1. Emergency Management and Utilities
A Cooperative Partnership

2. Jeff Turner Emergency Management Coordinator Hays County, Texas

3. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Emergency Management and Utilities
- Ways To Build Partnerships -
Information Sharing
Exercise Participation
Planning Activities
Disaster Response

16. Emergency Management and Utilities
- Information Sharing -
Critical Infrastructure
Identification/Prioritization/Protection
Human Threats
Terrorism
Natural Threats
Weather Information/Potential Events

17. Emergency Management and Utilities
- Exercise Participation -
Table-top Exercises
Full Functional Exercises
After-Action Reviews

18. Emergency Management and Utilities
- Planning Activities –
Vulnerability Assessments
Service Prioritizing of Emergency Needs
Hospitals
Public Safety Facilities

19. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. Emergency Management and Utilities
Questions?

26. Emergency Management and Utilities
Jeff Turner
Hays County
Office of Emergency Management