FLOOD03473

• County: Statewide
• Community: Region VIII
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Comprehensive Cooperative Agreement
• Date: 1/1/1989
• Prepared For: Region VIII
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

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EXERCISE AND INSPECTION OF EMERGENCY OPERATING CENTERS (EOCS)

Emergency Operating Centers must be exercised and inspected
annually to ensure their operational integrity.

The following items or systems should be checked and/or operated
in an Emergency operating Center (EOC) activation and/or
incorporated in an exercise.

1. The Emergency generator should be operated under load to
demonstrate to the emergency staff what equipment is operated by
the standby power systems. The status of the fuel systems should
be checked at the same time.

2. All pumps, fans, lights, outlets, etc., on the standby
power system should be checked.

3. Filters on air handling equipment should be checked and
cleaned or replaced as necessary.

4. All plumbing in the EOC should be checked after the
standby water system is operational (faucets, showers, toilets,
and drains).

5.
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Food preparation facilities should be checked and
i.e., prepare a meal using the staff assigned to that
an emergency.

6.

Bunking provisions should be checked for adequacy.

7. All communications and warning systems and equipment
should be checked.

8. All necessary equipment, supplies, and maps should be
located in the operations room.

The accomplishment and reporting should be the responsibility of
the Emergency Management Assistance (EMA) persons in charge of
operations. The EOC inspections should be accomplished by EMA
staff in concert with the FEMA program mangers.