Caldwell County Office of Emergency Management

    • The Caldwell County judge has overall responsibility for emergency management, preparedness, and response within the county. To assist the county judge in managing the day-to-day activities, there is a chief emergency management coordinator.

       

      Local emergency management programs include:

       

      • Carrying out public education relating to known hazards
      • Carrying out recovery activities in the aftermath of a disaster
      • Coordinating emergency response operations during incidents and disasters
      • Designing and implementing hazard mitigation programs
      • Emergency planning
      • Planning and conducting drills and exercises
      • Providing or arranging training for local officials and emergency responders
      • Threat identification and prevention activities

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    • The county also maintains an Emergency Operations Center (EOC), staffed by members of its various departments, that is activated to manage the response to major threats and incidents and coordinate internal and external resource support. Caldwell County operates under the National Incident Management System (NIMS) to standardize operations and responses with other state and federal responders.

       

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    • The County uses the Incident Command System (ICS) as our incident management scheme. Under ICS, an Incident Commander typically directs the on-scene response by local responders from a field command post set up at or near the incident site. Responders from Caldwell County and other neighboring counties and cities, along with state and federal responders that have been called on to assist when local resources are not sufficient to deal with a major emergency, are also integrated into the local ICS.

       

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Contact Emergency Management

 

Hector Rangel, Chief EMC

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Joann Garza-Mayberry, Deputy Chief EMC

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Office: 512-398-1822

Fax: 512-668-4838

Hector Rangel

Joann Garza-Mayberry