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Emergency
Operations Board | Emergency
Management Committee
Mission
Statement
The
Emergency Operations Organization centralizes the direction
and control of the planning, coordination and management
of disaster preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery.
About
the EOO
The Emergency
Operations Organization (EOO) is an operational department
of the City of Los Angeles responsible for the City's emergency
preparations (planning, training and mitigation), response
and recovery operations. Unique in design, it is a "department
without walls" which comprises all agencies of the City's
government. It centralizes command and information coordination
to enable its unified chain-of-command to operate efficiently
and effectively in managing the City's resources.
The EOO
was created by ordinance in 1980. At that time it was the
only local government organization of its kind in the United
States. Since then, the Los Angeles EOO model has been replicated
many times throughout the world.
The City's
Emergency Management goal is, in times of crisis, to effectively
bring every available resource to bear against the problem.
Accomplishing this task requires multifaceted, interdepartmental
and inter-agency cooperation and the resolution of complex
operational, legal, legislative and administrative issues.
The City of Los Angeles is committed to working with local
jurisdictions, the state and federal governments, community-based
non-profit organizations, private industry, neighborhoods
and all Angelenos to ensure that this goal is achieved.
EOO
Operational Priorities
The City
of Los Angeles has established the following EOO operational
priorities:
- Save
lives and protect property
- Repair
and restore essential systems and services
- Provide
a basis for direction and control of emergency operations
- Provide
for the protection, use and distribution of remaining resources
- Provides
for continuity of government
- Coordinate
operations with other jurisdictions' emergency service
organizations
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