EOC

The Livingston County Emergency Operations Center is part of the 8,000 square foot 911 Central Dispatch facility. This provides access to most agencies involved in emergency/disaster situations and provides a centralized source for communications and coordination.

The day-to-day use of the EOC helps ensure that key officials are immediately available and that communications and equipment can be kept at a high level of readiness.

A staff of qualified police, fire, emergency medical services dispatchers and emergency management personnel is on duty at all times. This allows for connectivity with other EOC's, other jurisdictions, state and federal agencies and key response and recovery organizations.

The county EOC is organized to ensure that external and internal operations are able to function in the following ways:

   An effective communications center
   An information clearinghouse
     A place to resolve confusion and conflicts
   An authoritative source of information and decisions

The organizational structure allows the EOC to interface with the Incident Command System. The Incident Command System (ICS) is a management system designed to control and direct the resources committed to an emergency/disaster event. It operates under the overall direction of one person who is called the incident commander at the scene.

The Livingston County 911 Central Dispatch/Emergency Management Director, Richard L. Winsett, PEM-CEM, is responsible for coordinating all aspects of EOC operations. This includes activating the EOC, preparing reports, ensuring smooth operations, and assisting individuals who may require EOC services.

Refer to the Livingston County Emergency Management Program Organizational Chart for those departments/agencies that could be called upon during an EOC activation.

Emergency Management (911)
Central Dispatch Building - 300 S. Highlander Way Howell, MI 48843
Phone 517.546.4620 Fax 517.546.5008