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Housed within the Dallas Fire-Rescue Department’s
Communications Division, the Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP)
is responsible for coordinating the emergency management program
for the City of Dallas. Its program goals are to plan for and
maintain the public peace, health and safety during an emergency.
It does so by administering the City’s Master Emergency Operations
Plan (MEOP), which includes plans and preparations for protection,
relief, recovery and rehabilitation from the effects of a
disaster. The objective of these plans is to restore the City to
normal conditions as rapidly as possible after a disaster.
New !! Homeland
Security Advisory Graphic, shown above, will keep you up to dalte
on the current Terrorist Threat level.
Click here, or on the graphic above for an explanation of the
various threat levels.
The Office is
charged with assuring timely and adequate public warning of
potential or imminent disaster events, and providing
disaster-related safety information to the public and media. It
develops, coordinates, updates and exercises the MEOP and its
related standard operating procedures. OEP administers internal
programs associated with Presidential disaster declarations, and
works with state and federal offices to enhance disaster
preparedness efforts in Dallas. The Office of Emergency
Preparedness is available on a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week basis.
Web
Links:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Be Prepared, Not Afraid
The National Safety Council
"Emergency Evacuation Preparedness: Taking Responsibility For Your
Safety
A Guide For People with Disabilities and Other Activity
Limitations"
Emergency Management Web Links:
Texas Emergency Management
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
En Espanol
A Guide
to Citizen Preparedness (FEMA)
Disaster Help Page (FEMA)
Curious
to see how you can build a safe room inside your home?
Weather Links:
Current D/FW Radar Image
National Weather Service
The Weather Channel
Severe storms and how to protect you and your family.
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En
Espanol
City of
Dallas Outdoor Warning Sirens ---
En Espanol
The American Red Cross:
Red Cross Home Page
Terrorism -- Preparing for the Unexpected ---
En Espanol
NEW !!
Red Cross Family Disaster plan ---
En Espanol
Bioterrorism Web Links:
Information on bioterrorism
Information on
handling mail
Information on Dirty Bombs (improvised
radiological dispersion devices)
Center
for Civilian BioDefense Studies
Assessing the Risk of Workplace Anthrax
Advice for
Safeguarding Buildings Against Chemical or Biological Attack
This web site is
intended for emergency personnel and for building operators. It
contains our current advice for dealing with a biological or
chemical release in a building. It will be updated as our advice
changes. The advice on this site is appropriate for
small and medium-sized releases such as those that would be
expected from a terrorist attack, not for industrial-scale
releases such as those at Bhopal, India or Chernobyl, Ukraine.
Dallas Alert
Dallas
Alert is the cooperative result of both public and private
stakeholders in the Central Business District working together to
identify general responsibilities and appropriate actions to be
taken in preparing for, mitigating, responding to and recovering
from critical incidents. The primary consideration is life safety,
property protection, and evidence preservation. The next important
consideration is quick business resumption. The merit of these
preparedness measures maximizes personal and community security
and lessens economic loss.
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