| (a) Notification. The Texas Department of Public Safety
(DPS) has the responsibility for gathering information on actual or
threatened emergencies and disaster situations and transmitting such
information through channels to DPS state headquarters. Such information
will be sent as soon as practical and by the most expeditious means
available to:
(1) the director;
(2) public information office;
(3) assistant director, Texas Division of Emergency
Management;
(4) regional commander;
(5) captain of district where incident occurred;
(6) state coordinator;
(7) district coordinator; and
(8) others, as local policy dictates.
(b) Threatened emergency. When a threat of disaster
exists, a message will be sent containing, as a minimum, the following
information:
(1) type of emergency;
(2) area concerned;
(3) officials responsible for relief measures;
(4) method and point of contact with officials; and
(5) anticipated resource requirements.
(c) Emergency and postemergency information. During
an emergency or disaster or immediately thereafter, a message will
be sent reporting the following information as soon as possible:
(1) type of disaster;
(2) estimate of damage; and
(3) estimate of casualties and fatalities.
(d) Full reconnaissance report. As rapidly as a full
reconnaissance can be made of the disaster area, a message containing
the following information will be transmitted through channels to
DPS state headquarters:
(1) extent of area affected;
(2) condition of public utility, facilities, and communications;
(3) estimate of property damage;
(4) confirmation of the number of casualties and fatalities;
(5) location, phone number, or method of contact with
local control center; and
(6) outside assistance required, if any.
(e) Progress reports. During the course of a disaster
situation, progress reports will be made as often as necessary to
keep DPS personnel fully informed of existing conditions. Periodic
reports are necessary even though conditions and activities remain
unchanged.
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