$2M Facelift For Bucks Co. Emergency Operations Center

IVYLAND BOROUGH, PA —The new and improved Bucks County Emergency Operations Center is now open.

At a ceremony late last week, Bucks County Commissioners, Director of Emergency Services Audrey Kenny, Project and Diversity Officer Bernard Griggs, and other Emergency Services officials unveiled the building after renovations were completed.

Watch video of the ceremony below

With its new improvements, the county’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) now boasts expanded meeting and workspaces outfitted with updated technology that enhances in-person, hybrid, and virtual meeting and collaboration capabilities.

"Every emergency that comes into this county starts and ends in this space,” Kenny said of the improved Ivyland Borough space. “We are thrilled to have this new emergency operations center. We know it's going to be a wonderful addition to the complement of services that we offer here, and it will serve the first responders, the police departments, the EMS agencies, the fire departments, and our emergency management professionals for years to come."

When activated, the EOC serves as the county’s emergency response nerve center during response and recovery from disasters and other large-scale, resource-intensive operations that require the mobilization and coordination of multiple emergency services, government, and nonprofit agencies.

Work on the project began last summer and continued for just more than a year.

Costs of construction, technology, and security upgrades totaled about $2 million.

The project was paid for with federal COVID relief and Homeland Security funds.

The county contracted with the following firms on this project: Holstein White, Inc. (Engineer); Matthew V. Piotrowski Architect, LLC (Architect); Magnum, Inc. (General Contractor); Palman Electric, Inc. (Electrical Contractor); Hirschberg Mechanical (Mechanical and Plumbing Contractor); Guy M. Cooper, Inc. (Fire Protection Contractor).

(Photo Courtesy of Bucks County Government)