Designing Emergency Operation Center and Information Processing System Based on Incident Command System Concept; Gaps between Japanese EOC Design and Information Processing System, and US ICS concept

Abstract

Japanese Emergency managers struggled to install Incident Command System concept into Japanese emergency management system. It is because emergency managers need emergency management system which enables coordination among various levels of governments, and works at any types of emergency. In ICS system, emergency operation center and information processing system is a key facility and system in emergency management and concept of ICS is strongly reflected into design of those facilities and systems. In this paper, issues on installing ICS into Japan from the analysis of present status on EOC and Information processing system in Japanese government and large cites.