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Emergency Operations Center Operating Conditions

OPCON 3 - Normal Daily Operations

Agencies coordinate, plan, train and exercise as warranted.
Incidents are monitored by the EMD Staff and Warning Point.

OPCON 2 - Enhanced Awareness

A disaster or emergency is likely to affect the County.
The County Emergency Operations Center is operating in one of the following levels of readiness: monitoring, partial activation or full activation as deemed necessary.
Emergency operations plans are implemented.

OPCON 1 - Full Alert

A disaster or emergency is imminent or occurring.
The County Emergency Operations Center is fully activated.
All County emergency support function personnel are activated or ready to deploy.