Texas ESF-9 Search and Rescue Jeff B. Saunders Operations Chief Texas Engineering Extension Service Urban Search & Rescue Division
TEEX ESF-9 TEEX is Lead Agency Develops Annex R to State Plan Coordinates State SAR Response State Support Agencies Include: TxMF, TFS, TPWD, GLO, DPS, TXDOT, others ESF-9 Overhead Component Joint Management Structure for SAR Ops Module #: Title 2
Module #: Title 3 ESF-9 Overview TEEX ESF-9 Staffing Coordination Center State Operations Center DDC Liaison EOC Liaison Search and Rescue Overhead Team Air Coordination Group Tactical Joint Air/Ground Coordination Team
TEEX ESF-9 Responsibilities Develop the State s SAR Incident Action Plan Provide / coordinate SAR resources Support personnel, equipment, & supplies Coordination with local government Response Capability Regional Response Teams Module #: Title 4
Situation and Assumption Texas has always been plagued by various weather systems that have a potential for large-scale disasters. Because of the diverse topography in Texas, flash flooding can be expected with every rainstorm that strikes. With a large influx of new residents and increased commercial and residential development throughout Texas, the potential for mass-casualty disaster is ever present.
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Module #: Title 7 ESF-9 Overview NHC Advisory 33 8-9-08 2200 CDT
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Module #: Title 9 ESF-9 Overview NHC Advisory 42 8-12-08 0400 CDT
Situation and Assumption Statistics show that 90 percent of all savable victims of disasters are saved within the first few hours following such an occurrence. Pre-staged state Search and Rescue assets, increase the opportunity to successfully rescue victims of natural disasters. Water Strike Teams and aviation assets will provide more immediate relief to victims and the communities they live in.
Module #: Title 11 ESF-9 Overview Hurricane Ike Search & Rescue Resources In Texas 091008/1000 Additional SAR Aviation Assets USCG HH-60s Lake Charles (2) USCG HH-65s New Orleans (5) Austin Nation Parks Service 30 Boats/65 Personnel El Paso Hudspeth San Antonio TX-TF1 QRF (1) TX-TF1 Water Rescue Teams (3) TPWD: 25 Boats/55 Wardens Austin - Bergstrom TxMF UH-60 Helicopters (04) Dallam m Hartle y Oldham Deaf Smith Bailey Lamb ShermanHansfordOchiltreeLipscomb Moor e Potter Hale Roberts Hemphill Hutchinson Carso n Gray RandallArmstrong Donle y Wheeler Collingsworth Parmer Castro Swisher Briscoe Hall Childress Hardeman Floyd Motley Cottle Wilbarger Foard Wichita CochranHockleyLubbock Crosby Dicken King Knox Baylor Archer Cook Grayso Fannin Lamar Red s e n Delta River Bowie Denton Titus Yoaku Terry Lynn Garza Kent Stonewal Haskell Young Jack Wise Collin Hunt Hopkins m l Throckmorton Cass Camp Rockwall Rains Wood Mario Gaines Dawson Jones Shackelford Palo Parker Upshur Borden Scurry Fisher Tarrant Stephens Pinto Dallas n Kaufman Van Harriso Hood Zandt Gregg n Ellis Smith Andrews Martin Mitchell Nolan Taylor CallahanEastland Johnson Howard ErathSomervell Henderso Panola Navarro n Rus Glasscock Hill k Loving Winkler Ecto Coke Colema Comanche Bosque Midland Cheroke Sterling Runnels n Brown Anderson Shelby r e Hamilton Freestone Nacogdoche Culberson Ward McLennan Crane Mills Limestone s San Upton Reagan Tom Augustine Concho Coryell Leon Houston Reeves Irion Green Falls Angelina Sabine McCulloch San Lampasas Saba Bell Trinit Robertson Jasper Madison y Newton Pecos Schleicher Menard Mila Polk Tyler Jeff Crockett Mason Llano Burnet Walke m Brazo San Davis s Grimes r Sutton Kimble Burleson Jacinto Blanco Montgomery Hardi Travis Lee Terrell Gillespie Washington n Liberty Orange Presidio Hays Bastrop Val Edwards Kerr Waller Kendall Jefferson Brewster Verde Comal Fayette Austin Real Harris Caldwell Bandera Chambers Guadalupe Colorado Fort Kinney Uvalde Gonzales Lavaca Bend Galveston Medin Bexar Wharton a Wilson Brazoria DeWitt Maverick Zavala Frio Atascosa Karnes Jackson Matagorda Victoria Goliad Calhoun Dimmit La Salle McMullen Bee Refugio Laredo TxMF UH-60 Helicopters (04) Edinberg Airport TxMF UH-60 Helicopters (04) TX-TF1 Helicopter Rescue (04) McAllen USCG Rescue Helicopters (3) Mount Pleasant TPWD Boats 30/40Wardens Webb Zapata Starr Liv e Oa Jim k Duval Well s Jim Hogg Rusk TPWD Boats 35/50 Wardens Dallas TPWD Boats 35/55 Wardens Clay Montague Nuece s Kleber g Brooks Kenedy Hidalgo Willacy Aransas San Patricio Cameron Franklin Morris ESF-9 Liaison Teams SOC (02) ESF-9 LNO Mabry (1) DDC Houston (1) DDC San Antonio (1) Choke canyon TPWD: 10 Boats/30 Wardens College Station TEEX ESF-9 Coordination Center (6) Reliant Center - Houston ESF-9 Overhead Team (1) TX-TF1 Type I US&R (1) TX-TF2 Type III US&R (1) TX-TF1 Water Squads (6) Mobile Command Vehicle (1) FEMA Blue IST Team (1) FEMA Type I (3) FEMA Type III (6) NPS Boat Teams (21) Houston TPWD: 27 Boats/55 Wardens Ellington Field NGB Rescue Helos (03) NGB Rescue C-130s (02) GLO Resources Upper Coast: Nederland/LaPort (10 Boats/32 personnel) Mid Coast: Port Lavaca/Corpus (04 Boats/06 personnel) Lower Coast: Corpus/Brownsville (11 Boats/29 personnel
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