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Emergencies and disasters such as hurricanes,
floods, tornadoes, terrorist activities, fires,
explosions, transportation accidents, and other
potential hazards continuously threaten our
state. In response to these threats, state law
requires every political subdivision in Texas to
prepare and keep current a local or
inter-jurisdictional emergency management plan.
Each community's emergency management plan
should address the specific hazards that
community faces and describe how the community
expects to use its resources to protect its
citizens from those hazards and deal with
incidents, major emergencies, and disasters
arising from those hazards that may threaten
public health and safety or private and public
property.
In order to meet the requirements
for the basic level of preparedness, a
jurisdiction must have the following:
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