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Home My WebLink About02 BCCD Minutes and Attachments 02.05.1976 CIVIL DEh`EESE MONTHLY MEETING - FEBRUARY 5, 1976 Present: North Bardell, Carroll Bell, Jake Canglose, James Presswood, and B. C. Wormeli Jake Canglose: Presiding • Preparedness Conference in Austin, Texas February 25 - 26. Plans to attend discussed. • DCPA Budget and Program. F41977 Letter 2/4/76 from State Coordinator, Earion P. Bowden - Plans to restrict use of funds to Nuclear Preparedness and discontinue support for Natural Disaster Preparedness. Need to contact Senators and Congressmen to reconsider. • County and City plans for Disaster Preparedness were renewed. '_farther revisions will l complete. ��- > 65s Pi'Q 6 — R e cl r CC)'J I?orth Monday 2/2/7 0 2,./ CJ 7 6 Bardell: West wind 15 -21 MPH, Humidity 15 L o C cdu S/5 J Gv tl•-f t S eA - Tc6.'V RR car had a hot box - set fire in grass - 3 places; NE corner - Wellborn Road (2154) and 2818 - West Bypass spread to Barron Rd. Fire Units: CS 4 "'1'S 3 Bryan 1 $ Units Shafer College Station - Decided primary responsibility to protect College Road Station property, rather than county property - Built fire Break. Hwy. 6 Graham Road - Trucks Used water to protect residence mobil homes ran out of Water Barron Road - N N r Observations - L ` Jake C: Dispatcher may need code. 7 I'D 1. The first thing had to clear radio net, bring spades, etc. and D o N l r yUttspeed limits 2. Called people to meet at Hwy, 6 and Graham Road - didn't know where it was. ---- eSnfrogON CU 44 ARa . x16144 Pa r N r / -N 3. Didn't have enough Police to cordon off the area. e �Q.--- 4. Man with hand -held radio in airplane to direct fire fighting. Hand -held radio didn't work in plane relayed them r — FA 7 Welborn 5. Had no salt tablets and drinking water for the hot firemen - Road Parks & Recreation man brogght from swimming pool. One man went down got an ambulance on stand -by. Ilan can 6. Set up Field Command Post 51 / iV /= $ze /r(-f work about Young City Mgr. 12 ) ,, Fire Chief needs to be in command. LM // Nw e l9 7 4.5 nt r ,///s - 1 - Meeting - 2/5/76 Ocean- 7. CS Fire trucks came in from Bryan fire at 1 :30 P.M. ography Men were exhausted. Internat- Then fire at Skaggs. Tonal Ran out of fuel -1st Plan to get 10 Containers to serve cars. Which trucks have car size nozzles? Pm. Ole.,,Ai v € 4,t-e? ;. ,/ B.C. Contact gasoline dealers v' Wormeli: ILey driverts phone numbers: $. Need for emergency tools, spades, brooms. Criswel.l.s - One man picked up 20 brooms. fi Y t Cut an old fire hose into 6 ft. 14 /1 j / ' 1. City employees response excellent (55 to 60) during working hours CS had about 80 employees on this fire. 2. No reserve fire Police Utility-people left in C.S. (Could Bryan Police cover CS temporarily) 3. Commandeered people and equipment. - Tractors earth moving - response excellent. A 1S Units? 4. Panic clatitaistfivoicelion radio will cause endless problem. :4, 5. Field Commander must have absolute control. Don't panic. 6. CBtrs didntt contribute, just drove around and talked. B.C. Wormeli i is : Survey and Report Croaker Sacks ) they Cost Burlap bags Who has them Ilow many in a bale By the 100 By the 1000 Rural Fires: Notify Precinct Commissioner Notify Sheriff's Office They will be in on assessing damages. Needs: Need for more grater trucks? Texas Forest Service ;SP Need for Hydrants - (mss) on rural water lines to resupply water of fire fighting units. 3 :04 P.M. - a Alarms - Broke big one about 4:00. Under control about 5:00 P.M. Southwood Valley Addition - Watered roofs and area. - 2 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WILSON E. SPEIR DIVISION OF DISASTER EMERGENCY SERVICES CD-12 Director �� M. P. BOWDEN C' t /" L � State Coordinator Date February 5, 1976 TO: Civil Defense Director Addressed FROM: Marion P. Bowden, State Coordinator SUBJECT: DCPA Budget and Program for FY 1977 Reference is made to Memorandum from this Division dated February 4, 1976, Subject as above. The attached "Extract From Secretary of Defense's Annual Defense Department Report For Fiscal Year 1977 (Posture Statement)" is forwarded for information. EXTRACT FROM SECRETARY OF DEFENSE'S ANNUAL DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1977 (POSTURE STATEMENT) f. Civil Defense State and local nuclear disaster preparedness is deemed essential to the conduct of life saving operations in an attack emergency situation. For this reason, the Defense Department has provided direction, guidance, and assistance (including direct financial aid) to support the operations and readiness of State and local disaster preparedness programs since 1961. Last year about $43 million was provided to such State and local programs. This support has been used by State and local governments for both natural and nuclear disaster preparedness and has contributed to the development of a common nationwide State and local level preparedness base. This approach is now being changed. Rather than continue Defense Department funding in support of the common total peacetime State and local level preparedness base, through funding provided in the Civil Defense program, the FY 1977 budget request reduces those elements of the program which should be supported by State and local governments. An example of funding that will be eliminated are those State and local programs primarily required for natural rather than nuclear disaster preparedness. We will continue to provide resources which are necessary to nuclear disaster preparedness. Under this concept, reductions will be made in "matching funds" assistance to State and local agencies, staff personnel in State and local emergency preparedness agencies, procurement of emergency vehicles and equipment which are used for peacetime community rescue operations, and construction funds for Emergency Operation Centers in areas which have a low probability of being directly affected by nuclear attack. Headquarters staff and activities will also be reduced in line with the revised scope of the program. The Department will continue to assist activities at the State and local level which other Federal, State and local agencies would not be expected to support since they relate pri- marily to nuclear preparedness. The goal of protecting the population will consist of two key program elements: -- The continued development of plans for relocation of the population from high risk areas near key military installations and /or major metro- politan areas, including provision of fallout protection in areas where evacuees are to be temporarily relocated; and -- Protection for the population of high risk areas (essentially in- place) in the best available shelter against all the effects of nuclear attack in situations where warning time or other circumstances preclude relocation, and protection against nuclear fallout for the population in the remainder of the nation. Shelter facilities (in existing buildings) must be identified and plans prepared for their emergency use by the public. Supporting programs would include a national civil defense warning system, a nationwide civil defense communications capability, a radio- logical defense system, and development and maintenance of Emergency Operating Centers in high (nuclear attack) risk areas. The current Civil Defense programs seems best suited to a posture of planning in peacetime for surging in a crisis. Such a program will keep peacetime Civil Defense costs low, while at the same time providing the basis to permit expanding the peacetime disaster preparedness base to provide an increased capability in times of nuclear crisis. The Department is requesting $71 million for Civil Defense in the FY 1977 budget (compared to about $87 million last year). The FY 1977 funding includes $7 million for warning and communications which, prior to this year, has been in the Army's budget. • Washington, D. C. January 22, 1976 The representatives of the National Association of State Directors for Disaster Preparedness and the United States Civil Defense Council in conference this date agree that each organization cannot accept the changes in concept or the funding level for Fiscal Year 1977 as presented by the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency and further agree that they will pursue the two principles of activity as delineated herein: In order to continue the preparedness and ,response programs on an interim basis the following short range remedies should be sought --- I. An F Y 7 7 Budget request of one- hundred- twenty -three million dollars. 2. Seek an expression from Co--igrecs to indicate th"t it is their intent that D CPA shall have authority to continue to disburse federal funds for support of States and their polit �� 1 slll-)ril visi.nn s_in....a,.ocoz.da _ th standing established federal policies and precedents. • • • • • • • '^ w .•.s>xwransraas.,m*wv..,w,.��«. win... <ae.wa.,, • vm'+a.wna. - sue NOTE: This is a copy of O' (Office of %nagement & Budget) to Secretary of Defense and Director of DCPA. It will eliminate approximately 1.4 Million Dollars to Local Governments in 1 e.;as . After June 30, 1976 all Federal Asst. programs and monies to Local Gover nments will be limited to Nuclear Disaster Preparedness. DCPA MISSION STATEMENT Federal, State and local natural disaster organizations are heavily dependent upon DCPA for support. DCPA funding provides a base of resources, common to both natural and nuclear preparedness, upon which they develop their natural disaster programs. • This situation will be reversed. DCPA will build its peculiar nuclear disaster requirements upon the common base provided by other Federal, State and local agencies for natural disaster preparedness. DCPA should recognize and rely upon this common base and provide only those additional resources which are peculiar to nuclear disaster preparedness. In effect: DCPA will reduce and /or eliminate functions which should be supported by other Federal agencies, and State and local governments be- cause they are required for natural disaster preparedness. Under this concept, reductions will be made in: (1) DCPA staff personnel (P&A) who are in State and local offices which we feel are being utilized for natural disaster preparedness. (2) Procurement of emergency vehicles and equipment which are justi- fied as civil defense vehicles but which are used mainly for normal community rescue operations, and (3) Construction funds for Emergency Operation Centers in areas which have a low probability of being affected by a nuclear weapon. DCPA will continue to support functions which other Federal, State and local agencies would not be expected to support since they relate mainly to nuclear preparedness. These will include: (1) The National Communication and Warning System which is required for citizen notification in case of nuclear attack; (2) Preparation and publication of material relating to nuclear disaster preparedness. (3) Procurement and maintenance of radiological monitors to Treasure the effects of radioactive contamination; and (4) Planning related to the city evacuation program. Attachment A