Welcome to the H-GAC pre-orientation
Preparing Texas Today...
Houston Galveston Area Council
Regional Exercise
Pre-Orientation
July 12, 2006
Houston, Texas
A Texas Community Partnership
...for Tomorrow’s Challenges
Governor’s Division of Emergency Management
Office of the Governor
Texas Homeland Security Strategy
“Our first goal must be to do everything within our
power to prevent a terrorist attack.”
-- Governor Rick Perry
• Coordinated and comprehensive use of state resources
and federal funding ... .”
• Prepare for
• Prevent
• Respond to
• Recover from natural and manmade disasters,
including acts of terrorism.
Texas Exercise Plan
Exercise Types
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Vision // Intent // Goals
Exercise Categories
Exercise Milestones
Monitoring and Evaluation
Exercise Assessment
Five Year Plan
Exercise Types
Exercise Strategy Vision
Provide a comprehensive strategy of cohesive
training and exercises that will prepare the
State of Texas to prevent, protect against,
respond to, and recover from natural
disasters, man-made disasters, or acts of
Weapons of Mass Destruction/Terrorism.
Texas Preparedness Objectives
Exercise Strategy Intent
• Examine regional level policies, plans and
procedures.
• Clarify and train local, regional and state
level personnel in roles and responsibilities.
• Improve interagency coordination and
communication.
Exercise Strategy Intent
• Identify gaps in capabilities.
• Assess the effectiveness of and identify
opportunities for improvement.
Strategic Goals
• Enhance Texas’ capability to deter or prevent
deliberate acts of WMD/Terrorism.
• Improve the planning and cooperation
between critical infrastructure entities,
private, local, state and federal law
enforcement.
Strategic Goals
• Improve the planning and cooperation between
emergency responders, state and local officials
(including law enforcement, firefighters,
emergency medical personnel and other key
agencies such as public works and emergency
management agencies) in preparing to respond to
natural and man-made disasters as well as
deliberate acts of WMD/Terrorism.
Strategic Goals
•Centrally account for and report the exercises
that are taking place in the State of Texas.
•Provide exercises at graduated levels of
preparedness.
Exercise Goals
Exercises will facilitate jurisdictional assessment
of:
• State, regional, and local capability to effectively
respond to a natural and man-made disasters as
well as deliberate acts of WMD/Terrorism.
• Local ability to properly identify the agent
involved in a WMD/Terrorism incident–
chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or
explosive (CBRNE).
Exercise Goals
Exercises will facilitate jurisdictional assessment
of:
• Participants’ understanding of federal, state,
regional, and local relationships during a
WMD/Terrorism incident or other disaster.
• Participants’ ability to execute jurisdictional
Emergency Management, Regional Unified
Command Plans and validation of local plans,
organizations, and equipment.
Exercise Types
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Vision // Intent // Goals
Exercise Categories
Exercise Milestones
Monitoring and Evaluation
Exercise Assessment
Five Year Plan
Exercise Types
Categories of Exercises
• Basic Preparedness Level: Primarily functional and
regional coordination exercises.
• Intermediate Preparedness Level: Graded, more
complex functional exercises that emphasize
interoperable communication systems.
• Advanced Preparedness Level: Begin with a prevention
and deterrence/pre-incident phase and evolve into an
incident response/recovery exercise; participants may
include private industry, the Joint Terrorism Task Force,
Health Alert Network, or other such organizations.
Categories of Exercises
• Special Exercises: Tabletop, Functional, FullScale or Capstone Exercises with a specific
focus; hurricanes, nuclear threats, school
incidents, foreign and emerging animal
diseases, etc.
• Simulations: computer based system that
provides a graphic, database, and decision
exercise component.
Exercise Milestones
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Vision // Intent // Goals
Exercise Categories
Exercise Milestones
Monitoring and Evaluation
Exercise Assessment
Five Year Plan
Exercise Types
Regional Exercise Milestones
Implement improvement plan/follow up
assessment and monitoring
E+1 to 6
E = Exercise Month
WMD/Terrorism
Incident Exercise
Enhanced
Response Plans,
Improvement Plan
&
Post Exercise
Report
E-1
Pre-exercise Tabletop
E-1 to 2
Incident Command
System (ICS) w/Tabletop
Exercise (optional)
E-2 to 3
Senior Officials
Workshop (SOW)
(optional)
E-4
E-5 to 6
Forum for elected and non-elected senior
officials to discuss strategic and executive level
WMD/Terrorism preparedness issues
Interactive, working meeting to design scenario and
coordinate training and exercise requirements
Exercise Scenario
Planning Meeting
Pre-Orientation Jurisdictional
Assessment Meeting
Outcome: participants ready to
manage” the incident using ICS
Workshop for personnel with PIO duties, or who
would be involved in media related duties
PIO WMD Workshop
(optional)
Texas WMD/Terrorism
Incident Exercise
Program Orientation
Provides a walk through to ensure all
participants understand the plan and
their roles
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Jurisdictional understanding of key components of program
• Program “buy in” from jurisdiction
• Confirm key program dates
Pre-exercise working meeting to identify jurisdictional needs, capabilities and
emphasis areas for training and exercise requirements
Regional Exercise Milestones
Pre-Orientation
Jurisdictional Assessment
Meeting
Pre-exercise working meeting to identify
jurisdictional needs, capabilities and
emphasis areas for training and exercise
requirements
Regional Exercise Milestones
Texas WMD/Terrorism
Incident Exercise
Program Orientation
• Jurisdictional understanding of key
components of program
• Program “buy in” from jurisdiction
• Confirm key program dates
Regional Exercise Milestones
Exercise Scenario
Planning Meeting
Interactive, working meeting to
design scenario and coordinate
training and exercise requirements
Regional Exercise Milestones
Incident Command
System (ICS) w/Tabletop
Exercise
(optional)
Outcome: Exercise
participants ready to manage
the incident using NIMS/ICS
Senior Officials
Workshop (SOW)
(optional)
Forum for elected and nonelected senior officials to
discuss strategic and
executive level WMD/terrorism
preparedness issues
PIO WMD Workshop
(optional)
Workshop for personnel with
PIO duties, or who would be
involved in media related
responsibilities
Regional Exercise Milestones
Pre-exercise Tabletop
Provides a pre-exercise walk
through to ensure all participants
understand the plan and their roles
Regional Exercise Milestones
WMD/Terrorism
Incident
Exercise
Enhanced
Response Plans,
Improvement Plan
& Post Exercise
Report
Regional Exercise Milestones
Implement Improvement Plan/follow up
assessment and monitoring
Exercise Types
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Vision // Intent // Goals
Exercise Categories
Exercise Milestones
Monitoring and Evaluation
Exercise Assessment
Five Year Plan
Exercise Types
Monitoring and Evaluation
• The Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
(HSEEP) provides the following eight steps for exercise
evaluation, integrated analysis, and After Action Report
(AAR)/Improvement Plan (IP):
Monitoring and Evaluation
• Step 1: Plan and organize the evaluation
• Step 2: Observe the exercise and collect data
• Step 3: Analyze data
• Step 4: Develop the draft AAR
• Step 5: Conduct an exercise debrief
• Step 6: Identify improvements to be implemented
• Step 7: Finalize the AAR
•Step 8: Track implementation
Monitoring and Evaluation
AFTER ACTION REPORT
• A jurisdictional AAR
should be completed
within 45 days of exercise conclusion for
submission to GDEM to be forwarded to ODP
in accordance with the HSEEP.
• Copies of the AAR will also go to the county
judge/mayor and DDC of all participating
jurisdictions.
Monitoring and Evaluation
AFTER ACTION REPORT
• Lessons learned are pulled from all Texas
exercises and posted to the GDEM website.
• GDEM sponsors a Homeland Security
Conference with lessons learned folded in
for State Emergency Management
personnel.
Agenda
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Vision // Intent // Goals
Exercise Categories
Exercise Milestones
Monitoring and Evaluation
Exercise Assessment
Five Year Plan
Exercise Types
Exercise Assessment
IMPROVEMENT PLAN (IP)
• Exercises offer jurisdictions a unique
opportunity to examine the cohesiveness of
numerous plans, policies, and procedures in
a high-stress environment, but outside the
scope of a real emergency.
• Post-exercise activities focused on
improving identified weaknesses are
essential to realizing the benefits from an
exercise.
Exercise Assessment
IMPROVEMENT PLAN (IP)
• Careful analysis and prioritization should
go into developing AAR recommendations
and IP content.
• The designated format for the After Action
Report and Improvement Plan are posted
on the GDEM website.
Agenda
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Vision // Intent // Goals
Exercise Categories
Exercise Milestones
Monitoring and Evaluation
Exercise Assessment
Five Year Plan
Exercise Types
Five Year Plan
Beginning June 2006, the plan calls for:
• Regional Exercises (RE) for each COG
region to assess/validate the regional unified
command plans and…
• 17 Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)
exercises for the 17 major population centers
in the state.
• Initial year (2006): 6 Regional exercises
beginning in June/first SNS in Feb 07.
Council of Governments
Council of
Governments
(COG) Regions
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5
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24
23 1
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16
18
17
19
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21
14
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H-GAC
Population: 5,400,00
H-GAC/DDCs
Al Guarino
RLO 2C Conroe
(936)442-2868
Tyler
Walker
Grimes
2C
Hardin
Montgomery
Washington
Orange
Liberty
Jennifer Hawes
RLO 2A Houston
(281) 517-1317
2B
Waller
Austin
Jefferson
Harris
2A
Fayette
Chambers
Colorado
Sub
2C
Fort Bend
Galveston
Wharton
Brazoria
Sub
2A
Jay Hall
RLO 2B Beaumont
(409) 924-5427
Matagorda
Danny Zitterich
RLO Sub 2C Pierce
979-337-1015
Dennis Guffey
RLO S2A Texas
City
409-938-7899
COG/RE Non-SNS Locations
Council of Governments
Region
Panhandle Regional Planning Commission
(1)
South Plains Association of Governments
(2)
Nortex Regional Planning Commission
(3)
North Central Tx. Council of Governments (4)
Ark-Tex Council of Governments
(5)
East Texas Council of Governments
(6)
COG/RE Non-SNS Locations
Council of Governments
Region
West Central Texas Council of Governments (7)
Rio Grande Council of Governments
(8)
Permian Basin Rgnl. Planning Commission
(9)
Concho Valley Council of Governments
(10)
Heart of Texas Council of Governments
(11)
Capital Area Planning Council
(12)
COG/RE Non-SNS Locations
Council of Governments
Region
Brazos Valley Council of Governments (13)
Deep East Texas Council of Governments
(14)
South East Tx. Rgnl. Planning Commission (15)
Houston-Galveston Area Council
(16)
Golden Crescent Regl Planning Commission (17)
Alamo Area Council of Governments
(18)
COG/RE Non-SNS Locations
Council of Governments
Region
South Texas Development Council
(19)
Coastal Bend Council of Governments
(20)
Lower Rio Grande Valley Dvlpmnt. Council (21)
Texoma Council of Governments
(22)
Central Texas Council of Governments
(23)
Middle Rio Grande Development Council
(24)
Texas Population
Texas Population Centers
Centers
SNS Exercise Locations
1) El Paso
2) Amarillo
3) Lubbock
4) Midland/Odessa/Abilene/San Angelo
5) Tyler/Longview/Marshall/Lufkin /Nacogdoches
6) Wichita Falls
7) Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington
8) Waco/Temple/Killeen
9) Bryan/College Station
SNS Exercise Locations
10) Austin
11) Texarkana
12) San Antonio
13) Laredo
14) Brownsville/Harlingen/McAllen
15) Corpus Christi
16) Houston/Galveston
17) Beaumont
Agenda
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Vision // Intent // Goals
Exercise Categories
Exercise Milestones
Monitoring and Evaluation
Exercise Assessment
Five Year Plan
Exercise Types
Regional Exercises
• Will include Prevent, Protect, Respond, and
Recovery components.
• Exercises designed to exercise all
components/elements provided by the State to
Regions, e.g., equipment/technologies,
organizations, interoperable communications.
• Front end training optional, if previously
received in an exercise.
Regional Exercises
• Regional and SNS exercises to be preceded
by tabletops as necessary to ensure success.
• Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
component in all exercises.
• Evaluation plan to include auditing of plans,
MAA, equipment; jurisdictional ability to man
and employ equipment, etc.
Regional Exercises
• Initial Regional Exercises to cover:
Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington area/Amarillo
area then others of the 24 COG regions.
Critical Infrastructure Exercises
• Critical Infrastructure Protection
components to be incorporated into regional
exercises.
• Selected individual exercises may occur at
the discretion of GDEM on an as required
basis.
Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)
• Schedule designed to deconflict SNS and regional
exercises.
• Initial area for SNS: El Paso, then the others of the 17
state population centers.
•SNS exercises will include a RSS (Receiving, Staging,
and Storage), some number greater than 1 of Points of
Dispensing (PODs) and some number of hospitals. Focus
on drilling the receipt, distribution and dispensing of the
SNS.
•Training PODs to be acquired by the state for SNS
exercises.
Exercise Requirements to Be Incorporated
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ODP
EMPG
GDEM standards
PANTEX (DOE)
FAA airport requirements
Sea Port
requirements/USCG
• Border Patrol
• EPA/TCEQ (border
exercises)
• Cyber Security where
applicable
• TXDOT
• HMEP (hazmat
preparedness)
• Nuclear/Radiation
(NRC/FEMA/DOE/DSHS)
• TAHC (Animal Health)
• DSHS (small animals)
• Parks and Wildlife (wild
animals)
• Hurricane Exercises
• School exercises
• TX ANG (6th CST)
• DOD
PH/MED Requirements to Be Incorporated
• DSHS (ER certification/mass casualty/hospital
licensing)
• HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration)
(Trauma Regional Advisory Councils & Dallas/Ft. Worth
Hospital Planning Council)
• CDC (Local Public Health Regions and Departments)
• SNS (Public Health Regions)
• MMRS (Metropolitan Medical Response System)
• International Cross Border Early Warning Infectious
Disease Surveillance Project (DSHS)
PH/MED Requirements to Be Incorporated
• Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) (DSHS)
• Mental Health
• CHEMPACK- nationwide project for the “forward”
placement of nerve agent antidotes
• BioWatch- "an early-warning system designed to detect
the release of biological agents in the air through a
comprehensive protocol of monitoring and laboratory
analysis." (DHS/EPA/DSHS)
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations – JACHO (Hospital Accreditation)
Five Year Plan Goal
State Goal:
• To have every jurisdiction participate in
both a Regional and a SNS exercise within 5
years beginning June 06.
Exercise Schedule
The following dates should now be confirmed:
• Orientation Meeting
• Scenario Planning Meeting
• Senior Officials Workshop
• PIO Training
• ICS Training/Table Top Exercise
(Aug 9, ‘06)
(Sep 20, ‘06)
(Oct 12, ‘06)
(Oct 24-25, ‘06)
(Nov 7-9, ‘06)
(Indicate # of classes desired at least 4 weeks prior to above date and if any
PH sessions are desired)
• Tabletop Exercise
• Regional Exercise
(Dec 5, ‘06)
(Jan 23-25, ‘07)
Month
Exercise Type
Location
May
Proposed Exercises
for 2006
Hurricane
Statewide
(coastal evacuation,
Exercise
contra flow, sheltering,
continuity of government)
June
Regional
Dallas, Ft Worth, Arlington/
North Central Texas COG
August
Regional
Amarillo-Panhandle Regional
Planning Commission
September
Regional
San Angelo-Concho Valley
Council of Governments
October
2 Regionals
•San Antonio-Alamo COG
•Lubbock-South Plains COG
December
Regional
Laredo- South Texas
Development Council
Month
Exercise Type
Location
Proposed Exercises for 2006
January
Regional
Houston/Galveston
Brazoria COG
February
Regional/
SNS
• Austin/Cap COG
• El Paso
March
1 Regional
Lufkin- NacogdochesDeep East Texas COG
April
2 Regionals
• Wichita Falls-Nortex
Regional PC
• Midland/OdessaPermian Basin Regional
PC
Proposed Exercises for 2006
REGIONAL EXERCISES
SNS EXERCISE
11 Exercises
1 Exercise
June 06 - April 07
February 07
Pre Orientation
Pre Orientation
Orientation
Orientation
Planning
Planning
SOW (optional)
ICS/TTX
PIO (optional)
TTX
ICS/TTX (optional)
SNS Exercise
TTX
Regional Exercise
Proposed Exercises for 2006
Program Director
Hank Lawson
hank.lawson@teexmail.tamu.edu
(979) 458-6923
GDEM Exercises Program Managers
Jim Sachtleben
Ralph Staplin
Tom Felts
james.sachtleben@teexmail.tamu.edu
ralph.staplin@teexmail.tamu.edu
tom.felts@teexmail.tamu.edu
(979) 458-6853
(979) 458-6880
(979) 458-6948
Exercise Program Coordinators
Debby Hassel
Gary Meaney
Jerry Maxwell
Karen Wilcox
Keith Stephens
Lupe Sosa
Mike Dodd
Ron Hilliard
Roy Robinson
debby.hassel@teexmail.tamu.edu
gary.meaney@teexmail.tamu.edu
jerry.maxwell@teexmail.tamu.edu
karen.wilcox@teexmail.tamu.edu
keith.stephens@teexmail.tamu.edu
lupe.sosa@teexmail.tamu.edu
michael.dodd@teexmail.tamu.edu
ron.hilliard@teexmail.tamu.edu
roy.robinson@teexmail.tamu.edu
Brown = Pre-Orientation
Black = Orientation (Exercise Program)
Red = Planning (Scenario Meeting)
Blue = ICS/Tabletop (TTX)
Pink = SOW (Senior Officials Workshop)
Orange = PIO (Public Info Training)
Gold = RE or SNS TTX
Green = RE or SNS (Regional Exercise or SNS)
(979) 458-6946
(979) 458-6813
(979) 458-7784
(979) 458-6964
(979) 458-7775
(979) 458-7792
(979) 458-6750
(979) 458-7797
(979) 458-7790
Exercise personnel : first PC initial is lead for designated event.
(HL) = Hank Lawson: (TF) = Tom Felts; (JS) = Jim Sachtleben; (RS) =
Ralph Staplin; (MD) = Mike Dodd; (DH) = Debby Hassel; (RH) = Ron
Hilliard; (JM) = Jerry Maxwell; (GM) = Gary Meaney; (RR) = Roy
Robinson; (LS) = Lupe Sosa; (KS) = Keith Stephens;
(KW) = Karen Wilcox;
27 June 2006
Texas GDEM WMD/Terrorism Exercise Program 2006-2007 (Proposed)
July
06
4: Independence Day
6: Orientation
ALAMO AREA
(18) (TF/KW)
11-13: ICS/TTX
PANHANDLE
REGIONAL (1)
(JS/RH)
11: Pre Orient
South Texas
Development
Council (19)
(JS/DH)
12: Pre Orient
HOUSTONGALVESTON (16)
(TF/MD)
18: Orientation
SOUTH PLAINS
(2) (RS/GM)
28: SOW RE
Concho Valley
COG (10)
(RS/RR)
26: TTX
Panhandle COG
RE (1) (JS/RH)
August
06
1-3: ICS/TTX
Concho Valley COG
(10) (RS/RR)
8-10: RE
PANHANDLE
REGIONAL (1)
(JS/RH)
9: Orient
HOUSTONGALVESTON (16)
(TF/MD)
10: Orientation
South Texas
Development
Council(19) (JS/DH)
16: Planning
ALAMO AREA (18)
(TF/KW)
22: Planning
SOUTH PLAINS (2)
(RS/GM)
22-23: PIO ALAMO
AREA (18) (TF/KW)
September
06
4: Labor Day
6-8: ICS/TTX RE
ALAMO AREA (18)
(TF/KW)
6: Pre-Orientation
RE CAPITOL AREA
(RS/LS)
7: Planning South
Texas Development
Council (19) (JS/DH)
12-14:RE Concho
Valley COG (10)
(RS/RR)
12-14: ICS/TTX
SOUTH PLAINS (2)
(RS/GM)
13: Pre Orient SNS
El Paso (8) (TF/KW)
19: TTX ALAMO
AREA RE (18)
(TF/KW)
20: Pre Orientation
DEEP EAST TEXAS
(5)(JS/KS)
20: Plan HOUSGALVESTON (16)
(TF/MD)
24: TTX Concho
Valley COG (10)
(RS/RR)
20-21: PIO South
Texas Development
Council (19) (JS/DH)
29-30: PIO SOUTH
PLAINS (2) (RS/GM)
27: TTX SOUTH
PLAINS RE (2)
(RS/GM)
27: SOW ALAMO
AREA (18) (TF/MD)
October
06
November
06
December
06
4: Orient CAPITOL
AREA (3) (RS/LS)
1: Planning DEEP
EAST TEXAS (JS/KS)
1 (cont): GDEM HLS
Conf
9: Columbus Day
2: Planning CAPITOL
AREA (3) (RS/LS)
5-7: RE South Texas
Development
Council (19) (JS/DH)
7-9: ICS/TTX
HOUSTONGALVESTON AREA
(16) (TF/MD)
5-6 PIO NORTEX
REGIONAL (3)
(RS/RR)
7-8: PIO DEEP EAST
TEXAS (5) (JS/KS)
5: TTX HOUSTONGALVESTON RE (16)
(TF/MD)
10-12: RE ALAMO
AREA (18) (TF/KW)
10: SOW RE SOUTH
PLAINS (2) RS/GM
12: SOW HOUSTONGALVESTON (16)
(TF/MD)
10: PRE-ORIENT
NORTEX REGIONAL
(3) (RS/RR)
12: PRE-ORIENT RE
PERMIAN BASIN (9)
(TF/JM)
18: SOW South Texas
Development Council
(19) (JS/DH)
24-25: PIO HOUSTONGALVESTON (16)
(TF/MD)
24-26: RE SOUTH
PLAINS (2) (RS/GM)
24-26: ICS/TTX South
Texas Development
Council (19) (JS/DH)
25: Orientation SNS El
Paso (8) (TF/KW)
8: TTX South Texas
Development Council
(19) (JS/DH)
8: Orientation
NORTEX REGIONAL
(3) (RS/RR)
8: ORIENTATION RE
PERMIAN BASIN
(9)(TF/JM)
14: Planning SNS El
Paso (8) (TF/KW)
14-15 PIO CAPITOL
AREA (3) (RS/LS)
23-24: Thanksgiving
27-1 Dec: GDEM HLS
Conference
5-7: ICS/TTX
CAPITOL AREA
(RS/LS)
6: SOW DEEP EAST
TEXAS (5) (JS/KS)
7: Planning RE
PERMIAN BASIN (9)
(TF/JM)
12-13: PIO RE
PERMIAN BASIN (9)
(TF/JM)
12: SOW CAPITOL
AREA (3) (RS/LS)
13: Planning
NORTEX REGIONAL
(3) (RS/RR)
23-31: Christmas
Holidays
25: Orientation DEEP
EAST TEXAS (5)
(JS/KS)
27 June 2006
Texas GDEM WMD/Terrorism Exercise Program 2006-2007 (Proposed)
January
07
9-11: ICS/TTX SNS
El Paso (8)
(TF/KW)
9-10: PIO DEEP
EAST TEXAS (5)
(JS/KS)
16: SOW RE
NORTEX
REGIONAL (3)
(RS/RR)
16: TTX CAPITOL
AREA RE (3)
(RS/LS)
18: SOW RE
PERMIAN BASIN
(9) (TF/JM)
23-25: ICS/TTX
DEEP EAST
TEXAS (5) (J/KS)
February
07
March
07
1: TTX SNS El
Paso (8) (TF/KW)
1: SNS El Paso (8)
(TF/KW) (cont. fm
27-28 Feb)
13-15: RE
CAPITOL AREA
(RS/LS)
1: ICS/TTX RE
PERMIAN BASIN
(9) (TF/JM)
13-15: ICS/TTX RE
NORTEX
REGIONAL (3)
(RS/RR)
13: TTX NORTEX
REGIONAL RE (3)
(RS/RR)
15: TTX DEEP
EAST TEXAS RE
(5) (JS/KS)
27-28: ICS/TTX RE
PERMIAN BASIN
(9) (TF/JM)
April
07
May
07
June
07
10-12: RE
NORTEX
REGIONAL (3)
(RS/RR)
24-26: RE
PERMIAN BASIN
(9) (TF/JM)
15: TTX PERMIAN
BASIN RE (9)
(TF/JM)
20-23: RE DEEP
EAST TEXAS (5)
(J/KS)
27-28: SNS El
Paso (8) (TF/KW)
(thru 1 March)
23-25: RE
HOUSTONGALVESTON
AREA (16)
(TF/MD)
27 Jun 2006
COG Name/Abbreviation/Headquarters (major population centers)
Panhandle Regional Planning Commission (COG Region 1)
PRPC
AMARILLO
South Plains Association of Governments (COG Region 2)
SPAG
LUBBOCK
Nortex Regional Planning Commission (COG Region 3)
NORTEX
WICHITA FALLS
North Central Texas Council of Governments (COG Region 4)
NCTCOG
ARLINGTON (DALLAS/FT. WORTH, OTHERS)
Ark-Tex Council of Governments (COG Region 5)
ARK-TEX
TERXARKANA
East Texas Council of Governments (COG Region 6)
ETCOG
KILGORE (LONGVIEW)
West Central Texas Council of Governments (COG Region 7)
WCTCOG
ABILENE
Rio Grande Council of Governments (COG Region 8)
RGCOG
EL PASO
Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (COG Region 9)
PRPC
MIDLAND-ODESSA
Concho Valley Council of Governments (COG Region 10)
CVCOG
SAN ANGELO
Heart of Texas Council of Governments (COG Region 11)
HOTCOG
WACO
Capital Area Planning Council (COG Region 12)
CAPCOG
AUSTIN
Brazos Valley Council of Governments (COG Region 13)
BVCOG
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION
Deep East Texas Council of Governments (COG Region 14)
DETCOG
JASPER (LUFKIN-NACOGDOCHES)
South East Texas Regional Planning Commission (COG Region 15)
SETRPC
BEAUMONT (PORT ARTHUR ORANGE)
Houston-Galveston Area Council (COG Region 16)
H-GAC
HOUSTON (GALVESTON, TECAS CITY, OTHERS)
Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission (COG Region 17)
GCRPC
VICTORIA
Alamo Area Council of Governments (COG Region 18)
H-GAC
SAN ANTONIO
South Texas Development Council (COG Region 19)
STDC
LAREDO
Coastal Bend Council of Governments (COG Region 20)
CBCOG
CORPUS CHRISTI
Lower Rio Valley Development Council (COG Region 21)
LRGVDC
MACALLEN (HARLINGEN, BROWNSVILLE)
Texoma Council of Governments (COG Region 22)
TEXOMA
SHERMAN
Central Texas Council of Governments (COG Region 23)
CTCOG
BELTON
Middle Rio Grande Development Council (COG Region 24)
MRGDC
CARRIZO SPRINGS (UVALDE)
GDEM/NERRTC Contact Info
Governor’s Division of Emergency Management (GDEM)
Jack Colley
(Chief)
(512) 424-2443
jack.colley@txdps.state.tx.us
Steve Vaughn
(State Coordinator for Operations)
(512) 424-2434
steve.vaughn@txdps.state.tx.us
Gary Weeks
(512) 424-5347
Terrorism Preparedness
gary.weeks@txdps.state.tx.us
National Emergency Response & Rescue Training Center (NERRTC/TEEX)
Mike Dodd (979) 458-6750
michael.dodd@teexmail.tamu.edu
Tom Felts
tom.felts@teexmail.tamu.edu
(979) 458-6948
Hank Lawson (979) 458-6923
hank.lawson@teexmail.tamu.edu
GDEM RLOs
Governor’s Division
of Emergency
David Solis
Management
RLO 5B Amarillo
(806) 468-1414
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(325) 795-4029
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(432) 498-2175
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South Texas
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(281) 517-1353
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Steve Reddish
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RLO Sub 4A El Paso
(915) 849-4005
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Deborah Donahue
RLO 1B Tyler
(903) 939-6072
Dennis Baker
RLO 6A Waco
254-759-7165
Kari Tatro
RLO Sub 2B Lufkin
936-634-4638
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Fernando Perez
PLO Sub 8B Del Rio
830-703-1249
Steve Gladstone
RLO 3B San Antonio
(210) 531-4325
Danny Zitterich
RLO Sub 2C Pierce
979-337-1015
David Lebsack
RLO 6B Austin
(512) 997-4117
Doug Crabtree
RLO 6C Bryan
(979) 776-3187
Jay Hall
Al Guarino
RLO 2B Beaumont
RLO 2C Conroe
(409) 924-5427
(936) 442-2868
Jennifer Hawes
RLO 2A Houston
(281) 517-1317
Juan Gonzalez
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RLO Sub 8A Laredo
Dennis Guffey
Starr
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956-728-2200
Randy Sijansky RLO S2A Texas City
Hidalgo
RLO 3A Corpus Christi 409-938-7899
Cameron
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(361) 698-5650
RLO 8A McAllen
As of 7/7/05
(956) 984-5656
QUESTIONS?
Expected Participation
• Will your agency participate in the exercise? If so,
to what level?
• Do you want to activate an EOC? (If so, it should
be for both days of the exercise.) How many
participants would staff the EOC?
•Are there any unique exercise requirements that
you'd like to accomplish? Any specific WMD agents
desired, locations, and so forth?
• Please bring this information to the Orientation
meeting with you and communicate with Mike Dodd
between now and then. Thanks.
Preparing Texas Today...
Houston Galveston Area Council
Regional Exercise
Pre-Orientation
July 12, 2006
Houston, Texas
A Texas Community Partnership
...for Tomorrow’s Challenges
Governor’s Division of Emergency Management
Office of the Governor