(a) Notification. The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has the responsibility for gathering information on actual or threatened emergencies and disaster situations and transmitting such information through channels to DPS state headquarters. Such information will be sent as soon as practical and by the most expeditious means available to:
  (1) the director;
  (2) public information office;
  (3) assistant director, Texas Division of Emergency Management;
  (4) regional commander;
  (5) captain of district where incident occurred;
  (6) state coordinator;
  (7) district coordinator; and
  (8) others, as local policy dictates.
(b) Threatened emergency. When a threat of disaster exists, a message will be sent containing, as a minimum, the following information:
  (1) type of emergency;
  (2) area concerned;
  (3) officials responsible for relief measures;
  (4) method and point of contact with officials; and
  (5) anticipated resource requirements.
(c) Emergency and postemergency information. During an emergency or disaster or immediately thereafter, a message will be sent reporting the following information as soon as possible:
  (1) type of disaster;
  (2) estimate of damage; and
  (3) estimate of casualties and fatalities.
(d) Full reconnaissance report. As rapidly as a full reconnaissance can be made of the disaster area, a message containing the following information will be transmitted through channels to DPS state headquarters:
  (1) extent of area affected;
  (2) condition of public utility, facilities, and communications;
  (3) estimate of property damage;
  (4) confirmation of the number of casualties and fatalities;
  (5) location, phone number, or method of contact with local control center; and
  (6) outside assistance required, if any.
(e) Progress reports. During the course of a disaster situation, progress reports will be made as often as necessary to keep DPS personnel fully informed of existing conditions. Periodic reports are necessary even though conditions and activities remain unchanged.

Source Note: The provisions of this §9.1 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective November 12, 2013, 38 TexReg 7972