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1 This Guidebook will help airports with Emergency Operations Center (EOC) planning and design considerations, such as (1) establishing an EOC in an existing facility; (2) upgrading a current EOC facility; (3) designing and building a new facility within the terminal (or other existing campus building); and (4) designing and building a greenfield project, which means the airport is not bound by any constraints with existing buildings or infrastructure such as the terminal or other existing campus structures. The use of âfacilityâ within this Guidebook is referring to the EOC space and not necessarily a building site per se. The Guidebook is relevant to all size airports, including general aviation (GA), small-hub and non-hub, medium-hub, and large-hub airports and provides information on (1) roles and responsibilities; (2) concept planning; (3) site selection; (4) ergonomic needs, technology, and human factors; and (5) archi- tectural considerations. It is critical to plan a facility that accommodates the individuals who will be directly involved in managing airport incidents and events of all sizes and complexities, such as aircraft disasters, severe weather, terrorist or active shooter incidents, and for coordinating large-scale events, such as presidential, very important person (VIP) visits and airshows. The Guidebook offers several tools for the reader that include an Airport EOC âBest Practices and Lessons Learnedâ matrix, EOC Concept and Development Planning Decision Tree (Decision Tree) flow chart for guiding the reader through the EOC consideration processes, and several action checklists correlated to the type of EOC improvements or manner of expansion that an airport decides to pursue. S E C T I O N 1 Introduction
