Emergency Operations Center

Logistics Section Coordinator

Emergency Operations Center (EOC)

• The coordination hub for incident response

• Provides a central intelligence arena for the policy group and response team personnel to:
• Gather critical information
• Coordinate response activities
• Manage personnel as the incident dictates
• Organized to carry out five major functions:
• Command, operations, planning, logistics, and finance/administration
Role of the EOC

• Provide coordinated support to the incident/event

• Coordination, information, decision support, resources
• In some cases, perform “tactical” functions
EOC Activations
• The EOC can be activated in response to natural or manmade disasters, aircraft
emergencies, anything that can impact airport operations
• The level of activity within the EOC grows as the size, scope, and complexity of the
incident grow
• Three levels of activation:

Level 3 – Level 2 –
Level 1 – Full
Monitoring Partial
• Lowest • Some • Highest
activation positions activation
• Steady state filled • All positions
filled
EOC Activations
• Who is in the EOC?
• Command Staff
• General Staff
• Support Staff
• When staffing the EOC, initial considerations need to include:
• The EOC’s primary mission during activation
• What must be accomplished/coordinated
• The anticipated duration of the activation
EOC Command & General Staff
EOC Event
Manager

Command Deputy Event

Safety Officer
Staff Manager

Public
Liaison Officer Information
Officer

Operations Finance/Admin
Planning Section Logistics Section
Section Section
Coordinator Coordinator
Coordinator Coordinator
General
Staff

Deputy OSC Deputy PSC Deputy LSC Deputy FSC

EOC Logistics Section
EOC Logistics
Section
Coordinator

Deputy Logistics
Section
Coordinator

Communications
Food Unit Facilities Unit Supply Unit Resource Unit
Unit
EOC Logistics Section

• Food Unit – distributes food vouchers and/or facilitates catering during the incident
• Facilities Unit – Identifies and assigns facilities needed during the incident
• Supply Unit – Fulfills supply needs in the EOC
• Resource Unit – Receives and facilitates resource requests
• Communications Unit – develops a Radio Communications Plan (Form 205) to support
the incident
The Logistics Section’s Role in the EOC

• Provides resources and services needed to support the incident/event.

• FEMA Definition: “The Logistics Section oversees the provision of all the incident’s
support needs, such as ordering resources and providing facilities, transportation,
supplies, equipment maintenance and fuel, communications and food and medical
services for incident personnel.”
Resource Management

• The Logistics Section orders/provides the resources

• The Operations Section assigns/uses them
Training Requirements
Online Independent Study (IS) Courses
• IS-100: Introduction to the Incident Command System
• IS-200: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response
• IS-700: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System
• IS-800: National Response Framework, An Introduction
• IS-2200: Basic Emergency Operations Center Functions

In-Person Classes
• ICS-300: Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents (24 hours)
• ICS-400: Advanced ICS (16 hours)
• G191-HM: Emergency Operations Center/Incident Command System (EOC/ICS) Interface (8 hours)
• G-276-HM: Resource Management
• G-2300-HM: Intermediate Emergency Operations Center Functions (24 hours)

Other Training
• WebEOC
• ATL EOC Position-Specific Training

Note: There have been updates made to the IS courses in the past few years.
You may need to retake them!
Role of the EOC Logistics Section Coordinator

• The EOC Logistics Section Coordinator is responsible for providing personnel, supplies,
equipment, and facilities for the incident.
• The EOC Logistics Section Coordinator participates in the EOC Incident Action Plan
development and supervises the Logistics Section’s branches or units.
Role of the EOC Logistics Section Coordinator

• Part of Command & General Staff and leads the Logistics Section
• Works with the Operations Section and IC/UC to anticipate incident support needs
• Identifies resources needed to implement the IAP
• Oversees resource management and maintains resource tracking system
• Develops the Radio Communications Plan (ICS Form 205) and the Medical Plan (ICS Form
206) for the IAP
• Arranges food, lodging, facility, and other needs during the incident
EOC Logistics Section Coordinator Checklist

• Coordinate with Event Manager and Operations Section to determine any resource needs
• Determine which positions within the Logistics Section are needed, and activate those
positions
• Determine resource status
• Ensure facilities and equipment required for activation are in working order
• Ensure all tasks are reported, documented, carried out, and tracked through completion
EOC Logistics Section Coordinator Checklist

• Provide input for the development of the EOC objectives

• Assist with the development of the Incident Action Plan
• Develop the Radio Communications Plan and Medical Plan (ICS Forms 205 and 206)
• Review EOC Incident Action Plan and estimate needs for the next operational period
• Research availability of additional resource needs and sources for those resources
identified
EOC Logistics Section Coordinator Checklist

• Provide briefing to Event Manager regarding resources and services being used or on hand
• Provide input for the EOC After-Action Report
• Brief relief ensuring on-going activities are identified
• Complete unit log
QUESTIONS?
 Scenario:
Climate Change Activists
Scenario:
Climate Change
Activists
•At 11:00, Activists protesting the ATL’s
impact on climate change access the
airfield and shut down Runway 8L/26R.

•Upon noticing the V/PD, ATCT contact

Airside and the AOC to advise them of
the incident.

•The AOC dispatches APD to the scene.

Upon arrival, APD advises the protestors
have affixed their arms inside a “sleeping
dragon device” which will require power
tools to remove.
Scenario:
Climate Change
Activists
Impacts:
• Runway closure (or complex?)
• Flight delays
• Additional protestors?
• Media coverage

Units on scene:
•Airside
•DOA Maintenance and Facilities
•APD
•AFRD
•ADOC
•DOA Security
 Resource Requests
• APD:
• Angle grinder to cut the PVC and chains
• Forklift/skid lift for barricades
• HS Unit to be SME for the Sleeping Dragon devices
• APD Wagon to transport X subjects to Clayton County Jail
• Airside:
• Lighted X’s
• Light plants
• EOC:
• Free WiFi is down
• Maintenance:
• Large magnet or metal detector to assist with finding the keys
in the grass
• AFRD:
• 2 Med units
• Security:
• Need additional personnel to help support perimeter/escort
Alternative Exercise Scenarios
Winter Storm Activation
 Flights have been cancelled and passengers are in hotels
 You have 100 DOA staff that need places to sleep and cots
 Meal vouchers

Concourse Evacuation
 Shuttles
 Radios
 Personnel