TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICESTEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Texas Forest Service• All-Hazard Incident Management

– 17 Type 3 Incident Management Teams (IMT) working under the direction of the Texas Forest Service• Strategically located throughout the state.• State IMT Coordinator located at the State Operations

Center (SOC) during activation of IMTs to ensure coordination of deployed teams

• Trained to NIMS standards and qualified in a respective Command and General Staff position.

• Activated at the request of a Disaster District Chair (DDC) and assigned and reporting to the DDC.

• Assigned to assist and report to a local jurisdiction when requested by the local jurisdiction through the DDC.

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICESTEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Texas Forest ServiceRegional Incident Management Teams

• San Antonio• Austin• San Jac (Houston)• South Plains (Lubbock)• Permian Basin

(Midland-Odessa)• Metroplex (Dallas-Fort

Worth• El Paso• Rio Grande Valley

• Golden Triangle (Sabine-Neches)• West Central• Central Texas (Williamson

County)• East Texas• Amarillo• Corpus Christi• Wichita Falls (New)• Bell County/Fort Hood (New)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICESTEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

State Regional Incident Management Teams

Amarillo

South Plains

Permian BasinEl Paso

West CentralMetroplex

Central Texas

East Texas

Golden Triangle

San Jac

AustinSan Antonio

Corpus Christi

Rio Grande Valley

Established TeamNew/Startup Team

Wichita Falls

Bell County/Fort Hood

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICESTEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Texas Forest Service• All-Hazard Incident Management– Disaster District Chair (DDC) Support

- PLANNING• Responsible for check in and staging of all state

resources reporting to or working in the DDC area of operations.

• Responsible for planning operations at the DDC to include the development of an Incident Action Plan (IAP) for the DDC.

• Responsible for the preparation and submittal of the DDC situation reports.

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICESTEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Texas Forest Service• All-Hazard Incident Management– Disaster District Chair (DDC) Support– LOGISTICS• Establish and maintain resource ordering for the

DDC.• Track the receipt, assignment and return of all

equipment ordered by the DDC.• Operate Logistics Staging Sites and/or Resource

Staging Areas as directed by the DDC.

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICESTEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Texas Forest Service• All-Hazard Incident Management– Local Jurisdiction Support

- PLANNING• Assist with check in and staging of all state resources

reporting to or working in the local jurisdiction area of operations.

• Assist with planning operations at a local Incident Command Post (ICP) or Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to include the development Incident Action Plans (IAP) and EOC Management Plans.

• Provide situational awareness to elected officials

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICESTEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Texas Forest Service• All-Hazard Incident Management– Local Jurisdiction Support

- PLANNING• Responsible for the preparation and submittal of the

situation reports to the Disaster District Chair.- PUBLIC INFORMATION• Assist with Public Information requirements to

include preparing news releases and establishing Joint Information Systems (JIS) operating from a Joint Information Center (JIC).

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICESTEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Texas Forest Service• All-Hazard Incident Management– Local Jurisdiction Support

- LOGISTICS• Assist with establishing and maintaining a

resource ordering system.• Assist with the demobilization of state resources

through the DDC and the State Operations Center that have been assigned to a local jurisdiction.

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICESTEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Texas Forest Service

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