City Emergency Operations City departments may be limited with what services they can provide due to the weather extremes or other disasters. Operations coordinates and directs field operations from central point.
Policy provides provides direction and control for resolve and recovery from the disaster.
The policy element is comprised of Mayor and City Directors. ESCA maintains resource lists from other government and privet companies and industry for locally declared disasters. The extent of a disaster of this magnitude may invoke a presidential declaration of disaster, which would allow cost reimbursements, federal assistance and provide some low cost recovery loans for private property losses. The Emergency Operations Center is not a location but an operation so an EOC can be assembled at a variety of locations. The primary site equipped for ECO is the Public Works facility and it is a secure operation, not open for the public.