In order to ensure a rapid and efficient recovery from a major emergency or disaster, DuPage County must draw upon many resources, such as personnel, equipment, and facilities.
Coordination is necessary to ensure that all governmental and private agencies can work together.
To accomplish this, there must be one central location where key officials can gather, receive real-time intelligence on the unfolding situation, and make the decisions necessary to ensure an effective response and recovery operation. DuPage County's EOC was constructed in 1958, as a hardened facility capable of protecting its occupants from the effects of almost any type of disaster. Originally designed as a blast shelter for war time operations, the facility today has been remodeled into a state of the art disaster command center focusing on protecting the lives and property of DuPage County residents.