Loma Ridge Emergency Operations Center, California

The Loma Ridge Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is managed by the Emergency Management department of Orange County, which exists to coordinate control in the event of a major local disaster, such as an earthquake, civil unrest, industrial accident, or terrorist attack. The command center for such events is this hilltop facility, visible from many points in the eastern parts of the County, on top of Loma Ridge. In addition to extensive communication capabilities, the EOC has stores of fuel, food and water, and can serve 140 emergency authorities in self-contained mode for up to two weeks. It is also a county police 911 call center. It is typical for large municipalities, as well as highly populated counties, and states, to have a centralized EOC like this.