Operations Room
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The Operations Room was the central operations room of the EOC. This is the largest room in the shelter. The walls still have all of the maps and chalk boards that were originally installed when the shelter was built. The city maps are so old they don't have neighborhoods built after the early 60's. Some of the pictures were taken with flash and some without flash (It took us a while to find all of the light switches).
This picture was taken looking back towards the Front Entry hallway. The
open door to the left of the column goes to the Front Entry hallway. The
folding metal doors divide the room. On the other side of the folding doors
is the dormitory and the RADEF area. The dark square on the wall near the
hallway door is a return air vent from the Communications Room. 
This view is looking towards the Communications Room wall and the south
wall. The maps from left to right are fire units, police units, downtown
and county. The dark square on the wall in the corner is
another return air vent from the Communications Room. 
This shot is looking toward the south wall and Machine Room wall. The set
of sliding chalk boards is the Shelter Status Board. The Shelter Status
Board would have been used to log the status of community shelters that
were able communicate with the EOC. To the right of the Shelter Status Board
is the Emergency Log chalk board. I am not sure what the Emergency Log was for; maybe the most serious events were to be recorded here first. The open door to the far left is the door to the Rear Hallway.
Here is a close up of the Emergency Log board. There are still entries written
on it from a practice excercise long ago. All of the entries here seem to
be possible targets. Some of the entries are "Naval Air Station Dallas,
Carswell Air Force Base, General Dynamics, Texas Instruments and a power
plant. 
I really like the extra decorative touch that was added to the frame corners
of the EOC floor plan. The floor plan is mounted on the control room door
leading to the Rear Entry Hallway. It is those little extras that really
spiff up a room.
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