The Office of Emergency Operations Support maintains situational awareness of the nation's energy infrastructure and nuclear weapons complex and facilitates management of national emergency events via a secure nationwide communications network.
The Operations Center provides an integrated,
scalable, mobile and/or virtual response capability to enable NNSA to
successfully conduct routine and emergency operations through the leverage of
mission critical resources in terms of facilities, communications, and emergency
management/response expertise.
Forrestal Watch Office
The
Forrestal Watch Office (located at the Department of Energy/NNSA headquarters)
provides the 24-hour single point-of-contact for collecting, processing and
disseminating time-sensitive emergency notifications whenever needed. It
performs initial notifications, and coordinates management, logistics and
mobilization actions during periods of national emergencies, natural and
man-made disasters, acts of terrorism, or other extraordinary situations
requiring centralized management notification and response.
The Forrestal Operations Center and the Alternate Operations Center accommodates:
- 24/7 Watch Offices for the Department of Energy (DOE) Headquarters (one in the Forrestal location and one is in an Alternate location);
- Emergency Communications Network (ECN)
- Headquarters response to a departmental emergency or situation requiring departmental decision support
- Operations Center support staff.
The Forrestal Operations Center includes:
- Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), which supports ECN servers and other critical Operations Center equipment
- Independent air supply system filtered to protect against biological and radiological agents (99.7%).
Alternate Watch Office
When activated at senior
leadership direction, the Forrestal Watch Office functions are transferred to a
relocated Watch Office. This alternate Watch Office replicates the 24/7/365
mission and communications links resident in the Forrestal Watch Office.
The Alternate Operations Center includes Uninterruptible Power Supply supports ECN servers and other critical Operations Center equipment.
DHS/National Operations Center
The Department of Energy (DOE) [1]/ Department of Homeland Security (DHS) [2] Watch Office Desk in DHS's National Operations Center (NOC) represents DOE/NNSA within the NOC. In conjunction with over 80 federal, state, and local government agencies, the DOE/DHS Operations Center Watch Officer(s) collect, analyze and facilitate the exchange of vital information between DHS and DOE supporting the DHS mission of preventing and/or responding to acts of terrorism in the United States.
