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UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA (UFC)

EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER PLANNING AND DESIGN

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UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA (UFC)

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U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND (Preparing Activity)

AIR FORCE CIVIL ENGINEER SUPPORT AGENCY Record of Changes (changes are indicated by \1\ ... /1/) Change No. Date Location 1 30 Sept 2008 The number of this UFS was changed from

UFC 4-010-23 to UFC 4-141-04

This UFC supersedes: U.S. Navy Planning, Design, and Physical Security Measures for Emergency Command Centers Handbook, (no number), 31 May 1993

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FOREWORD

The Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) system is prescribed by MIL-STD 3007 and provides planning, design, construction, sustainment, restoration, and modernization criteria, and applies to the Military Departments, the Defense Agencies, and the DoD Field Activities in accordance with USD(AT&L) Memorandum dated 29 May 2002. UFC will be used for all DoD projects and work for other customers where appropriate. All construction outside of the United States is also governed by Status of Forces Agreements (SOFA), Host Nation Funded Construction Agreements (HNFA), and in some instances, Bilateral Infrastructure Agreements (BIA.) Therefore, the acquisition team must ensure compliance with the more stringent of the UFC, the SOFA, the HNFA, and the BIA, as applicable.

UFC are living documents and will be periodically reviewed, updated, and made available to users as part of the Services responsibility for providing technical criteria for military construction. Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (HQUSACE), Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), and Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency (AFCESA) are responsible for administration of the UFC system. Defense agencies should contact the preparing service for document interpretation and improvements. Technical content of UFC is the responsibility of the cognizant DoD working group. Recommended changes with supporting rationale should be sent to the respective service proponent office by the following electronic form: Criteria Change Request (CCR). The form is also accessible from the Internet sites listed below.

UFC are effective upon issuance and are distributed only in electronic media from the following source: Whole Building Design Guide web site http://dod.wbdg.org/.

Hard copies of UFC printed from electronic media should be checked against the current electronic version prior to use to ensure that they are current.

AUTHORIZED BY: ______________________________________ JAMES C. DALTON, P.E. Chief, Engineering and Construction U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

______________________________________STEVEN R. ISELIN, P.E. Chief Engineer Naval Facilities Engineering Command

______________________________________ PAUL A. PARKER The Deputy Civil Engineer DCS/Installations & Logistics Department of the Air Force

______________________________________Dr. GET W. MOY, P.E. Director, Installations Requirements and Management Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations and Environment)

http://www.wbdg.org/pdfs/ufc_implementation.pdfhttp://www.wbdg.org/ccb/browse_cat.php?o=29&c=4http://dod.wbdg.org/

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UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA (UFC) NEW DOCUMENT SUMMARY SHEET

Document: \1\UFC 4-141-04/1/, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER PLANNING AND DESIGN Reasons for Document: This UFC provides unified criteria for the design and construction of Emergency Operation Centers (EOC). This UFC provides:

A formalized process for planning EOC spaces that all four services will utilize.

Guidance on coordinating space layouts with operational and functional requirements.

Implements Coordination with the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5) and the National Response Plan .

Impact: There are negligible cost impacts.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW ........................................................ 1 1-1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE . .................................................................................... 1 1-2 BACKGROUND. .................................................................................................. 1 1-3 APPLICABILITY. . ................................................................................................ 1 1-4 DEFINITIONS........................................................................................................ 1 1-5 REFERENCES1 CHAPTER 2 DESCRIPTION........................................................................................ 3 2-1 DEFINITION OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER .................................... 3 2-2 FEDERAL AND DOD POLICIES AND PLANS...................................................... 5 2-3 ORGANIZING THE EOC....................................................................................... 8 2-4 EOC STAFFING CONSIDERATIONS AND POSITION DESCRIPTIONS ............ 9 CHAPTER 3 GENERAL PLANNING REQUIREMENTS ........................................... 10 3-1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.............................................................................. 10 3-2 PLANNING PROCESS........................................................................................ 10 3-3 EOC SIZE. ........................................................................................................ 12 3-4 DUAL USE OF EOC SPACE WITH OTHER FUNCTIONS ................................. 13 3-5 DETERMINING FACILITY LOCATION (PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE). .......... 13 3-6 NEW VERSUS EXISTING LOCATIONS. .......................................................... 16 3-7 SECURITY CONCEPTS. .................................................................................... 17 3-8 ALTERNATE EOC REQUIREMENTS................................................................. 17 3-9 MOBILE COMMAND CENTERS. ........................................................................ 18 CHAPTER 4 PHYSICAL LAYOUT ............................................................................ 19 4-1 SITE ACCESSIBILITY, BUILDING SECURITY AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ................................................................................................................. 19 4-2 INTERNAL OPERATIONAL AREA DESIGN/LAYOUTS. .................................. 20 4-3 STAFF SUPPORT AREA CONFIGURATIONS................................................... 34 4-4 ERGONOMICS AND SPACE STANDARDS....................................................... 37 CHAPTER 5 PHYSICAL CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS................................. 40 5-1 APPLICABLE MILITARY STANDARDS .............................................................. 40 5-2 BUILDING SHELL ............................................................................................... 41

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5-3 INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION.............................................................................. 41 5-4 MECHANICAL SYSTEMS. . ............................................................................... 41 5-5 ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS .................................................................................... 42 5-6 WATER SOURCES, PLUMBING AND PIPING SYSTEMS AND RELATED STORAGE CAPABILITIES. ....................................................................................... 43 5-7 COMMUNICATION DISTRIBUTION ................................................................... 44 5-8 ELECTRONIC SECURITY SYSTEMS..45 5-9 ENTRANCE CONTROL..45 CHAPTER 6 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT/TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS.............. 46 6-1 GENERAL. ........................................................................................................... 46 6-2 COMMUNICATIONS/TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS............................... 47 6-3 VISUAL DISPLAYS .............................................................................................. 48 6-4 VIDEO ROUTING................................................................................................. 50 6-5 COMPUTING ....................................................................................................... 50 APPENDIX A: DEFINITIONS...................................