Franklin County Commissioners have decided to build a new Emergency Operations Center next to the existing EOC at the Apalachicola airport.
A new EOC has been a top priority for the county for a number of years.
The current EOC building is located at the Apalachicola airport – it used to belong to the National weather service but was converted to Emergency Management use when the weather service moved to Tallahassee.
The aging building needs to be replaced – it's almost 50 years old, it is too small for an Emergency Operation Center and it's located is in a flood zone.
The site the county chose will require them to build at about 5 feet above grade so it doesn't flood during a category 5 storm.
Emergency Management Staff said they want the new EOC location to be at the Apalachicola Airport for a number of reasons including that it would allow for use of the old EOC Building for storage and bunking.
It would also allow the use of the Airport runway for airdrops of supplies after a disaster.
The vote was 4 to 1, Commissioner Bert Boldt opposed the motion saying he feels the EOC should be more centrally located on Highway 65.
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