Fire Marshal - Emergency Management
Severe Weather Declaration & Resources
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Emergency Management Coordinator
Patrick Dooley - Fire Marshal
Inspections
Fire Investigations
1515 Whippoorwill
Henderson, TX 75652
Phone: 903-657-8571 ext. 2101
The mission of the Rusk County Fire Marshal's Office and Office of Emergency Management is to provide for, support, and to assist in training of all Fire departments within unincorporated Rusk County. Further, this office will strive to provide for the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Rusk County in accordance with Chapter 352 of the Texas Local Government Code, county policy, and sound emergency management practices.
The Rusk County Fire Marshal's Office and Office of Emergency Management will strive for professionalism in all areas of performance. We will provide the best possible services at the lowest possible cost to taxpayers of Rusk County and the State of Texas. We will apply the law and county policies fairly and consistently throughout the county. We will communicate openly with the public, elected officials, fellow fire departments and law enforcement agencies we serve.
Thank you,
Patrick Dooley
RUSK COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT | FIRE MARSHAL
Welcome to the Rusk County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and Rusk County Fire Marshal's Website. Our mission is to provide programs and activities to residents and county and city departments to help them prepare for, mitigate and recover from the effects of natural and man-made disasters. We accomplish this through implementation of all four phases of emergency management: preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation.
The following is a summary of our responsibilities from the Governor's Office - https://gov.texas.gov/organization/disabilities/emergency_management
In Texas, Mayors and County Judges have responsibility for emergency preparedness and response within their local jurisdictions. These officials may appoint an Emergency Management Coordinator (EMC) to manage day-to-day program activities. Local emergency management and homeland security programs include threat identification and prevention activities, emergency planning, providing or arranging training for local officials and emergency responders, planning and conducting drills and exercises, carrying out public education relating to known hazards, designing and implementing hazard mitigation programs, coordinating emergency response operations during incidents and disasters, and carrying out recovery activities in the aftermath of a disaster.
Local emergency management and homeland security organizations may be organized at the city level, at the county level or as an inter-jurisdictional program that includes one or more counties and multiple cities. Local emergency management organizations may be organized as part of the Mayor or County Judge's staff, as a separate office or agency, as part of the local fire department or law enforcement agency, or in other ways. Local emergency management and homeland security agencies may be identified as emergency management offices or agencies, homeland security offices or agencies, or some combination of the two.
Most local governments have an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) staffed by members of its various departments that is activated to manage the response to major threats and incidents and coordinate internal and external resource support. Some local governments have an alternate or mobile EOC as well. Most local governments use the Incident Command System (ICS) as their incident management scheme. Under ICS, an Incident Commander typically directs the on-scene response by local responders from a field command post set up at or near the incident site. Responders from other jurisdictions and state and federal responders that have been called on to assist when local resources are inadequate to deal with a major emergency are integrated into the local incident command system.
