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Fall 2003 ExtroNews 14.3 5

Centers For Disease Control Receives A/V Booster in Battle Against

Diseases and Threats

Founded in 1946 as the Communicable

Disease Center, the CDC has worked

assiduously throughout the years to alert

and suppress outbreaks of malaria, polio,

smallpox, and Acquired Immune Deﬁciency

Syndrome (AIDS). More recently, the CDC has

been besieged with the peril of anthrax, as

well as contagious diseases like Severe Acute

Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and monkeypox.

The demands placed on the CDC have

surpassed all expectations. However, their

makeshift base of operations — a hodge-

podge of phones, pagers, computers, and

random pieces of A/V equipment in a con-

verted auditorium — wasn’t properly set up

to handle the workload and overﬂow in a

timely and efficient manner. The need for a

large, modern, permanent facility was

apparent, but obtaining federal funds

through the proper channels would take time

— something the CDC simply didn’t have.

In April 2002, Bernard Marcus, co-founder

of Home Depot, stepped up to the plate and

pledged $3.9 million to begin production of

a new CDC facility. With additional funding

and donations of time and equipment from

various corporate and philanthropic entities,

construction of the CDC’s new Marcus

Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in

Atlanta, GA, began in the fall of 2002 and

was completed in April 2003.

“CDC’s new state-of-the-art facility enables

us to employ an integrated response to any

public health emergency and better protect

the American public,” Tommy G. Thompson,

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary,

said during the dedication of the EOC.

“The emergency operations center allows

us to more efficiently track and respond to

disease outbreaks.”

The EOC is a 7,000 square foot, 24/7

mission-critical building designed to monitor

the spread of diseases and possible bio-

terrorism threats worldwide. At its core is a

professional A/V system with two video walls,

several plasma displays, a sophisticated touch

panel control system, and a variety of Extron

products to tie it all together.

“After 9/11, there became a need to have

a centralized location for all of the groups

in the CDC to conduct operations,” said Ron

T

he Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention

(CDC) is the preeminent federal

agency in the US for protecting

the health and safety of people

in the US and abroad. It provides

credible data and information

to combat and contain deadly

diseases and viruses, while pro-

moting health around the world.

UNIQUE TECHNIQUES

Willis, Operations Manager for Sytex Inc.,

Advanced Presentation Systems Division,

a Virginia-based system integrator that

led the design and installation of all the

A/V equipment. “The system we put in has

allowed the CDC to accomplish far more

than they ever imagined.”

Main Operations Floor

Much of the CDC’s work takes place on

the main operations ﬂoor of the EOC. Here,

the center’s staff of scientists, doctors, and

researchers gather and organize data from all

Two CDC staff members confer on the EOC’s main

operations ﬂoor.

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