The Gwinnett County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is managed and maintained by the Gwinnett County Office of Emergency Management. An EOC is a central location from which local governments can provide interagency coordination and executive decision making in support of incident response and recovery operations. The purpose of the EOC is to provide a centralized location where public safety, emergency response, and support agencies coordinate planning, preparedness, and response activities.
The EOC does not command or control on-scene response efforts, but does carry out the coordination functions through:
1. Collecting, evaluating, and disseminating incident information
2. Analyzing jurisdictional impacts and setting priority actions
3. Managing requests, procurement, and use of resources
The decisions made through the EOC are designed to be broad in scope and offer general guidance on priorities. Information is disseminated through the EOC manager and tactical decisions are coordinated from field response personnel.