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Embracing Emergency Management
Texas Hazard Facts
• Major Disaster Declarations
• 1953 - 2007
• Floods – 39
• Hurricanes – 20
• Tornadoes – 18
• Severe Winter Weather – 5
• Total – 79
Texas Disasters
• 1900 Storm – worst natural disaster in US history – 8,000 + deaths
• 1937 – New London school explosion – 298 deaths
• 1947 – Texas City explosion – 516 deaths
• 1979 – Tropical Storm Claudette – US 24 hour rainfall record – 42 inches
Hazards Analysis
• Identify hazards– Natural– Technological– Civil
• Profile hazards• Assess vulnerability• Estimate risk• Prioritize hazards
What is Emergency Management?
• Emergency Managers are not first responders
• Emergency Managers are coordinators– Resources– Government sector– Non-profit sector– Private sector– Citizens
• Response
• Recovery
• Mitigation
• Preparedness
4 phases of emergency management
Disaster Myths
• Panic
• Looting
• Price gouging
• Role abandonment
Disaster Myths
• Shock
• Information
• Assistance
• Martial law
Why do we care?
• Policies, plans, procedures should be based on what we expect people to do
• Resource management– Goods and services
– Duties
– Communications
• Slows down recovery
Overlooked details
• People issues
• Communications
• Local government role
• People are our number 1 resource
• People are our clients
Taking care of our people
• Self-protection
• Family preparedness
• Response Teams
• Accountability
• Hot-lines
• Relocation
• It’s all about communication and information
• No one has enough information initially
• Communication issues will occur
Communication and Information
• Gather information
• Establish reliable communications
• Media policy
• PIO
• JIC
• I’m from the government and I’m here to help– No, really
Working with local government
• Coordination
• Access
• Infrastructure restoration
• Training
• Recovery
Disaster Management
• Foundations of emergency management
– Preparedness
– Improvisation
Disaster Management
• Prioritize– Communications– Information analysis– Limit impact– Stabilize incident– Deal with the media
Eliot Jennings
Emergency Administration and Planning Program
University of North Texas
www.unt.edu/eadp/