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A Visit to OEM’s Emergency Operations Center

November 18th, 2008

by David Longshore

On Friday evening, November 14, 48 students and faculty members from Metropolitan College of New York’s MPA program in Emergency and Disaster Management were provided with a guided tour of the New York City Office of Emergency Management’s state-of-the-art Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn.

Coordinated by EDM Team Foxtrot member William Bodt, and with the cooperation of MCNY’s IAEM-MCNY membership, the tour provided the program’s students and faculty members with the opportunity to look inside one of the country’s most sophisticated and environmentally-friendly Emergency Management facilities.  The tour included a peak inside the Media Briefing Room, Situation Room, Watch Command, and an extensive visit to the two-story-high EOC.

The tour, which included an informative powerpoint presentation by OEM’s knowledgeable Intergovernmental Relations director, was provided as part of New York City OEM’s ongoing efforts to educate the people of New York City on how to be better prepared for emergencies.  In addition to reinforcing the need for unified command during emergency situations, the tour stressed the importance that technology, that situational awareness, represents to effective emergency preparedness, response, and recovery concepts.  The Briefing Room serves as a reminder of the vitality of public outreach during emergencies, and of the mantra, “One voice, one message,” that informs an effective emergency PIO operation.  And Watch Command, which represents OEM’s eyes and ears on the City, is a reminder that situational awareness, the ability to have a real-time understanding of a situation, is critical to the effective deployment of EM resources.

Disaster Central thanks the New York City Office of Emergency Management and its team of professionals for its hospitality - and for its enthusiastic support of the lifesaving mission of better assisting the businesses, organizations, and people of New York City with preparing for, responding to, and recovering from, emergencies.

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Posted by David Longshore in Emergency Management Planning, Emergency Preparedness.

David Longshore is the former Director of MCNY’s Emergency and Disaster Management MPA Program.

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2 Responses to “A Visit to OEM’s Emergency Operations Center”

  1. Pat Lanza Says:
    December 24th, 2008 at 11:57 am

    David, Wishing you and your family a happy and healthy holiday season. Pat

  2. Jim Says:
    June 18th, 2009 at 10:06 pm

    Did they discuss how well they would be able to help the people during a prolonged emergency? Was there anything about what the people should do to get everything prepared to ensure their own readiness?

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