Research the City of Charlotte or your towns emergency operations center (EOC). During your research answer the following questions:
What are the agency authorities and responsibilities in both non-disaster and disaster contexts?
What is the agencys size and history of growth, e.g., staff, budget, resources?
How are interagency relationships (horizontal) including relative frequency of contact, past and current conflict areas, future issues resolved?
How are vertical interagency relationships, e.g., state and federal linkages including frequency of contact, past and current conflict areas, future issues resolved?
What are the prior disaster experiences and lesson learned?
Describe the relative balancing among local agencies and extra-community, e.g., state, regarding program priorities for homeland security vs. emergency management needs?
Book: The Human Side of Disaster (not sure if needed for Cite)
Thomas E. Drabek (Chapter 8)
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