Impact of merging emergency operations centers
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Date
2011-12Author
Austad, James D.
Advisor(s)
Nollenberger, Karl
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The problem was that the City of Oshkosh has not studied the impact of merging its
emergency operations center with Winnebago County's emergency operations center. It is uncertain what impact merging the emergency operations centers would have had on
the City of Oshkosh. The purpose of this field project was to identify the financial and
operational impact on the City of Oshkosh if it merges its emergency operations center
with the emergency operations center of Winnebago County. The descriptive research
approach was utilized to guide the following research questions: (a) What are the
guidelines for maintaining an emergency operations center within a city of comparable
size to the City of Oshkosh? (b) What, if any, Wisconsin cities, similar in size to the City
of Oshkosh have their own emergency operations center, or are combined with their county's emergency operations center? (c) What, if any, process of the City of Oshkosh's emergency operations center with Winnebago County's? The recommendations from the
results would be: (a) to continue to have Winnebago County and the City of Oshkosh
maintain separate emergency operations centers (b) merge the public information
component along with associated responsibilities and infrastructure.
Subject
System analysis
Management information systems
Emergency medical services - Planning
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http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/56884Description
A Field Project Submitted In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Public Administration