HomeMy WebLinkAbout03 BCCD Minutes and Attachments 03.06.1978 BRAZOS COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE MEETING
COMMISSIONERS COURT ROOM
MONDAY - MARCH 6, 1978 - 4 :30 P.M.
Attending: Bill Stasney, Bud Cargill, Walter Wilcox,
Gary Shaw, Ed Burns, Tom Brymer, Lloyd Joyce,
Harry Stiteler, Jake Canglose, Ben Wormieli,
Rufus Woody (Austin), Carroll Bell, Warren Heffington
Presiding: Jake Canglose
Topic I: Hazardous Materials Emergency Plan: Mr. Canglose
reviewed activities and plans to date. Emphasis was
on Hazardous Materials Disaster Team that is now pretty
well organized. Also need to identify and notify Fire
Chiefs of locations and contents of Hazardous Materials
in cities and county.
On January 30, 1978 at 1 p.m., a meeting was held in
the Municipal Bldg. (Bryan) at which Jake Canglose
presideri over the discussion by 19 men on plans for
handling Hazardous Materials problems.
On March 2, 1978, in the Commissioners Court Room, Jake
Canglose presided over a Hazardous Materials session and
presented a plan for local use. Rufus Woody gave a slide
presentation.
Topic II: Rufus Woody, Nuclear Civil Protection Planner, of DPS,
Dept. of Disaster Emergency Services, Austin, presented
a program of Crises Relocation Planning which is under-
way for Brazos and surrounding counties. A team of
men are surveying Brazos and the host counties; Grimes,
Burleson and Robertson.
He made a slide presnetation showing comparisons of the
U. S. and Russia situations on shelter and on relocation
planning and Nuclear Attacks Units.
The U. S. has 400 high risk areas with 33 of these in
Texas. Russia can hit every city in the U.S with
population over 50,000. The 100,000 population of
-2-
Bryan /College Station places us in Category II.
Mr Woody presented much of the material that is contained
in the DPS - DES publication, "Nuclear Civil Protection"
and "Crisis Relocation Planning ".
Mr. Woody will return with maps and detailed guidelines
for Brazos County use. These can be used to print the
supply of copies to be used by newspapers, etc. should
they be needed
On February 14, 1978, the 17th annual "Preparedness
Confersence for State and Local Officials" was attended by
Jake Canglose, Judge William R. Vance.
On February 23, at 7 :30 p.m. Jake Canglose presided at a
Tornado Spotters Training Program for the local REACT
membership. The attendence was 29. The new NOAA Tormado
plan was shown and Dr. Vance Moyer outlined reporting
proceedures for spotters.