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The Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC, PEE-ock) is a bunker underneath the East Wing of the White House. It serves as a secure shelter and communications center for the president of the United States and others in case of an emergency.
(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden is holding an emergency national security meeting Thursday afternoon to receive the most recent updates on the New Year’s truck attack in New Orleans.
The Situation Room is an intelligence management complex on the ground floor of the West Wing of the White House.While the name suggests it is a single room, it is in fact a 5,000 square feet (460 m 2) operations suite consisting of a duty watch station and three secure conference rooms.
The White House Medical Unit includes emergency medical and trauma capability at both the White House and the residence of the vice president of the United States at the United States Naval Observatory. [4] One former physician to the president described the White House unit as an urgent care center with a crash cart. [5]
A blaring alarm interrupted the White House briefing, Capitol Hill pressers and courtroom processes Wednesday, as a nationwide emergency test hit devices. The Federal Emergency Management Agency ...
A fake 911 call that the White House was on fire sent emergency vehicles to the complex Monday morning, when President Joe Biden and his family were at Camp David. Fire engines and other emergency ...
The White House Complex – East Wing at right. The East Wing as it exists today was added to the White House in 1942 primarily to cover the construction of an underground bunker, now known as the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC). Around the same time, Theodore Roosevelt's coatroom became the movie theater.
A firetruck is parked outside of the White House in Washington, Dec. 19, 2007. A fake 911 call that the White House was on fire sent emergency vehicles to the complex Monday morning.