Emergency Operation Centre (EOC)

If you or your team need to gain a foundational understanding of the key roles and activities performed in an Emergency Operation Centre to effectively respond to emergencies, these courses are for you.
Customized courses cover essential skills to understand the roles, responsibilities and activities of Emergency Operations Centres.
Apply course credit to meet professional continuing education requirements.
These courses are for any organization or team that requires staff with the knowledge and skills to effectively activate an Emergency Operation Centre (EOC).
Agencies that would benefit from this training include:
An EOC uses the principles of the Incident Command System (ICS). They provide communities, agencies or organizations with a model to effectively build capacity for site-level support and consequence management in response to large or complex incidents.
JIBC EOC training helps teams develop knowledge, skills and a variety of strategies, techniques and tools needed in an EOC to help reduce risk and enhance resiliency in response to emergencies or disasters.
JIBC EOC courses are available on campus or online. They can also be taken as part of the Emergency Management Certificate program, individually for personal interest, or offered on a customized contract basis hosted by an organization or team.
JIBC emergency management training provides Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to various professional certification programs.
For regularly scheduled online and on-campus offerings, students can register directly online.
For contract or customized offerings, please contact the Emergency Management Division.
For international applicants and organizations, please contact the JIBC Office of International Affairs.
The Emergency Management Division offers online and customized contract delivery options for Incident Command System (ICS) training for individuals and organizations.
Watch new and previously recorded emergency management webinars delivered by the Emergency Management Division in partnership with Emergency Management BC (EMBC)
Explore the full range of academic programs in emergency and disaster management that include certificate, diploma, bachelor's degree and post-baccalaureate diploma programs.