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 situations. A pland of action will follow in order to implement recommendations.

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.