Emergency ManagementMidland County City of Midland

M. Dale LittleMidland County Fire Marshal

Emergency Management Coordinator

Patrick RepmanDivision Fire Chief

Midland Fire DepartmentDeputy Emergency Mgmt. Coordinator

• Mitigation, Prepardiness, Response, Recovery

• Work with all agencies and coordinate the

activities during all disasters, manmade, weather, natural or terrorism.

• Being an Emergency Management Coordinator is like trying to balance rubber balls on top of each other or herding cats.

• Emergency Management came from the days of the Civil Defense and before 9/11/2001 we were just something that most people tolerated.

• After the 9/11 attack Emergency Management came more to the front and today we are in the front lines with the 4 phases of emergency management.

• Hurricanes • Texas responds to the threat of hurricanes

and like few other states prepares the entire emergency response community to respond.

• Fires in West Texas 2008• Texas Forest Service

• On January 12, 2008 the Texas Forest service came in from Ft. Stockton to help with a large wildland fire in Dawson County and they are still here. These fire fighters have come from all over the United States and will be here until September if the same weather patterns continue.