Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
Emergency Management
Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
The purpose of the EOC is to "provide a central location from which government at any level can provide interagency coordination and executive decision making for managing disaster response and recovery".
The Ottawa County EOC provides a single, recognizable focal point for emergency or disaster management and calls for assistance can be made to a single location where key officials can meet, assess the situation, make decisions, coordinate activities, set priorities and manage resources.
During a disaster situation, the EOC would be activated and representatives from Emergency Management, Law Enforcement, Fire Service, EMS, Damage Assessment, Public Works, Community Mental Health, Environmental Health, the American Red Cross, County Administrator and a Public Information Officer would assemble there. Workstations and communications equipment would be available and continuous contact would be kept with those people responding to the scene of the disaster.
