Emergency operation center will be hub of all the activities related with disaster response in the country. For the effective management of resources, disaster supplies and other response activities, focal points or centers will have to be established. These points will have to be well networked starting from the Centre to the Province and finally leading to the disaster site. Emergency Operations Centers at the Centre and the Province and Field Coordination Systems at the disaster site are the designated focal points that will coordinate overall activities and the flow of relief supplies from the Centre. An Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) will be maintained and run round the clock which will expand to undertake and coordinate activities during a disaster. Once a warning or a First Information Report is received, the EOC will become fully operational. The EOC will be under direct command of the President of Department for Disaster Preparedness.

The Emergency Operations Centre stays operational through-out the year in preparedness mode, working during day time in order to take care of the extended preparedness activities of data management, awareness and training, which is essential for the smooth functioning of the EOC during crisis situations. During an emergency, the EOC will get upgraded and will have all emergency stakeholders manning it round the clock
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Aim of the Emergency Operations Centre

The aim of EOC at the National level shall be to provide centralized direction and Control of any or all of the following functions:

• Emergency operations


• Communications and warning


• Requesting additional resources during the disaster phase from neighboring province of the affected area


• Coordinating overseas support and aid


• Issuing emergency information and instructions specific to Central ministries; consolidation, analysis, and dissemination of Damage


• Assessment data and preparation of consolidated reports.

Concept Layout For EOC