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Emergencies and disasters such as hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, terrorist activities, fires, explosions, transportation accidents, and other potential hazards continuously threaten our state. In response to these threats, state law requires every political subdivision in Texas to prepare and keep current a local or inter-jurisdictional emergency management plan. Each community's emergency management plan should address the specific hazards that community faces and describe how the community expects to use its resources to protect its citizens from those hazards and deal with incidents, major emergencies, and disasters arising from those hazards that may threaten public health and safety or private and public property.
In order to meet the requirements for the basic level of preparedness, a jurisdiction must have the following:
- Commissioners Court Order of City Ordinance Establishing an Emergency Management Plan;
- Joint Resolution Establishing an Inter-Jurisdictional Emergency Management Plan (where applicable);
- Basic Emergency Operatons Plan;
- Annex A - Warning
- Annex B - Communications
- Annex C - Shelter and Mass Care
- Annex E - Evacuation
- Annex I - Emergency Public Information
- Annex M - Resource Management
- Annex N - Direction and Control
- Annex O - Human Services
- Annex Q - Hazard Mitigation
- Annex V - Terrorist Incident Response
