HomeMy WebLinkAboutCounty Plan Annex Q Supply Service 1968 State of Texas
Operational Survival Plan
COUNTY PLAN •
Annex Qo Supply Service g
I. MISSION AND SITUATION
A. Mission
To procure, store and distribute essential items required
for ,survival of the county population and operation of the
county government under emergency conditions,
B.' Situation
1. General Situation (County Base Plan)
2 . Specific Situation
a. Most counties do not operate a central and /or
distribution warehouse from which county agencies
can draw essential supplies of general use.
b. Each department and /or agency of the county govern-
ment usually procures its operational and maintenance
supplies by sealed bids unless annual or term con-
tracts are in force.
c. Some counties utilize within their supply program
"local" bids and "emergency" purchases.
d. Federal Surplus property and matching fund programs
are available to County Civil Defense organizations
as a means of building a Civil Defense inventory.
II. ORGANIZATION
A. Organizational Chart (Hppe ndix 1)
B. Staff
The staff of the County Supply Service shall include a chief,
a requirements coordinator, a procurement section, a dis-
tribution section, an installation section, a record and re-
ports section and a transportation coordinator, all with
staffing personnel. The degree to which this staff recom-
mendation is utilized will depend, of course, upon the size
of the county and its proximity to target area,
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III. EXECUTION AND GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
A. Strategic Warning
The Chief of the Supply Service will:
1. Alert his staff personnel for duty on an emergency basis.
2. Establish County Supply Service office at bounty Control
Center,
3. Issue instructions to lower levels to carry out emergency
procedures.
4. Maintain close liaison with other county services in order
that control of supplies can be instantly instituted,
5. Advise commercial firms with large stock inventory of the
strategic situation and make recommendations for establishing
immediate alternate distributing centers.
B. Tactical Warning
1. All supply personnel will report to Control Center.
2. Institute all emergency procedures not carried out under
strategic warning.
3. Place into effect supply controls as determined by previ-
ous procedures and plans worked out with county agencies
and commercial firms.
C. No Warning
1. County Supply Service Staff personnel will take cover or
proceed to County Control Center if cover is available
there.
2. County Supply Service personnel in probable fallout areas
will take action to protect supplies from fallout.
D. Post- Attack
1. Establish contact with local and state supply authority.
2. Put into effect predesigned procedures for all County
areas to report amounts of supplies remaining in each
area as well as actual or anticipated shortages expected
due to influx of evacuees. Copies of these reports will
be passed on to the County Director of Civil Defense for
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transmittal to the State Coordinator of Defense and Disaster
Relief and his chief of economic requirements service.
3. Issue instructions to place into effect standard operating
procedures for the procurement and distrubition of sup-
plies and the security of supply installations.
4. Establish supply depots as required.
E. Supporting Forces
1. Federal Agencies
a. U.S, Department of Agriculture
b. U.S. Department of Commerce
c. General Service Administration
2, State Agencies
a. State Department of Agriculture
b. Texas Department of Public Welfare
c, Texas Department of Public Safety
d. Texas Surplus Property Administration
3. Miscellaneous Agencies
a. Local agencies
b. Local commercial firms
IV. SUPPLY AND TRANSPORTATION
A. Supply
1,. Full use will be made of administrative supplies avail-
able locally.
2. Standard Operating Procedures will be.used in obtaining
all administrative supplies„
B. Transportation
1. Actual movement of all supply materials will be accom-
plished by the County Transportation Service. The County
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Supply Service / s Transportation Coordinator will coordinate
with the County Transportation Service all requirements for
the moving of supplies in expediting the procurement and /or
distribution programs.
2. Maximum use will be made of privately owned vehicles for
administrative purposes,
V. CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS
A. Control
The line of succession will be in accordance with the following
schedule:
1, Chief, County Supply Service
2, Requirements Coordinator
3, Transportation Coordinator
4, Coordinator, Procurement Section
5, Coordinator, Distribution Section
6. Coordinator, Installation Section
7, Coordinator, Records and Reports Section,
B. Communications
The County Supply Service will utilize communication facilities
in accordance with the County Communications Service, Annex B.
Chief, County Supply Service
County Civil Defense Director
REFERENCES: State Survival Plan, Annex Q, Supply Service,
The Supply Service, AG -6 -1
APPENDICES: 1. Organizational Chart
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Appendix Q -1 -5
SUPPLY SERVICE
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COUNTY PLAN
Appendix 1
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
COUNTY CIVIL
DEFENSE DIRECTOR
CHIEF
SUPPLY SERVICE
REQUIREMENTS TRANSPORTATION
COORDINATOR COORDINATOR
INSTALLATION PROCUREMENT DISTRIBUTION
SECTION SECTION SECTION
RE CORDS AND
REPORTS SECTION
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