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Emergency Operations Center (EOC) TOUR
The Office of Emergency Management building on 59 Low Street
in Newburyport
houses the Emergency Operations Center (EOC). This building
facility is where city officials (Police, Fire, Mayors
Office and DPW) as well as State and Government Officials
(State Police, MEMA, National Guard, FEMA and USCG) can
jointly manage the response and recovery from small to
large-scale emergencies and disasters be it natural or man
made. The EOC provides a place to run Incident Command or
assist field Incident Command and has substantial resources
that facilitate the City’s ability to protect life and
property.
The EOC is a secure building and large lot, completely
surrounded by barbed perimeter security fencing. The
building is alarmed and video recorded both internal and
external.
The following Room/Divisions are present in Newburyport's
EOC:
Operations Floor
Here is where the Volunteer phone force is busy staffing
desks and helping to coordinate resources for a given
situation.
Individual desks are set up for Police, Fire, DPW, Special
Needs Coordinator, Transportation coordinator and Harbor
Master Liaison.
Media Briefing/ Training Room
In the event of a large scale situation where public eye is
on Newburyport, the Office of Emergency Management at the
discretion of the director has a large conference room
equipped for public media staff for the purpose of providing
detailed information as it relates to an event. This room
contains chairs, white boards, speaker podium and WAN
outlets for media uploads
Communications/ Technology
At the heart of the EOC is a communications/technology room
equipped with multiple channels of emergency communications.
This room contains 2-way radios to talk to MEMA Bunker in
Framingham, local Police and Fire departments, DPW,
Hospital, USCG, State Police and Regional EOCs in the EPZ.
This room also contains FAX, TTY for the hearing impaired,
Pocket Paging systems and Ham Radio equipment for long range
civilian communication.
In the event of total commercial street power
loss, the entire EOC and the
Communication/Technology room will be run by a
commercial grade, diesel generator which is
located next to our building. The generator
starts up and powers the building within 20
seconds of a power disruption.
Incident Command Conference Room
Equipped with telephones, cable TV,VCR, DVD,
computers, a large conference table/chairs and a
white board.
Dosimetry Room & Emergency Supplies
The dosimetry and Emergency Supply room is a
secure room within the EOC
that contains vital Radiation detection kits
needed for Radiation readings in the
event of a Seabrook incident. This room also
stores equipment typical to a shelter
or staging area in the time of a disaster.
Kitchen Area
Directors Office
Need I say more?
Large Garage
For Storage and protection of our vital
emergency Vehicles with sensitive equipment
and supplies.
Men's/Women's Room
The Men's and Women's rooms are equipped with
showers in the event of an isolated prolonged
stay in the EOC.
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