Marin County added round-the-clock duty officers at its Emergency Operations Center to monitor incidents and disseminate alerts in time for last week’s tsunami alarm.
The staffing was in place at the San Rafael facility when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake off the northern California coast triggered a tsunami warning, officials said in a press release Wednesday.
The county’s tsunami response will be reviewed at a meeting of the Marin Operational Area Disaster & Citizen Corps Council at 3 p.m. Thursday, followed by an open house to show off updates at the Emergency Operations Center.
The EOC features technological upgrades for real-time dashboards, wildfire cameras and situational awareness of emergencies like tsunamis, wildfires, and power outages, county officials said.
The expanded center has 85 workstations that can accommodate up to 115 emergency response personnel, such as representatives from the state, county, local cities, towns, special districts and PG&E, the county said.
The goal is to have faster information sharing, coordinated responses, and enhanced communication with the public, the county said.
The Bay Area Urban Area Security Initiative provided $300,000 to pay for disaster equipment including a heavy-duty logistics truck, lights and generators, the county said.
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