REPUBLIC OF PERILO, PROVINCE OF THE EAST, CITY OF PORTSMOUTH

CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICE

LOCATION: The Redoubt, City of Portsmouth, located on a 25 foot ridge on the western approach to the city, built into a parados erected in the rear of a brick and earthen fortification constructed in 1868 to protect the land approaches to the city.  The Redoubt is approximately 4 miles from the shoreline of the harbor.

STAFF:  4 personnel - City Civil Defense Officer (Major, civil grade 7), Communications Technician (Lieutenant, civil grade 5), Resources and Plans Technician (Lieutenant, civil grade 5), Administrative Assistant (civil grade 2).

FACILITIES:  

Administrative office space, with a reception area, three offices, a bathroom and decontamination shower, and a conference and training room, is located in a one story concrete building erected in 1956.  This building is earth bermed and has a blast resistant entryway.  Its base elevation is 32 feet above mean sea level.  The office building provides a radiological protection factor of 50.

Located below the office building under a five foot concrete bursting slab and five feet of earth is the City Emergency Operations Center.  Access from the administrative office building is by a stairwell with a metal and concrete blast door at the bottom entry into the emergency operations center.  The emergency operations center is a one floor facility with the following spaces:

• Entry way with guard post and decontamination station.

• Operations Room with works spaces for the city emergency staff and plotting and status boards.

• Communications Room with space for both governmental and amateur radio communications and a message center.

• Canteen and store for emergency food supplies capable of feeding a 15 person staff for two weeks.

• Bunk Room with bunks for a staff of 15.

• Latrine with washbasins, toilets, and showers.

• Medical Station with medical supply storage and space to treat two casualties at an austere level of care.

• Storage Room with a standard stock of emergency stores.

• Battery and Generator Room with a battery uninterruptable power supply and a generator.

An alternate escape tunnel exits up from the emergency operations center inside the Redoubt north casemate.  The emergency operations center provides a radiological protection factor of 1000.

COMMUNICATIONS:  The Emergency Operations Center has the following communications installed:

• Dedicated ring down lines to the Provincial Emergency Operations Center, the National Emergency Operations Center, Fort Hughes Harbor Command Post, and the Coast Guard Maritime Rescue Coordination Center.

• Commercial telephone and facsimile lines.

• National teletype system.

• High speed Internet access.

• Very High Frequency low band and high band radios for communications with city police, fire, and emergency medical services, and the Perilo Constabulary.

• Ministry of Extreme Situations High Frequency Radio Net transceiver.

• Amateur radio Very High Frequency and High Frequency radios with voice and packet capability and a repeater for the 2 meter band.

• Citizens Band radio.

A radio antenna tower is located adjacent to the south side of the office building.  A second crank up tower is located in a covered pit on the north side of the office building.