Emergency Management and Utilities A Cooperative Partnership
Jeff Turner Emergency Management Coordinator Hays County, Texas
Emergency Management Basics What We Do Coordinate and Integrate ALL Activities Necessary to Build, Sustain, and Improve the Capability to: - Prepare For - - Protect Against - - Respond To - - Recover From - - Mitigate Against - Threatened or Actual Natural Disasters, Acts of Terrorism or other Manmade Disasters
Emergency Management and Utilities - Why Would We Need to Work Together - Both Provide A Service Have The Same Customers Share Similar Vulnerabilities Share Similar Threats
Emergency Management and Utilities Who Needs To Be Involved? Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7 Identified: “ALL ENERGY SYSTEMS ARE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE” Every Utility Provider Needs to Be Involved
Emergency Management and Utilities - Ways To Build Partnerships - Information Sharing Exercise Participation Planning Activities Disaster Response
Emergency Management and Utilities - Information Sharing - Critical Infrastructure Identification/Prioritization/Protection Human Threats Terrorism Natural Threats Weather Information/Potential Events
Emergency Management and Utilities - Exercise Participation - Table-top Exercises Full Functional Exercises After-Action Reviews
Emergency Management and Utilities - Planning Activities – Vulnerability Assessments Service Prioritizing of Emergency Needs Hospitals Public Safety Facilities
Emergency Management and Utilities - Disaster Response – Continuity of Business Planning Support Services i.e. Heavy Equipment, Logistical Support Re-Establishing Priority Services i.e. Hospitals, Public Safety Facilities
Emergency Management and Utilities - Summary – Both You and I Provide a Vital Service We Have The Same Customers We Share Similar Vulnerabilities We Share Similar Threats
Emergency Management and Utilities - Summary Continued - HSPD 7 States: All Energy Systems Are Critical Infrastructure We Need to Work Together To Build Partnerships And Relationships Prior To A DISASTER
Emergency Management and Utilities Questions?
Emergency Management and Utilities Jeff Turner Hays County Office of Emergency Management 512-393-7301 jeff.turner@co.hays.tx.us