Emergency Operations Vehicle

The City of Moore's Emergency Management & Communications Department maintains and operates a Mobile Emergency Operations Vehicle, which supports major field operations of the City's public safety departments. Additionally, it is a mobile backup to the City's 911 Emergency Operations Center. Finally, it will be the focal point for command operations should we experience a disaster.

It is capable of operating from either commercial power or electricity from a 11-kw Honda generator located on a custom-built platform at the front of the van. This generator is capable of supporting all of the equipment inside the Command Post, and also limited exterior lights and equipment.

The vehicle currently is equipped with:

• VHF, UHF, 800 mhz, and amateur radio communications;

• mobile and landline telephones;

• laptop computer;

• combination printer / scanner / copier / fax;

• weather monitoring station;

• an encoder to activate the City's outdoor warning sirens.

Plans are to add additional exterior lighting for scene use; a multiple camera closed-circuit television system, with wireless transmission back to the EOC; and a computer server which will act as a hot backup to the current dispatch center/EOC server. The van will also have GIS capabilities as the City's new system comes on-line in the next month; and also wireless computer interface as that system comes on-line in the near future.

The Command Post has already supported the Fire Department at numerous fires, assisted the Police Department at several homicide/crime scenes, and served as the City's public safety center during the annual Moore/Westmoore "Moore War" football series and July 4th celebration at 12th Street Park.

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Moore Police Dept. Emergency Response Team members plan their next move using the facilities and shade of the Command Post.	ERT leaders track team movements from inside the CP. These pictures were taken during a joint training exercise with the Norman PD ERT on July 12, 2001.
Fire Engine 3 and the Command Post on the scene of an oil spill. This began from an oil storage tank in far SE Moore, and product from the spill travelled down a branch of the Little River for several miles. This incident was worked jointly with the Norman Fire Dept.
Proudly displaying the US and Oklahoma flags while serving as a first aid and missing person station duriing the Independence Day celebration at 12th Stret Park on July 4, 2001.	The CP served as the focus of operations during the search for a missing child on June 17, 2001. This search included PD, FD, EM/REACT volunteers, Midwest City EMS, Cleveland County Sheriff, OCPD Air-1, and numerous area residents. (The CP reponded to this call directly after serving the FD at a house fire in SW Moore.)
The CP served as a mobile office for Police Dept. investigators at the scene of a multiple shooting/homicide on the night of August 27, 2001.	The Command Post, staffed by Communications and Emergency Management personnel, overseeing festivities during the 2001 Moore/ Westmoore "Moore War" football game. It is estimated that nearly 15,000 people were in attendance at Moore Stadium.
Police and Communications personnel managing a simulated shooting event during a training exercise at Moore High School.	Moore firefighters returning their equipment to service after battling a house fire on October 11, 2001.
How the Command Post looked when we received it from State Surplus in 1999