Mobile Command Center
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here for snapshots. Facts:
- Cost: $164,000 for the unit, $22,000 for radio equipment and installation.
- Paid for with funds provided through the "Drug Asset Forfeiture Program".
- Size: 38' in length
- Weight: 26,000 pounds
- Manufacturer: Lynch Company, Burlington, Wisconsin
- Engine: Cummins Diesel
- Transmission: Allison
- The Mobile Command Center became operational in late 1993
Features:
- Radio dispatch area, kitchen area, lavatory, conference room.
- 15,000 watt Kohler generator on-board
- Backup/side monitoring surveillance cameras
- Front and rear television/VCR units
- Automatic leveling system
- Roof observation platform
- Propane furnace; three roof-top air conditioning units
- Dry-erase cabinet fronts
- Electronic dry-erase fax board in conference room
- Self-contained telephone switchboard with 3 Ameritech and 3 Southwestern Bell lines, with the ability to add 5 land lines; unit serves 14 phones
- Roll out roof awning
Radio Equipment:
Ability to communicate with
every municipal police agency in and around St. Louis County, fire department
and protection districts/dispatch centers, highway departments, park departments,
hospitals, ambulances, the American Red Cross, state agencies, federal
agencies, and amateur radio operators.
The Mobile
Command Center is used for emergency events such as:
- Disasters
- major fires
- tactical situations
- hazardous materials incidents
- major events requiring a coordination center
- and major crime situations
The Mobile Command Center may
be requested for emergency service by contacting the Office of Emergency
Management at (314) 628-5400 (weekdays), or the St. Louis County Police, Bureau
of Communications at (314) 889-2341 at all other times. The Emergency Management
Duty Officer will be reached who will then contact you for details of your
request.
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