Town of Flower Mound, Texas

2121 Cross Timbers Road
Flower Mound, Texas 75028
972.874.6000

For service requests or questions, email
townhall@flower-mound.com
or call 972.539.SERV. After hours, please call 972.539.0525.

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Emergency Management

What is Emergency Management?

Emergency management is a means of responding to large-scale emergencies or disasters. The lead federal agency for such activities is the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The lead agency at the state level is the Division of Emergency Management (DEM), in the Department of Public Safety. Flower Mound's Emergency Management division responds to issues on the local level.

There are four phases to the emergency management model: 1) Mitigation, 2) Preparedness, 3) Response and 4) Recovery.

Mitigation: Refers to actions taken before an event occurs to prevent or lessen the impact the event has to life and property. Examples of mitigation include; building codes, zoning ordinances, grant funding, and training.

Preparedness: Refers to activities, actions, procurements, planning, training and inter-jurisdictional cooperation designed to increase response readiness to identified hazards the community faces.

Response: Mobilization of resources to meet the needs of the community in response to the nature of the disaster. Mobilization includes local, county, state and federal resources as necessary. Response is usually associated with the period of time immediately after the event and necessary to ensure life safety issues are handled. Examples include; Fire and EMS services, Search and Rescue, debris removal, public works activities and law enforcement.

Recovery: Refers to long term mobilization of support operations that work toward returning the community to its pre-event condition. This period is usually when social services and volunteer organizations tasked with relief effort gear up. The greater the magnitude of the disaster the greater the recovery effort. What is the purpose of Emergency Management in Flower Mound?

The purpose of the division of Emergency Management is to coordinate the activities of various town departments responsible for continued operations during disasters, coordinate inter-local agreements for resource utilization, communicate with state and federal agencies, and provide education and training. Ultimately, the purpose of emergency management is to increase the town's capabilities to respond to the hazard that threaten the Town, all the while, preventing or reducing the impact of the hazards on the community.

Functions of Emergency Management:

Hazard Analysis
Capability Assessment
Emergency Operation Plan (EOP) Development
Functional Annex Development
Emergency Operation Center (EOC)
State and Federal Reporting
Public Education
Training

What ntural and man-made emergencies could impact Flower Mound?

Natural Hazards

Tornado
Flash Flood
Drought
Winter Storm
Wild Fire
Hurricane (lesser threat)
Earthquake (lesser threat)

Man-Made (Technological) Hazards

Airline disaster
Transportation (truck and rail)
Hazardous Materials (truck, rail, and pipeline)
Mass Gatherings
WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction)
Biological Agents
Disruptions in Services ( water, sewer, communications, travel,etc)

Division of Emergency Management (DEM)	www.txdps.state.tx.us/dem/
Taking Shelter from the Storm, Building a Safe Room	www.fema.gov/mit/saferoom
Federal Emergency Management Agency	www.fema.gov
Texas Homeland Security	www.texashomelandsecurity.com
American Red Cross, Dallas Chapter	www.redcrossdallas.org/brochure/index.htm
CodeRed Emergency Notification Service	https://login.coderedweb.com/codereddataentry/index.cfm?GroupId=1288

Contacts

972.874.6209

Emergency Management

emergencymanagement@flower-mound.com