Olney Support Center
The Olney Federal Support Center is an underground U.S. government facility owned by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and located in Montgomery County, Maryland.[1] The center occupies 75 acres (30 ha) of property 2.0 miles (3.2 km) west of Laytonsville, Maryland, on the site of a former Nike missile base.[2][3] It is a communications, satellite teleregistration, and data network facility with various functions, both known and unknown to the general public. The facility at one time housed the FEMA Alternate Operations Center (FAOC)[4] as a control center for the National Warning System.[2][5][6] It is also part of the FEMA National Radio System (FNARS), a high-frequency radio network that links FEMA's emergency operations centers.[2]
References
- ^ Lew, H.S. (1999). Supporting Document for Rehabilitation Cost Estimates of FEMA Existing Buildings (PDF). National Institute of Standards and Technology. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
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- ^ "Olney O&M Support". General Services Administration. July 25, 2010. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
- ^ The Alternate National Warning Center (ANWC) was renamed the FEMA Alternate Operations Center (FAOC) in 1999. See National Warning System Operations Manual (PDF). Federal Emergency Management Agency. 2001. p. 1-3. The FAOC may have since relocated to the FEMA Regional Center in Thomasville, Georgia. See Rivera (June 2, 2004). "The Government Underground: FEMA/Military Bases Itch to be Only Game in Town". Portland Independent Media Center.
- ^ "Alternate Special Warning Facility: Olney Special Facility". Federation of American Scientists. July 25, 1998. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
- ^ Goodwin, Jacob (August 7, 2010). "FEMA Needs Armed Guards at Secretive Federal Support Center in Gaithersburg, MD". Government Security News. Retrieved March 21, 2013.