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Conformity starts with a risk assessment, identifies single point of failures, and
establishes a program for periodic functional performance testing of all of interdepen-
dent systems. Achieving higher “nines” requires the elimination of all single points of
failure with a mix of module level and system level redundancy. The local authority
having jurisdiction has to inspect and approve the effective “nameplate availability” of
the COPS. 5
A new term in the NEC—designated critical operations area (DCOA)—refers to the
actual building square-footage of supplied power from the COPS. In this chapter, we
will discuss COPS as being part of a DCOA that is part of a larger emergency manage-
ment agency (EMA) facility or a multibuilding emergency management district. Within
this mix, joint police and fire stations are common; so are extensions of critical informa-
tion systems to run government operations during a disaster.
A question that will have to be answered city by city, is whether colocation of emer-
gency management assets is too far out the risk curve? Figure 23-1 is a concept sketch

Adjacent Jurisdictions
Wastewater Road Commission
Treatment
with Biomass CHP Fleet dispatch
Radio repeaters
Seismic/water Fire & Police
detection
Station
Traffic control
Security monitoring
Vehicle
Maintenance
Animal Control/
Humane Society Fuel pumping & storage
Hazard management
Core Government Center &
Economic Development
District CHP

Executive emergency offices
Communication coordination
Data Center 911 call center Athletic Arena
Security information support for Convention Center
law enforcement
City/county Disaster relief
financial records Facility of refuge
Evacuation center
Health Care Facility
with CHP & Emergency
Cooling
Airport/Railway
Station with
Microturbine CHP
Off-Site Data
Landfill Gas CHP
Center

FIGURE 23-1 Schematic of countywide critical operations.