emergency Operations Center (EOC) provides a location to conduct centralized and coordinated direction, control and warning for use during emergency events beyond the scope of normal public safety responses. The EOC provides an environment where key information is gathered, officials make critical policy decisions and implementation of these decisions is disseminated to appropriate agencies for action. This shared EOC between Sheboygan County and the City of Sheboygan has been developed to maintain a continuity of government for critical operations in times of major crisis when normal emergency services have been curtailed.

OPERATION & ORGANIZATION

Support agency representatives are called in from the American Red Cross, local electrical and telephone utilities, human services, local law enforcement, fire, and public works / highway to name a few. The support agencies present in the EOC are dependent upon the nature and scope of the incident.

Elected public officials such as the County Board Chairman, City Mayor and/or local officials of impacted communities are also present comprising the nucleus of the decision-making process. These individuals hold the authority and responsibility to "make things happen" and ensure that overall emergency operations are carried out according to the established emergency operations plan. Management officials from the local, State and Federal government are present to manage EOC functions and oversee response and recovery operations of all response organizations involved. Additional human resource expertise from private sector agencies also respond to the EOC as needed to support specific response needs.

FUNCTIONS

The EOC is located inside the City of Sheboygan Fire Station on North 25th Street. This 27,000 square foot building has approximately 18,000 square feet of usable space for EOC operations. The EOC room located on the second floor is approximately 1,000 square feet in size. It can provide the following essential resources in support of public safety:

100 KW natural-gas powered emergency generator. Food preparation, dining, lounge and sleeping quarters. Parking in designated and auxiliary areas Auxiliary training building with approximately 3,000 sq. ft. Two copy machines 12 computer work stations 800 MHz county-wide radio system Weather station with remote sensing stations 10 EOC dedicated phone lines Audio-visual broadcast connection Cable and network television access Line of sight -LTC broadcast connection Several large group meeting areas