Presidential Emergency Operations Center

The President's Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) is a structure that lies beneath the East Wing of the White House in the United States. Originally constructed for President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II, it is built to withstand a nuclear hit and is likely to be the President's evacuation point in the event of an incoming ICBM (the main protocols of escape are highly classified). It is not in the same location as the Situation Room, which is in the basement of the West Wing. However, it does possess several televisions, telephones and a communications system to coordinate with other government entities during an emergency. During a breach of White House security, to include P-56 airspace violators, the President and other protectees will be relocated to the executive briefing room, next to the PEOC. Day to day, the PEOC is manned around the clock by joint service military officers and NCOs.

September 11, 2001

During the September 11 attacks, the PEOC was occupied by then-Vice President Dick Cheney, Lynne Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Norman Mineta, Mary Matalin, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Joshua Bolten, Karen Hughes, Stephen Hadley, David Addington, Secret Service agents and other staff, including an Army major who was a White House Fellow.^[1]

In popular culture

• Dramatized versions of PEOC were featured in the 2010 films G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and Salt, the 2013 films Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down, and the seasons four and six of the TV series 24.

References

External links

• President's Emergency Operations Center (PEOC)

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