The Rusk County Office of Emergency Management

 

BURN BAN STATUS:

Burn Ban Rescinded - September 25, 2023

  On September 25, 2023, the burn ban for Rusk County was lifted.  As of September 25, the Keetch-Byram Drought Index average remains at 600 following recent rains.  A burn ban may be reinstated in October dependent on future conditions.  Extreme caution is urged when burning as unattended fires can still get out of hand quickly.  Damage to neighbors property or injury to others due to irresponsible burning may result in citation or arrest.

 

Keetch-Byram Drought Index (external link to Texas A&M Forest Service)

 

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.  Click the images above to learn more about a particular phase.

 

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.

 

ELECTRICAL OUTAGE MAP LINKS

 

SWEPCO     |    Rusk County Electric     |     ONCOR

 

911 Addressing - Please call (903) 657-0911 to reach the Texas Eastern 911 District for 911 Addressing needs in Rusk County.

https://texaseastern911.org/

 

 

RUSK COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

RUSK COUNTY
FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE