LA BEOC is Louisiana’s first emergency operations center dedicated to response and recovery for businesses

On June 2, 2010, Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Stephen Moret joined Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, or GOHSEP, Director Mark Cooper, University of Louisiana at Lafayette President Joseph Savoie representing the National Incident Management Systems and Advanced Technologies, or NIMSAT, Institute, and Louisiana State University Chancellor Dr. Michael Martin representing the Stephenson Disaster Management Institute, or SDMI, at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Louisiana Business Emergency Operations Center, or LA BEOC.

The LA BEOC represents the first time Louisiana’s public, private and academic sectors have coordinated emergency efforts of businesses and volunteer organizations statewide in a structured manner. Serving as an annex of the state’s Emergency Operations Center, the LA BEOC will facilitate communication with the state’s major economic driver industries, as well as owners and operators of critical infrastructures and key resources to enhance Louisiana’s emergency management efforts. The LA BEOC will be led by the NIMSAT Institute, with support from SDMI, under an overarching leadership of LED and GOHSEP.