This session will focus on how the public safety facility design can support planned and emergency activations of the EOC. Public safety personnel spend endless hours preparing and training for an increasing number of planned and emergency events such as inclement weather, public unrest, protests, terrorist acts, and special and planned events. This session explores EOC activation triggers and the facility design considerations that support facilities' readiness during EOC activations of various scales and complexities. After a very active 2024 hurricane season, we’ll share lessons learned from the complications and challenges created by these storms.