The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) serves as the central coordination point during disasters for governmental and private partner efforts.  The EOC is led by the EOC Director (generally one of the emergency management professionals within the Office of Emergency Management) and focuses on:

• Situational awareness and reporting
• Resource acquisition and allocation
• Coordination between elected and senior officials at the local, state, and federal level
• Restoration of community lifelines

The EOC staffing varies based on the disaster, with as few as one or two people during times of "standby" monitoring (e.g., leading up to an expected severe weather event), and up to hundreds during major disasters that impact multiple jurisdictions.   It can also be the location where incident command personnel work when there are multiple, simultaneous disaster sites (using what is called Area Command).  The EOC is also sometimes activated to support large special events so that everything is ready should something happen.  In order for the EOC to function well, it requires a lot of help from public safety/emergency response agencies, 公共工程, 公用事业公司, 通信, 健康 & 医疗, and cooperating entities (like the American Red Cross, 联合劝募会, the 社区 Foundation of Southern New Mexico, 团队卢比孔河, 社区 of Hope, and faith-based organizations) to come together to help restore the community lifelines and help with recovery efforts.