Brevard County residents invited to tour new Emergency Operations Center

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Brevard County’s new $35 million Emergency Operations Center is ready just in time for our next hurricane season.

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Channel 9 got a tour of the Rockledge facility this week.

It can fit a lot more emergency personnel under one roof compared to the old one.

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The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has also located its unified communications center inside the EOC, where it will dispatch law enforcement, fire rescue, and EMS calls

“We have a kitchen, we have sleeping areas, and we have a lot more space again for many of our critical partners,” said Kohn Scott, director of Brevard County Emergency Management.

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If you live in Brevard County, you can take a peek inside the EOC for yourself on Saturday and Sunday between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.

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