Welcome
to the Emergency Management Department. The Director of
Emergency Management is responsible for all aspects of the
City of Lufkin's response to emergency situations.
Examples include hurricane evacuations, storm damage,
chemical spills and other situations that require immediate
response of personnel and equipment.
The Emergency Management Department was
heavily involved in the City's response to Hurricane Rita.
A detailed After Action Review of the City of Lufkin’s
Emergency Operations activities in response to Hurricane
Rita has been published and is available in PDF. The review
documents response activities, identifies problems and
successes, and provides recommendations to improve the
City's response to emergency
Read
about Lufkin's role is supporting evacuees from Hurricane Rita.
The article "Neighbors Helping Neighbors" was published in Texas
Municipal Leagues' magazine Texas Town and City and was written
by Lynn Winthrop. Lynn is the Recycling Coordinator for the City
of Lufkin and worked as a reporter for the Lufkin Daily News before
joining the City staff. The
article is available in PDF. Lynn also wrote the script for
the
Hurricane Rita Video which is also
available.
Additionally, we have a detailed After Action Review
of the City of Lufkin’s Emergency Operations activities in response to
Hurricane Rita and it is
available in PDF. The review documents response activities,
identifies problems and successes, and provides recommendations to
improve the City's response to emergency situations. A plan of
action will follow in order to implement recommendations.
Our
video of the City of
Lufkin's Hurricane Rita support is available in
streaming form. The video is approximately 30 minutes long
and features footage of the shelters, evacuee traffic,
hurricane damage and the City staff providing support. It
also contains interviews with State Senator Todd Staples,
Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst, and Governor Rick
Perry. The script was written by Lynn Winthrop and the
narration was done by Al Ross of KSWP. The video was
produced and edited by Bill Cameron Consulting and we are
grateful to KTRE for providing additional video for the
project.
Read
about Lufkin's role is supporting evacuees from Hurricane Rita.
The article "Neighbors Helping Neighbors" was published in Texas
Municipal Leagues' magazine Texas Town and City and was written
by Lynn Winthrop. Lynn is the Recycling Coordinator for the City
of Lufkin and worked as a reporter for the Lufkin Daily News before
joining the City staff. The
