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Home My WebLink About05 BCCD Minutes and Attachments 05.05.1977 BRAZOS COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE MEETING MAY 5, 1977, 5:00 P,M, PRESENT: Charles Phelps, Tom Brymer James Presswood Carroll Bell �! Mrs. Ann VSTatt (�lJ Jake Canglose Ben Wormeli PRESIDING: Jake Canglose, Community Director TOPIC: FLASH FLOODING 1. Flash flooding occurs on some sections of th street of Bryan and College Station. The Highway 21 underpass is a threat to drowning and is barricaded by police as soon as there is a threat of heavy rain- fall, Plans were discussed to identify the flood prone sections of street and marks a map shwoing these locations. This would be of real assistance for rains of two to five inches. Consideration was given to install street signs at these areas to warn automobile drivers of the flash flooding danger. 2. The cooperative agreements with Civil Defense (DCP) and Red Cross (ANRC) at the National State and local levels were reviewed by Jake Cnaglose. He gave copies of the National and Brazos County Agreements to Mrs. Ann Wyatt, who has been the local executive since February 1, 1977. Red Cross provides for the personal needs in the event of a National disaster. In wartime Red Cross is attached to the local gov- erment and serves to the exyent of its ability.. The state provides emergency funds to the local RedCross when needed in a disaster. 3, Major Phelps and a committee are meeting with Rev. Stone of the First Baptist Church May 6, to try to complete arrangements for a part of that building to servie as a temporary shelter when a tornado alert threatens this area. People from Mobile Homes in trailor parks are interested in this Church property when it is being used as a shelter. 4. Brymer and Phelps discussed the status of E.O.C. plans for the cities or county. Cnaglose will set up a meeting with Judge Vance, North Bardell, Louis Odle and Charles Phelps to review the potential of these emergency operating centers. 5. The siren warning potential for our cities was discussed. This is considered an auxillary warning. A new tone -alert unit is now available (It 39) that plugs into a home radio. It can be activated by public radio stations twenty -four hours a day to warn of threating weather. 6. On Sunday (7e -00 - 8 :30 PM A t he NBC TV Stations presented a "National Disaster Survival Test ". We assisted by presenting a press release to the local radio and TV Stations and to the local newspapers, 7. When fifty one cases are removed from Travis School, May 10, all of the Cereal - Based Shelter Rations (Crackers) will have been removed from the shelters of Brazos County. About 1300 Cases were donated to the TAMU Service Center and to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. BRAZOS 1 �� CO UNTY JAKE CANGLOSE OFFICE OF JAMES PRESSWOOD COUNTY D AND CHAIRMAN TEXAS AQM UNIVERSI7YDIREC70R E.E. BURNS CIVIL DEFENSE & EMERGENCY PLANNING GEORGE L. HUEBNER COUNTY DEPUTY DIRECTOR COUNTY COURTHOUSE COLLEGE STATION DIRECTOR J. LOU Is DOLE BRYAN,TEXAS 77801 NORTH BARDELL BRYAN DIRECTOR COLLEGE STATION DEPUTY DIRECTOR PRESS RELEASE April 26, 1977 NATIONAL DISASTER SURVIVAL TEST A National Disaster Survival Test will be presented on the NBC television network Sunday, May 1, at 8 pm,. Eastern Time. According to the National Safety Council, the test "will be concerned with all . aspects of safety -- public, home, and industrial, as well as traffic -- all within the context of disasters, large and small." • The NBC presentation will include actual disaster film footage obtained fo'rm DCPA, disaster scenes created in Hollywood, and interviews with disaster survivors and survival experts. It will concentrate on what people can do for personal protection. The objective is to reduce the potential for casualties and property damage in the future. In the naitonal Disaster Survival Test, questions on potential peacetime hazards and what can be done about them will be posed to a cross - section of Americans in four major U.S. Cities. Five present- ation, discussion, and report desks at a central location will be con- . . cerned respectively with survival of hazards created by (1) water, (2) wild, (3) ice and sun, (4) fire, and (5) earthquakes. Electronic :tabulation of resposes by studio audiences to test questions will be reported during the program. Test answers will be evaluated on (a) judgment, (b) Knowledge, (c) alertness, (d) stress, and (e) leadership.. Viewers may participate by using the attached test form, which may be reproduced. The form will be printed also in TV Guide. Your local city and county governments and the Brazos County Civil Defense Office urge all citizens to participate in this - .exercise. Jake Canglose - Brazos County Civil Defense Director The "Official Test Form" will be available this week in the Press and in the Eagle Sunday TV magazine section. 3 THE NATIONAL DISASTER SURVIVAL TEST A Warren V. Bush Production in cooperation with the National Safety Council NBC Television 8:00 p.m, Eastern Time, Sunday, May 1, 1977 OFFICIAL TEST FORM I. JUDGMENT I1. KNOWLEDGE 1. a b c d 1. T F 5. T F 8. T F 2. a b c d 2. T F 6. T F 9. T F 3. a b c d 3. T F 7. T F 10. T F Score 4. T F Score III. ALERTNESS 1. Yes No 2 I ist the number o f p dangers. Score IV. STRESS V. LEADERSHIP 1. Yes No 9. Yes No 1. a b c d 2. Yes No 10. Yes No 2. a b c d 3. Yes No 11. Yes No Score 4. Yes No 12. Yes No PRELIMINARY SCORE 5. Yes No 13. Yes No 6. Yes No 14. Yes No VI. SPECIAL SCORING 7. Yes No 15. Yes No 8. Yes No YOUR FINAL SCORE Score Use this test form to indicate your answers, to total your score, and to compare your score with your family, friends, NBC et E+ e�oP National other groups. n M Members of the National Safety Council may obtain addi- Television Safety tional information on disaster survival by contacting Council Network °�•'`~ Council headquarters, 444 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60611. •