RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — As more than 37,000 students return to the campus of NC State University in Raleigh to start a new year, the university has launched a new Resiliency Operations Center (ROC) to allow campus security to coordinate under one roof.
“We have reframed the idea of emergency operation centers to resiliency operation centers,” explained Dr. Amy Orders, Senior Director of Emergency Preparedness.
“We want to be prepared for whatever happens, show that we as a group are collaborative, have a plan. We can come together in one space now and work very efficiently,” Orders added.
The ROC is housed in the campus safety center, the same place as University Police. Campus safety officials said the biggest benefit of the new ROC is it can be used by emergency management, university police and other internal and external departments to coordinate in one space.
“This room could be filled with up to 20 different representative groups from transportation, university housing, or …