MOBILE COMMAND POST

(WEST)

(EAST)

COMMISSIONED 2006

MISSION

The capability of the MCP is tailored to provide a large spectrum of services that can be utilized for emergencies and crisis incidents such as these.

    SWAT Operations

    Evacuations

    HAZMAT Clean up

    Hostage Negotiations

    Highway & Train Accidents

    Search & Rescue Missions

    Anti-Terrorist Measures

    Weapons of Mass Destruction

    Evidence & Crime Scene Investigations

    Use of Force Investigations

    DUI Testing

    Floods, Tornadoes and Earthquakes

 PURPOSE

(WEST)

The Mobile Command Post will be utilized by Law Enforcement and Emergency Services agencies, while being staffed by a crew of YCSO volunteers in conjunction with the Incident Command staffs of the respective organizations.

The MCP can be dispatched free of charge with at least thirty minutes!  

Being the only such fully equipped mobile unit of its kind in northern Arizona, the Mobile Command Post was not affordable by any single Yavapai County community on their own.   This project was a highly coordinated and cooperative effort of the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office;  the Sheriff's Volunteers,   the Office of Emergency Management and county-wide Law Enforcement, Fire and Emergency service agencies.    Also involved in this effort is the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors and various local community merchants and businessmen.

The Mobile Command Post was accomplished without the benefits of any direct out-of-pocket tax-derived public funds, but has a value of more than $250,000.

MCP (WEST) FEATURES & CAPABILITIES

    Six Operating Positions

    12 - 100 Watt VHF / UHF Transceivers

    350 Preset Radio Frequency Channels

    160 Programmable Channels

    12 Whips - 2 Cell Phone Stub Antennae 

    External Hostage Negotiator Phone

    White and Red Internal Lighting

    2 - Cell Phones  ( FAX/DATA/VOICE )

    One Satellite Cell Phone

    External Power and Phone Connections

    2-Use Laptop PC "Docks"

    Host PC for Operating / Trouble List

    CD - ROM Satellite Photos / Topo Maps

    FAX / PRINTER Combo

    Photo Copier

    Commercial TV / VCR and Camcorder

    10 - External and 3 - Internal Intercoms 

    5 - External Scene Flood Lights

    Large Screen GPS Navigator

    10 KV Internal Generator

    HazMat Spray Down Shower

    Basic Life Support Level Medical Kit

    40 Ft Telescoping Mast with TV, Thermal and Infrared Zoom Cameras 

 MOBILE COMMAND POST HISTORY

(WEST)

During the year 2000, the Yavapai Sheriff's Mobile Command Post project was initiated by the Sheriff's Office and the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office Volunteers, in order to provide for Incident Command and Communications and Field Logistics support needs of the county's various Law Enforcement and Emergency Service agencies.   The command and control requirements are associated with all emergency crisis situations,   including both human-initiated and natural disasters.

Utilizing a twenty eight foot motor home previously seized and approximately 2,000 donated hours by YCSO volunteers assisted by funds received from PANT drug seizure related monies and Federal and State grant funding,  the Mobile Command Post was introduced at no cost to the taxpayer of Yavapai County.

For questions and comments on this website please E-Mail Jeff Loll

Page updated 02/12/07

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