Preparing Texas Today...

Orientation to State Emergency 

Preparedness & Response

A Texas Community Partnership

...for Tomorrow’s Challenges

Governor’s Division of Emergency Management

Office of the Governor
Threats to Texas

Emergency Management of Texas

Texas Rapid Response & Recovery - “Single Focus”

Summary / Discussion

Agenda
 Hurricane

 Tornado

 Flood/Flash Flood

 Winter Storm

 Power Outage

 Water Shortage 

 Wildfire

 Mass Fatality

 HazMat or Chemical

 Terrorist Act

 Hostage/Stand-off

 Earthquake

 Oil Spill

 Economic Loss

 Communications

 Urban Fire

 Building Collapse

 Utility Outages

 Drought

 Disease/Human/Animal

 Rail/Pipeline

 Others?

Threats to Texas
Preparing Texas Today...

How Do We Prepare 

Texas ?

A Texas Community Partnership

...for Tomorrow’s Challenges
To develop a fully synchronized preparedness program that has a 

“Single Focus”. And “Unity of Effort” that fully supports the 

Governor’s Strategic Plan 2005-2010.

Preparedness is defined as all programs that provide funding to 

Texas for Planning, Organization, Training, Exercises and 

Equipment.

Total Focused Effort:

 Near / Mid / Long Term

 Economy and Efficiency of Resources

 Doctrinal Adherence

 Joint Integration of Local, State, Federal and Private

 Capabilities and Capacities.

Purpose
Combine the efforts of the State Administrative Agency 

(SAA), ODP, and SAA CDC.

 Joint Language Grant Guidance

 Joint Program Execution

 Joint Publication of Guidance

Develop Regional Response Plans

 Focused on direction and control, Regional Unified 

Command, Interoperable Communications and Mutual 

Aid

 Focused on all Capabilities and Capacities of the Region

“HOW”
Develop five year preparedness plan:

 Quarterly Scheduling Workshops

 Include all Major Players:

 COG’s

 State Agencies

 Federal Agencies

 Transit Authorities

 Ports

 UASICs

 Hospitals

 MMRS

 Schools (ISD)

 VOAD

Mass Care

“HOW” continued
State of Texas Preparedness Objectives
Plan: Enhance operational plans, procedures, and 

implementing documents that support Prevention, 

Protection, Response and Recovery. 

State of Texas Preparedness Objectives
Organize: Enhance organizations which are structured to 

most efficiently and effectively Prevent, Protect

Respond and Recover.

State of Texas Preparedness Objectives
Equip: Identify necessary equipment and technological

 resources required. Decide-Order-Ship-Receive-Use

State of Texas Preparedness Objectives
Train: Develop and deliver highly focused training to 

private, local, state and federal responders in an 

expedited and integrated effort .

State of Texas Preparedness Objectives
Exercise: Develop and conduct exercises that FOCUS 

ON existing plans and procedures for the 

Prevention, Protection, Response and 

Recovery from of a terrorism incident involving 

a WMD with the outcome of enhancing those 

plans and procedures and understanding how 

organizations contribute to the prevention of 

the incident. 

State of Texas Preparedness Objectives
Texas

Homeland

Security

Strategic

Plan

State of Texas

Emergency

Management Plan

 Rick Perry, Governor

City

County

LEVELS OF PLANNING

 Mayor

County Judge

Regional
• Provides Governor’s Intent

– Leadership

– Organization

• Establishes Three Attainable Goals

– Prevent terrorist attack within Texas.

– Protect by reducing vulnerability to Terrorism

– Prepare to respond and recover

• Defines Four Critical Task

– Intelligence and Warning

– Protecting Critical Infrastructure

– Emergency Preparedness and Response

– Border Security

Texas

Homeland

Security

Strategic

Plan

Part I

Rick Perry

Texas Homeland Security Strategic Plan (Part I)

The Vision 
Prepare

Pre-deployment 

• Resources

• Personnel

Pre-establishment

• ICPs

• JFO

Evacuation and 

protective

• sheltering

• mass care

Respond

Immediate Mass Care

• Housing

• food & water

Search and Rescue

Evacuation

Emergency medical 

services

Decontamination

Emergency restoration 

of critical services 

Recover

Repair/replacement

• damaged public facilities

Debris cleanup & 

removal

Temporary housing

Restoration of public 

services

Crisis counseling

Economic Renewal

Prevent

Implement Countermeasures 

• Infrastructure Protection

Conduct tactical operations

• interdict 

• disrupt 

Conduct Surveillance

• immunizations 

• quarantine

• biological threats

Use Proven Technologies

• TDex

• Livescan

Prevent - Prepare - Respond - Recover

Prevent Prepare Respond Recover
Texas

Homeland

Security

Strategic

Plan

State of Texas 

Emergency 

Management Plan

Part II

Rick Perry

Texas Homeland Security Strategic Plan (Part II)

State of Texas Emergency Management Plan

• The State Operational Plan

• Addresses all phases of emergency management

 operations, response &recovery

• Addresses all hazards

• Plans for comprehensive use of resources

• Uses a functional approach

• Provides for coordinated information management

• Provides for graduated problem solving

• Plans for catastrophic disaster operations
• Adjutant General’s Dept.

• American Red Cross

• Department of Information Resources

• General Land Office

• Governor’s Division of Emergency

 Management

• Office of Rural Community Affairs

• Public Utility Commission of Texas

• Railroad Commission of Texas 

• Salvation Army

• State Auditor’s Office

• State Comptroller of Public Accounts

• TX Animal Health Commission

• TX Attorney General’s Office

• TX Building and Procurement

 Commission

• TX Commission on Environmental

 Quality

• TX Commission on Fire Protection

• TX Dept. of Agriculture

• TX Dept. of Criminal Justice

• TX Dept. of Housing and Community

 Affairs

• TX Dept. of Insurance

• TX Dept. of Public Safety

• TX Dept. of State Health Services

• TX Dept. of Transportation

• TX Education Agency

• TX Engineering Extension Service

• Texas Forest Service

• TX Health and Human Services Commission

• TX Dept. of Family & Protective Services

• TX Parks and Wildlife Dept.

• TX Dept. of Assistive and Rehabilitation 

 Services

• TX Workforce Commission

Governor’s Emergency Management Council
• Warning

• Security

• Law Enforcement

• Communications

• Search & Rescue

• Evacuation

• Health & Medical

• Human Services

• Shelter & Mass Care

• Engineering Services

• Air Operations

• Crisis Counseling

• Fire Suppression

• Transportation

• Food & Water

• Direction & Control

Types of State Assistance & Response
Dallam Lipscomb

Moore Hemphill

Potter Gray

Parmer

Cochran

Yoakum

Hall

Hale Motley

Lubbock Dickens

Andrews

King

Terry

Sherman HansfordOchiltree

Hutchinson

Wheeler

RandallArmstrong Donley

Castro Briscoe Childress

Cottle

Hardeman

Foard 

Hartley Roberts

Oldham Carson

Deaf 

Smith

Collingsworth

Bailey

Swisher

Lamb Floyd

Hockley Crosby

Gaines

Knox

Lynn Garza Kent Stonewall

El 

Paso

Hudspeth Culberson

Jeff 

Davis 

Reeves

Loving Winkler

Ward

Ector

Dawson

Martin

Zavala

Kinney Uvalde

Val Edwards

Verde

Presidio

Brewster

McMullen Dimmit La Salle

Jim 

Wells Webb

Brooks Kenedy 

Starr

Hidalgo

Willacy

Cameron

Bowie

Cass

Camp

Titus

Franklin

Morris 

Rains Marion

Kaufman Harrison

Panola

Gregg

Rusk

Bell

Williamson

Milam

Sabine

Trinity

Wood Upshur

Van 

Zandt

Navarro Hill 

Cherokee

Freestone McLennan

Falls

Shelby

Nacogdoches San Augustine

Jasper

Jefferson

Tyler Walker Polk

Robertson Madison

Brazos

Hardin

San Grimes Jacinto

Liberty

Chambers

Montgomery

Burleson

Lee

Ellis

Goliad

Bee Live 

Oak

Maverick

Refugio

Nueces

San 

Patricio

Kleberg

Duval

Zapata Jim 

Hogg

Smith

Henderson

Anderson

Leon

Limestone

Travis

Hays

Comal

Houston Angelina

Newton

Orange

Cooke Grayson Fannin

Collin Denton Hunt

Lamar

Delta 

Hopkins

Dallas

Red 

River

Rockwall

Nolan

Baylor

JonesShackelford

Stephens

Archer

Young

Taylor

Fisher

HaskellThrockmorton

Howard CallahanEastland

Borden Parker

Erath

Palo 

Pinto

Montague Clay

Wichita Wilbarger

Jack Wise

Upton

Brown

Coleman

Runnels Coke Sterling

Glasscock

Midland

Crane

Menard

McCulloch

Concho

Sutton 

Schleicher

Tom 

Green

Crockett

Pecos

Irion 

Reagan

Comanche

Hood

Bosque

Somervell

Hamilton

Kimble

Mason 

Mills

San 

Saba

Blanco

Burnet

Lampasas

Johnson

Gillespie Terrell

Llano

Coryell

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Washington

Fayette

Lavaca

Jackson

Wharton

Colorado

Austin

Fort Bend

Brazoria

Harris

Bastrop

Matagorda

Kerr

Real

Bexar 

Wilson

Karnes

Caldwell

Guadalupe

Gonzales

DeWitt

Waller

Calhoun

Victoria

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Medina

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Texas 

Disaster Districts
Dallam Lipscomb

Moore Hemphill

Potter Gray

Parmer

Cochran

Yoaku 

Hall

Hale Motley

Lubbock Dickens

Andrews

King

Terry

Sherman HansfordOchiltree

Hutchinson

Wheeler

RandallArmstrong Donley

Castro Briscoe Childress

Cottle

Hardeman

Foard 

Hartley Roberts

Oldham Carson

Deaf 

Smith

Collingsworth

Bailey

Swisher

Lamb Floyd

Hockley Crosby

Gaines

Knox

Lynn Garza Kent Stonewall

El 

Paso

Hudspeth Culberson

Jeff 

Davis 

Reeves

Loving Winkler

Ward

Ector

Dawson

Martin

Zavala

Kinney Uvalde

Val Edwards

Verde

Presidio

Brewster

McMullen Dimmit La Salle

Jim 

Wells Webb

Brooks Kenedy 

Starr

Hidalgo

Willacy

Cameron

Bowie

Cass

Camp

Titus

Franklin

Morris 

Rains Marion

Kaufman Harrison

Panola

Gregg

Rusk

Bell

Williamson

Milam

Sabine

Trinity

Wood Upshur

Van 

Zandt

Navarro Hill 

Cherokee

Freestone McLennan

Falls

Shelby

Nacogdoches San Augustine

Jasper

Jefferson

Tyler Walker Polk

Robertson Madison

Brazos

Hardin

San Grimes Jacinto

Liberty

Chambers

Montgomery

Burleson

Lee

Ellis

Goliad

Bee Live 

Oak

Maverick

Refugio

Nueces

San 

Patricio

Kleberg

Duval

Zapata Jim 

Hogg

Smith

Henderson

Anderson

Leon

Limestone

Travis

Hays

Comal

Houston Angelina

Newton

Orange

Cooke Grayson Fannin

Collin Denton Hunt

Lamar

Delta 

Hopkins

Dallas

Red 

River

Rockwall

Nolan

Baylor

JonesShackelford

Stephens

Archer

Young

Taylor

Fisher

HaskellThrockmorton

Howard CallahanEastland

Borden Parker

Erath

Palo 

Pinto

Montague Clay

Wichita Wilbarger

Jack Wise

Upton

Brown

Coleman

Runnels Coke Sterling

Glasscock

Midland

Crane

Menard

McCulloch

Concho

Sutton 

Schleicher

Tom 

Green

Crockett

Pecos

Irion 

Reagan

Comanche

Hood

Bosque

Somervell

Hamilton

Kimble

Mason 

Mills

San 

Saba

Blanco

Burnet

Lampasas

Johnson

Gillespie Terrell

Llano

Coryell

Tarrant 

Washington

Fayette

Lavaca

Jackson

Wharton

Colorado

Austin

Fort Bend

Brazoria

Harris

Bastrop

Matagorda

Kerr

Real

Bexar 

Wilson

Karnes

Caldwell

Guadalupe

Gonzales

DeWitt

Waller

Calhoun

Victoria

Kendall

Atascosa Frio

Medina

Bandera

Galveston

Aransas

Scurry 

Mitchell 

Regional Liaison Officer (RLO) 

Areas of Responsibility

As of 2/20/07

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Texas Regional Response Plan

Regional
• Local community “owns” the incident - first 12-24 hours are 

critical to success

• Plan on regional support for first 48-72 hrs

• Factor in “real world” response timelines

• Define resource “needs” 

• Know resource availability

• Know “how” to request help

Response Realities
• Applies to all jurisdictions located within the geographic 

region defined by the Councils of Government (COG)

• Establishes operational concepts, identifies tasks and lists 

responsibilities required to carry out a regional response 

to catastrophic incident

• Provides framework for overwhelming regional response 

of critical resources to an area within the region affected 

by a catastrophic event or disaster situation

Texas Regional Response Plan
Councils of Government Areas
• Focus is on all hazard missions: Prevent, Prepare, Respond, 

Recover

• Leverages region’s ability to provide overwhelming response to 

a catastrophic incident

• Does not replace existing local emergency plans

• Incorporates existing Mutual Aid Agreements with other 

cities/counties within or outside the region

• Resource oriented – equipment, supplies, personnel, and 

special areas such as power, evacuation, special needs, 

continuity of government

Texas Regional Response Plan
• Establishes a Regional Planning Working Group (RPWG) to 

develop, refine, manage and guide regional response

• Establishes a Regional Unified Command (RUC) to manage 

resources identified and organized for mutual support of 

jurisdictions within region [changing to Multi-Agency 

Coordination Center (MACC)]

• Includes provisions for flexibility of methods, operations, and 

actions needed to facilitate efforts of regional and local 

governments in accomplishing emergency management 

objectives

Texas Regional Response Plan
• Manages regional resources (equipment, personnel, facilities, 

special needs) in support of incident

• Maintains regional strategic view of incident 

• Establishes priorities for employment of regional resources

• Provides “one-stop shopping” for EOCs 

• Works closely with DDC for resource identification and 

commitment, insuring timely response

RUC [MACC] Functions
City / County EOC

Dallam Lipscomb

Moore Hemphill

Potter Gray

Parmer

Cochran

Yoakum

Hall

Hale Motley

Lubbock Dickens

Andrews

King

Terry

Sherman HansfordOchiltree

Hutchinson

Wheeler

RandallArmstrong Donley

Castro Briscoe Childress

Cottle

Hardeman

Foard 

Hartley Roberts

Oldham Carson

Deaf 

Smith

Collingsworth

Bailey

Swisher

Lamb Floyd

Hockley Crosby

Gaines

Knox

Lynn Garza Kent Stonewall

El 

Paso

Hudspeth Culberson

Jeff 

Davis 

Reeves

Loving Winkler

Ward

Ector

Dawson

Martin

Zavala

Kinney Uvalde

Val Edwards

Verde

Presidio

Brewster

McMullen Dimmit La Salle

Jim 

Wells Webb

Brooks Kenedy

Starr

Hidalgo

Willacy

Cameron

Bowie

Cass Camp

Titus

Franklin

Morris 

Rains Marion

Kaufman Harrison

Panola

Gregg

Rusk

Bell

Williamson

Milam

Sabine

Trinity

Wood Upshur

Van 

Zandt

Navarro Hill 

Cherokee

Freestone McLennan

Falls

Shelby

Nacogdoches San Augustine

Jasper

Jefferson

Tyler Walker Polk

Robertson Madison

Brazos

Hardin

San Grimes Jacinto

Liberty

Chambers

Montgomery

Burleson

Lee

Ellis

Goliad

Bee Live 

Oak

Maverick

Refugio

Nueces

San 

Patricio

Kleberg

Duval

Zapata Jim 

Hogg

Smith

Henderson

Anderson

Leon

Limestone

Travis

Hays

Comal

Houston Angelina

Orange

Cooke Grayson Fannin

Collin Denton Hunt

Lamar

Delta 

Hopkins

Dallas

Red 

River

Rockwall

Nolan

Baylor

JonesShackelford

Stephens

Archer

Young

Taylor

Fisher

HaskellThrockmorton

Howard CallahanEastland

Borden Parker

Erath

Palo 

Pinto

Montague Clay

Wichita Wilbarger

Jack Wise

Upton

Brown

Coleman

Runnels Coke Sterling

Glasscock

Midland

Crane

Menard

McCulloch

Concho

Sutton 

Schleicher

Tom 

Green

Crockett

Pecos

Irion 

Reagan

Comanche

Hood

Bosque

Somervell

Hamilton

Kimble

Mason 

Mills

San 

Saba

Blanco

Burnet

Lampasas

Johnson

Gillespie Terrell

Llano

Coryell

Tarrant 

Washington

Fayette

Lavaca

Jackson

Wharton

Colorado

Austin

Fort Bend

Brazoria

Harris

Bastrop

Matagorda

Kerr

Real

Bexar 

Wilson

Karnes

Caldwell

Guadalupe

Gonzales

DeWitt

Waller

Calhoun

Victoria

Kendall

Atascosa Frio

Medina

Bandera

Galveston

Aransas

Scurry 

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Dallam Lipscomb

Moore Hemphill

Potter Gray

Parmer

Cochran

Yoakum

Hall

Hale Motley

Lubbock Dickens

Andrews

King

Terry

Sherman HansfordOchiltree

Hutchinson

Wheeler

RandallArmstrong Donley

Castro Briscoe Childress

Cottle

Hardeman

Foard 

Hartley Roberts

Oldham Carson

Deaf 

Smith

Collingsworth

Bailey

Swisher

Lamb Floyd

Hockley Crosby

Gaines

Knox

Lynn Garza Kent Stonewall

El 

Paso

Hudspeth Culberson

Jeff 

Davis 

Reeves

Loving Winkler

Ward

Ector

Dawson

Martin

Zavala

Kinney Uvalde

Val Edwards

Verde

Presidio

Brewster

McMullen Dimmit La Salle

Jim 

Wells Webb

Brooks Kenedy

Starr

Hidalgo

Willacy

Cameron

Bowie

Cass Camp

Titus

Franklin

Morris 

Rains Marion

Kaufman Harrison

Panola

Gregg

Rusk

Bell

Williamson

Milam

Sabine

Trinity

Wood Upshur

Van 

Zandt

Navarro Hill 

Cherokee

Freestone McLennan

Falls

Shelby

Nacogdoches San Augustine

Jasper

Jefferson

Tyler Walker Polk

Robertson Madison

Brazos

Hardin

San Grimes Jacinto

Liberty

Chambers

Montgomery

Burleson

Lee

Ellis

Goliad

Bee Live 

Oak

Maverick

Refugio

Nueces

San 

Patricio

Kleberg

Duval

Zapata Jim 

Hogg

Smith

Henderson

Anderson

Leon

Limestone

Travis

Hays

Comal

Houston Angelina

Orange

Cooke Grayson Fannin

Collin Denton Hunt

Lamar

Delta 

Hopkins

Dallas

Red 

River

Rockwall

Nolan

Baylor

JonesShackelford

Stephens

Archer

Young

Taylor

Fisher

HaskellThrockmorton

Howard CallahanEastland

Borden Parker

Erath

Palo 

Pinto

Montague Clay

Wichita Wilbarger

Jack Wise

Upton

Brown

Coleman

Runnels Coke Sterling

Glasscock

Midland

Crane

Menard

McCulloch

Concho

Sutton 

Schleicher

Tom 

Green

Crockett

Pecos

Irion 

Reagan

Comanche

Hood

Bosque

Somervell

Hamilton

Kimble

Mason 

Mills

San 

Saba

Blanco

Burnet

Lampasas

Johnson

Gillespie Terrell

Llano

Coryell

Tarrant 

Washington

Fayette

Lavaca

Jackson

Wharton

Colorado

Austin

Fort Bend

Brazoria

Harris

Bastrop

Matagorda

Kerr

Real

Bexar 

Wilson

Karnes

Caldwell

Guadalupe

Gonzales

DeWitt

Waller

Calhoun

Victoria

Kendall

Atascosa Frio

Medina

Bandera

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Aransas

Scurry 

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Disaster District Committee

Federal Government Governor

Incident 

Command Post

Governor’s 

SOC

Requesting Assistance - Current
City / County EOC

Dallam Lipscomb

Moore Hemphill

Potter Gray

Parmer

Cochran

Yoakum

Hall

Hale Motley

Lubbock Dickens

Andrews

King

Terry

Sherman HansfordOchiltree

Hutchinson

Wheeler

RandallArmstrong Donley

Castro Briscoe Childress

Cottle

Hardeman

Foard 

Hartley Roberts

Oldham Carson

Deaf 

Smith

Collingsworth

Bailey

Swisher

Lamb Floyd

Hockley Crosby

Gaines

Knox

Lynn Garza Kent Stonewall

El 

Paso

Hudspeth Culberson

Jeff 

Davis 

Reeves

Loving Winkler

Ward

Ector

Dawson

Martin

Zavala

Kinney Uvalde

Val Edwards

Verde

Presidio

Brewster

McMullen Dimmit La Salle

Jim 

Wells Webb

Brooks Kenedy

Starr

Hidalgo

Willacy

Cameron

Bowie

Cass Camp

Titus

Franklin

Morris 

Rains Marion

Kaufman Harrison

Panola

Gregg

Rusk

Bell

Williamson

Milam

Sabine

Trinity

Wood Upshur

Van 

Zandt

Navarro Hill 

Cherokee

Freestone

McLennan

Falls

Shelby

Nacogdoches San Augustine

Jasper

Jefferson

Tyler Walker Polk

Robertson Madison

Brazos

Hardin

San Grimes Jacinto

Liberty

Chambers

Montgomery

Burleson

Lee

Ellis

Goliad

Bee Live 

Oak

Maverick

Refugio

Nueces

San 

Patricio

Kleberg

Duval

Zapata Jim 

Hogg

Smith

Henderson

Anderson

Leon

Limestone

Travis

Hays

Comal

Houston Angelina

Orange

Cooke Grayson Fannin

Collin Denton Hunt

Lamar

Delta 

Hopkins

Dallas

Red 

River

Rockwall

Nolan

Baylor

JonesShackelford

Stephens

Archer

Young

Taylor

Fisher

HaskellThrockmorton

Howard CallahanEastland

Borden Parker

Erath

Palo 

Pinto

Montague Clay

Wichita Wilbarger

Jack Wise

Upton

Brown

Coleman

Runnels Coke Sterling

Glasscock

Midland

Crane

Menard

McCulloch

Concho

Sutton 

Schleicher

Tom 

Green

Crockett

Pecos

Irion 

Reagan

Comanche

Hood

Bosque

Somervell

Hamilton

Kimble

Mason 

Mills

San 

Saba

Blanco

Burnet

Lampasas

Johnson

Gillespie Terrell

Llano

Coryell

Tarrant 

Washington

Fayette

Lavaca

Jackson

Wharton

Colorado

Austin

Fort Bend

Brazoria

Harris

Bastrop

Matagorda

Kerr

Real

Bexar 

Wilson

Karnes

Caldwell

Guadalupe

Gonzales

DeWitt

Waller

Calhoun

Victoria

Kendall

Atascosa Frio

Medina

Bandera

Galveston

Aransas

Scurry 

Mitchell 

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5A

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3A

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Dallam Lipscomb

Moore Hemphill

Potter Gray

Parmer

Cochran

Yoakum

Hall

Hale Motley

Lubbock Dickens

Andrews

King

Terry

Sherman HansfordOchiltree

Hutchinson

Wheeler

RandallArmstrong Donley

Castro Briscoe Childress

Cottle

Hardeman

Foard 

Hartley Roberts

Oldham Carson

Deaf 

Smith

Collingsworth

Bailey

Swisher

Lamb Floyd

Hockley Crosby

Gaines

Knox

Lynn Garza Kent Stonewall

El 

Paso

Hudspeth Culberson

Jeff 

Davis 

Reeves

Loving Winkler

Ward

Ector

Dawson

Martin

Zavala

Kinney Uvalde

Val Edwards

Verde

Presidio

Brewster

McMullen Dimmit La Salle

Jim 

Wells Webb

Brooks Kenedy

Starr

Hidalgo

Willacy

Cameron

Bowie

Cass Camp

Titus

Franklin

Morris 

Rains Marion

Kaufman Harrison

Panola

Gregg

Rusk

Bell

Williamson

Milam

Sabine

Trinity

Wood Upshur

Van 

Zandt

Navarro Hill 

Cherokee

Freestone

McLennan

Falls

Shelby

Nacogdoches San Augustine

Jasper

Jefferson

Tyler Walker Polk

Robertson Madison

Brazos

Hardin

San Grimes Jacinto

Liberty

Chambers

Montgomery

Burleson

Lee

Ellis

Goliad

Bee Live 

Oak

Maverick

Refugio

Nueces

San 

Patricio

Kleberg

Duval

Zapata Jim 

Hogg

Smith

Henderson

Anderson

Leon

Limestone

Travis

Hays

Comal

Houston Angelina

Orange

Cooke Grayson Fannin

Collin Denton Hunt

Lamar

Delta 

Hopkins

Dallas

Red 

River

Rockwall

Nolan

Baylor

JonesShackelford

Stephens

Archer

Young

Taylor

Fisher

HaskellThrockmorton

Howard CallahanEastland

Borden Parker

Erath

Palo 

Pinto

Montague Clay

Wichita Wilbarger

Jack Wise

Upton

Brown

Coleman

Runnels Coke Sterling

Glasscock

Midland

Crane

Menard

McCulloch

Concho

Sutton 

Schleicher

Tom 

Green

Crockett

Pecos

Irion 

Reagan

Comanche

Hood

Bosque

Somervell

Hamilton

Kimble

Mason 

Mills

San 

Saba

Blanco

Burnet

Lampasas

Johnson

Gillespie Terrell

Llano

Coryell

Tarrant 

Washington

Fayette

Lavaca

Jackson

Wharton

Colorado

Austin

Fort Bend

Brazoria

Harris

Bastrop

Matagorda

Kerr

Real

Bexar 

Wilson

Karnes

Caldwell

Guadalupe

Gonzales

DeWitt

Waller

Calhoun

Victoria

Kendall

Atascosa Frio

Medina

Bandera

Galveston

Aransas

Scurry 

Mitchell 

5B

5A

4A

4B

Sub 

4A 4A

Sub

4B

6B

3B

Sub

8A

3A

8A

Sub

2C

6A

Sub

5A Sub

1A 1A

1B

6C

2C

2A

2B

Sub

8A

Disaster District Committee Federal Governor

Government

Regional RUC /MACC Incident 

Command Post

Governor’s 

SOC

Requesting Assistance - New
• Obtain Stakeholder Agreement 

• Identify Regional Planning Working Group (RPWG)

• NERRTC provides dedicated planner

• RPWG and NERRTC draft plan

• RPWG and Elected Officials review and approve

• Timeline: All plans due by 2006

How Do We Get There... 
• Identification of RPWG members – the right people

• Resources (communications, personnel) needed to support RUC

• Location of RUC/MACC – fixed or mobile?

• Training of RUC/MACC personnel

• Regional coordination and cooperation

• Timeline for completion

Issues
Preparing Texas Today...

Governor’s Division of Emergency Management

...for Tomorrow’s Challenge

State Operations Center

(SOC)
 Texas Fusion Center

 Staffed 24 hours per day

 Routine / emergency events monitored

 State Council/Agency contacts maintained

 Central crisis management / coordination 

 accomplished

State Operations Center (SOC)
Local Law 

Enforcement

Governor’s Division of 

Emergency Management Statewide Amber 

Alert Network

Emergency 

Management 

Officials

National Weather 

Service

Critical Infrastructure 

Protection Council 

Agencies

Radio and TV 

Stations

County Judge and 

Mayors

Emergency Alert 

System

Department of 

Homeland Security

Federal Bureau of 

Investigation State Leadership and 

Legislature

Health Alert Network

Emergency 

Response Network

Homeland Security 

Information Network

State SOC
Level I: Emergency Conditions

AHS Level: Red (Severe Risk of Attack)

Level II: Escalated Response Conditions

AHS Level: Orange (High Risk of Attack)

Level III: Increased Readiness Conditions

AHS Level: Yellow (Significant Risk of Attack)

Blue (General Risk of Attack)

Level IV: Normal Conditions

AHS Level: Green (Low Risk of Attack)

Levels of Activation
Preparing Texas Today...

A Texas Community Partnership

...for Tomorrow’s Challenges

TEXAS RESPONDS.......

“A Single Focus”

State Capabilities
• Coordination Conference Calls

• VTC with data transmitting capability to 27 

 sites around the state

• State Incident Management Team (IMT)

• State Emergency Response Team (SERT)

• Rapid Assessment Unit (RAU)

• Texas National Guard Response Task Force

• Texas Task Force One (Search & Rescue)

• Texas Joint Air-Ground Coordination Team

Agenda
• Coordination Conference Calls

• Video Teleconferences

• State Incident Management Teams (IMT)

• Immediate Mass Care Strike Teams

• Rapid Assessment Unit (RAU)

• Texas National Guard Response Task Force

• Texas Task Force One (Search & Rescue)

• Texas Joint Air-Ground Coordination Team

• 6th Civil Support Team

• Texas Parks & Wildlife Special Boat Crews

Response & Recovery Capabilities
Preparing Texas Today...

A Texas Community Partnership

...for Tomorrow’s Challenges

State Incident

Management Team

(IMT)
• Developed after 9/11(State Catastrophic Team)

• It’s purpose.......To provide immediate on-site incident

 management support in the areas of operations, 

 planning, logistics, and finance

• Validated during Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster in

 February 2003

• Highly trained, highly skilled, highly motivated group 

 of professionals

Background
Preparing Texas Today...

A Texas Community Partnership

...for Tomorrow’s Challenges

Rapid Assessment

Unit

(RAU)
• Consists of functional teams

• Uses both State & Regional staffs 

• RAU uses TXARNG/TFS Air/Ground 

assets to collect and report information

Rapid Assessment Unit

(RAU)
Preparing Texas Today...

A Texas Community Partnership

...for Tomorrow’s Challenges

Texas Army National Guard 

Response Task Force

• Aviation

•EOC/Communication Support

•Evacuation Support

•Traffic Control Support

•Search and Rescue (ground)

•Emergency Debris Removal
Preparing Texas Today...

A Texas Community Partnership

...for Tomorrow’s Challenges

Texas Task Force One (TTF-1)

Search and Rescue
Preparing Texas Today...

A Texas Community Partnership

...for Tomorrow’s Challenges

TTF-1

Search and Rescue Capabilities:

•Urban SAR

• Flood Rescue

• Swift Water Rescue

• WMD Environment Capable

Preparing Texas Today...

Texas Joint Air-Ground

Coordination Team 

(TJAGCT)

A Texas Community Partnership

...for Tomorrow’s Challenges
• A Team composed of Local, State and 

Federal responders, with the mission of 

providing effective and rapid Search and 

Rescue during a catastrophic event

• Team has three components:

– Incident Command Team

– Air Coordination Team

– Ground Coordination Team

Texas Joint Air Ground Coordination Team

(TJAGCT)
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