Plans
State Operations Center
Emergency Operations Readiness Levels
Emergency Support Functions (ESFs)
Texas Government Code Chapter 418
100

This individual is assigned to each TDEM region and is responsible for reviewing Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs).

Who is the Regional Preparedness Coordinator/Planner?

100

The State Operations Center monitors this number of incidents per year.

What is 3,000-4,000?

100

When the scope of the incident expands beyond the response capability of local agencies, an emergency operations center should be designated at this readiness level.

What is Level I - Emergency Conditions?

100

The lead agency for ESF-11 is this state agency.

What is the Texas Animal Health Commission?

100

Unless renewed by the Governor, the state of disaster may not continue for more than this number of days.

What is 30 days?

200

The State of Texas Emergency Management Plan consists of a basic plan, functional annexes, and ____

What are hazard annexes?

200

These individuals convene at the State Operations Center during activation.

What is the Emergency Management Council?

200

An emergency operations center may be designated at this readiness level when a tropical weather system develops and there is escalating or immediate risk to the impact area

What is Level III - Increased Readiness?

200

This ESF focuses on Mass Care

What is ESF-6?

200

There are this number of disaster districts in the state of Texas.

What is 24?

300

Local plans should be reviewed this often.

What is annually?

300

The State Operations Center operates during these hours and on these days.

What is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (24/7)?

300

When daily operations continue and local responders resolve local emergency incidents in the area, an emergency operations center should be designated at this readiness level.

What is Level IV - Normal Conditions? 

300

The Texas A&M Forest Service focuses on firefighting in this ESF.

What is ESF-4?

300

This body shall assist the division (TDEM) in identifying, mobilizing, and deploying state resources to respond to major emergencies and disasters throughout the state.

What is the Emergency Management Council?

400

This must be obtained from the presiding officer(s) of the jurisdiction on the plan.

What is a signature?

400

The State Operations Center monitors emergency situations throughout the state and provides information on these events to these individuals.

Who are local, state, and federal officials?

400

Typical events at this readiness level include major tornado impacts, widespread flash flooding, major fire conditions, major medical emergencies and hurricane warnings.

What is Level II - Escalated Response

400

Private Sector coordination is a focus of this ESF.

What is ESF-14?

400

The Governor and a County Judge or mayor of a municipality may compel persons in an area stricken or threatened by a disaster to do this.

What is evacuate?

500

Jurisdictions must prepare this document and follow the planning standards of the Texas Division of Emergency Management.

What is an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP)?

500

This team is dedicated State Operations Center staff responsible for standardizing SOC management and operation during a disaster.

What is the State Management Team (SMT)?

500

General actions to be taken at each emergency operations readiness level are outlined in the annexes to this document.

What is the Basic Plan?

500

The focus of lead agency Department of Information Resources is _____

What is cybersecurity?

500

This serves as the state's primary entity for the planning, coordination, and integration of government communications capabilities.

What is the Texas Fusion Center?