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This Emergency Operations Center and Fire Rescue Communications / Dispatch Center Facility, which was named the Clay County Emergency Services Complex, is designed based on the enhanced hurricane and redundancy criteria of the HMGP Grant from the State of Florida, Division of Emergency Management.

The $5.2 million facility is an approximately 26,000 square foot, 2-story concrete tilt wall structure, consisting of 17,000 square feet of Emergency Management related departments and 9,000 square feet of Communications and Dispatch related space housing 12 call takers and dispatch positions.  The building is designed to withstand winds of up to 160 mph as well as an impact level equal to tornado force projectiles.  Redundancy for water, sanitary, electrical power, UPS, IT data and communications systems allow operations without any outside utility service for 72 hours and beyond for 171 occupants.