The City of Glendale Emergency Operations Center (EOC) serves as the city's command center for overall situation analysis and incident support for large scale emergencies and disasters that involve multiple city departments. It is activated upon order from the City Manager's office or by certain other designated city officials. The level of EOC staffing will vary with the specific emergency situation. The EOC occupies over 1,400 square feet and includes dedicated telephones, computers, radio terminals, conference rooms, restrooms and office areas. There is sufficient emergency power to support all primary EOC operations. The EOC is equipped with emergency meals, drinking water, and a limited supply of cots and blankets to support extended operations.
The city's Emergency Plan is comprised of four parts. Part One (Basic Plan) describes overall organizational and operational concepts for responding to various types of identified hazards that may impact the jurisdiction. Part Two includes functional Annexes that describe the emergency response organization. Each Annex is supported by a statement of mission objectives, initial action checklists and the emergency management organizational structure to be used by assigned personnel.
The City of Glendale is very fortunate to have its own Emergency Operations Center (EOC). It serves the functions of situation analysis and incident support for large scale emergencies and major disasters. During an emergency or disaster it is important to have a centralized location where information gathering, response actions, and decision making are coordinated.
The City of Glendale Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is activated whenever there is a need to coordinate the emergency response of city departments, government agencies and volunteer groups in response to emergencies, disasters or other significant events. Designated personnel report to the EOC through an activation paging system. The EOC is a secured facility where all responders must check in with appropriate credentials in order to receive EOC identification.
