HomeMy WebLinkAbout05 BCCD Minutes and Attachments 05.17.1977 BRAZOS COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE
COUNCIL MEETING
May 17, 1977, 4:00 P.M. (Tuesday)
Coumdssioners' Courtroom.
PRESENT: Judge W. R. Vance
Louis Odle
North Bardell
Elery Ash=
Arvin Byrd
Jake Canglose
Ben Wormeli
PRESIDING: Jake Canglose
TOPIC: EMERGENCY OPERATING CENTER
During the past monthly Civil Defense Meetings emphasis has been given
to the need for a functional Emergency Operating Center in the event of a
major disaster.
Monday, May 16, 1977, at 10:30 AM, Charles Hunter of Waco and Jake
Canglose met in the College Station Police Department with Cheif Marvin Byrd,
and J.M. Bearver (the man with the plan). They reviewed the plans for the
new College Station Police Station to see if a section of it could qualify
for Federal Aid as an S.O.C. It developed that Brayn- College Station is
now rated in category three requiring 15 P.S.I. protection and this would
of reach because of the cost of 1/2 the amount need to be put up by College
Station to qualify for Federal Matching Funds. Category our previous
rating has been one.
At this May 17, 1977, meeting it was felt that an E.O.C. in the Bryan -
College Station, Brazos County Area that meets the nuclear blast category
three requirements is probably out of reach now.
Natural disaster Emegerency Operating Centers are scheduled for im-
provements in Bryan and College Station.
The need for a Central Brazos County, Bryan and College Station Emer-
gency Operation Center was acknowledged, this would come into operation
in the event that a disaster extended beyond the capacity of either City
E.O.C. to handle.
It was decided that a Central E.O.C. should be considered in present
building that may be suitable and especially when new buildings are being
constructed for either city or the county. The proposed new jail was suggested.
Communications facilities with standby power are a primary essential
for an effective E.O.C. Bryan, College Station, and the Brazos County Sheriff
use different radio wave lengths. A central E.O.C. will need to be able
to communicate with all three. The sheriff's radio wavelength matches that
of the Department of Public Safety (DPS).
The population of Brazos County is considered to be 93,000. This figure
is used in determining Revenue Sharring Funds and is determined on a for-
mula basis.