Emergency Operations Center & Incident Command Structure

EOC and ICS Author Name Institution Affiliation An EOC (emergency operations center) is a control facility and central command that carries out the principles of emergency management and emergency preparedness (2016). At a strategic level, disaster management is done to save people or companies from getting affected (2016). In simple words, we can say that the purpose of an EOC is to collect and analyze data, make proper decisions that ensure the protection of property and life, maintain continuity of organizations and discriminate decisions to concerned individuals and agencies. Technically, EOCs are not a part of an ICS (Incident Command Structure). It means organizations and agencies decide whether or not they have to leverage ICS in their EOCs. It provides an infrastructure for ...