Emergency Operations Center Basic Training (EOC 101):
The purpose of this course is to provide basic EOC training to personnel who will work in the EOC in any capacity, and is centered on the EOC “core competencies”, the basic operational functions that every EOC staff member should know to be successful.
At a minimum the objective of the course will be to:
- Review the Emergency Management architecture and concept of operations, from the federal level to the local level, and the role and mission of the EOC during emergency operations.
- Better understand how to effectively manage internal and external information and communications during all aspects of an operation.
- Identify and utilize tools, tactics, techniques and procedures to maintain and promote individual and collective Situational Awareness of the internal and external operational environment.
- Review methods to effectively assign and track missions, tasks, requests for information, assistance and resources, originating from internal and external sources.