Emergency
Operations Center Staff
Planning Section
The Planning Section is responsible
for the collection, analysis and display
of information relating to incident operation,
to develop alternative tactical action
plans, to conduct planning meetings and
to prepare the EOC Action Plan for incidents
which require extended operational periods.
Planning Section Staff
Planning Section Chief
The Planning
Section Chief is responsible for the
overall supervision for the
collection, analyzing, and displaying
situation information; preparing
periodic situation reports; preparing
and distributing
the EOC Action Plan and facilitating
the action planning meeting; conducting
advance planning activities; providing
technical support services to the
various EOC Sections and Units, and documenting
and maintaining files on all EOC
activities.
Information is needed to:
- Understand the current situation
- Predict probable course of incident
events
- Prepare alternative strategies for
the incident
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Unit
The Documentation Coordinator Unit
is responsible to review all Major
Incident or Significant Event Reports
for accuracy
and legibility and to assign incident
and report numbers to the documentation.
The Documentation Coordinator Unit
will coordinate the timely distribution
of
Major Incident or Significant Event
Reports to all Sections Chiefs. Additionally,
the Documentation Coordination Unit
is
responsible to maintain accurate and
complete incident files, providing
copying services for EOC personnel and
preserving
incident files for legal, analytical,
historical and recovery purposes. Situation
Status Unit
The Situation Status
Unit is responsible
for the collection, organization,
and analysis of disaster situation
information.
Additionally, the Unit is responsible
to ensure that Situation Status Reports
are developed for dissemination to
EOC staff and to ensure that all
maps, status boards, and other displays
contain
current and accurate information. Damage
Assessment Unit
The Damage Assessment
Unit is responsible
for maintaining detailed records
of damage assessment information. <top of page> |
