Emergency Management

WHAT WE DO

Emergency Management is charged with coordinating the City of Weatherford’s emergency management program and managing Weatherford’s public safety communication infrastructure. This is accomplished by developing emergency plans, offering disaster preparedness and safety training, conducting drills and exercises, participating in public education programs, preserving, and improving public safety communication infrastructure and mass notification systems. The program operates through the four phases of emergency management in an all-hazards approach to properly prepare for disasters, coordinate response efforts, provide timely recovery assistance, and implement projects to try to prevent and/or lessen the impacts of disasters.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Collaborated with city departments and other local government agencies in response to COVID-19 pandemic, historic winter weather and flooding events.

• Completed reimbursement process for February disaster.

• Established a maintenance program for Outdoor Warning System (OWS).

• FEMA and TDEM approved the Parker County Hazard Mitigation Plan.

• Deployed a demo of the Nitro LTE system to support the management of public safety efforts during The Peach Festival.

• Assisted with management and coordination of several multi-agency high hazard emergencies.

PROJECTS IN PROGRESS

• Hazard Mitigation and Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant applications.

• Earth Networks weather monitoring and lightning alerting program implementation.

• RapidWarn Outdoor Warning System automated activation and monitoring program implementation.

• City radio system infrastructure and communications expansion.

• Collaborate with departments and governmental agencies to help communicate to the public during an emergency or crisis event within the City of Weatherford.

• Provide Stop the Bleed training to Weatherford Citizens in collaboration with Weatherford Public Safety and the hospital district.