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Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
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| Dallas County and Richardson are coordinating to update our Hazard Mitigation Action Plan. A key component of our planning process is public input . To gather input and comments on hazards facing our community and provide your opinion on the types of activities that should be considered to reduce future impacts, please click here to complete a brief survey. |
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The Metro Safe Room Rebate Program offers North Central Texas residents living or developing in one of the four metro counties (Collin, Dallas, Denton, or Tarrant) an opportunity to qualify to receive half the cost of construction for an individual safe room, up to $3,000.
Due to the high volume of applications, the Metro Safe Room Rebate Program application process is now closed. Please continue to check the website for the opening of a wait list for this program in approximately two weeks. Click here to learn more.
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Contact Information
Office of Emergency Management
972-744-4212
972-744-4216
oem@cor.gov
The City of Richardson's Office of Emergency Management would like to help you prepare for a variety of hazards that may affect our community by providing disaster preparedness information from the KnoWhat2Do regional public education campaign. This campaign is divided into three sections that enable an easier way of looking at disaster preparedness. |
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Sheltering in a Tornado Event
The City does not have public storm shelters because while they may seem like a good idea, they often come with more risks than benefits to residents including:
• Opening public buildings as storm shelters gives a false sense of security and offers no more protection than a well-built residential structure.
• Traveling to a public storm shelter could put you at greater risk than if you sheltered in place. Traffic is likely to get congested if everyone is heading toward one location.
• Tornadoes can happen at night. If a storm wakes you at 2 a.m. you likely won’t have enough time to gather your family, load them into a car and drive to a storm shelter. Sheltering in place affords you the quickest and best protection for a short notice event.
• The City has not built public storm shelters because it would be impossible to shelter even a small percentage of the population. If we were to do this, we are required to build enough shelters to hold more than over 100,000 residents.
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Basic Tornado Safety
• The lowest possible level of a building or structure (Ex: First floor, basement, storm cellar)
• Interior room with no windows, such as a closet or bathroom
• Get underneath sturdy piece of furniture and cover neck and head
• Avoid places / rooms with wide-span roofs (cafeterias, gymnasiums, shopping malls)
• Mobile Homes are not safe shelters; you should make plans before the storm arrives to get to a pre-planned shelter
• Apartment dwellers should have a plan in place to get to an apartment on the lowest level of the complex. Contact your Leasing Office.
• Do not attempt to outrun a tornado in your automobile, seek shelter inside a nearby building. Be sure not to choose a large box store with a wide-span roof.
• If stranded outside lie down in a ditch or low lying area away from the vehicle, but remain aware of possible flash flooding
• Do not seek shelter underneath a bridge or overpass |
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The City of Richardson has begun to utilize the Special Needs Assistance Program to register people with Specials Needs so better plan for disasters as well as provide vital information to first responders. For more information please go to the city's SNAP website. |
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Last updated: 6/13/2013 9:02:24 AM