Each emergency department has a designated workstation with computer and telephone access and a dedicated radio communication system on different frequencies.  In the event of a major disaster Ransom Canyon can request mutual aid from other cities.

The EOC will be staffed in accordance with the State mandated emergency plan by the Mayor, who declares the emergency, the Fire Chief, The Police Chief, EMS,  the City Operations Manager and the City Administrator. The disaster plan identifies numerous other positions that can be filled with community volunteers. County and state representatives will participate when all of Ransom Canyon’s resources are depleted.   

The EOC will be activated in the event of structure or brush fire, storms of all kinds, loss of electricity to the city, or chemical or other threat or disaster stemming from the Panhandle arena. The last time the EOC center was activated was in January 2005, when the Town lost  electricity for two days.  The EOC has its own generator. It is a self-contained unit that can supply all of the electrical needs for the EOC.

The whole concept of the EOC is that it can self-sustain with cooking, showers, sleep quarters and communications for the duration of an incident or emergency. Ransom Canyon has four independent radio systems. Also, the RACES (Ham radio) repeater is housed here for the amateur radio (Ham) operators.

The EOC can feed live weather data to the  National Weather Service  and  live video  of weather events via the new city web cam. The city has applied for Storm Ready Community status from the National Weather Service. As soon as Lubbock County receives the designation, Ransom Canyon should get it’s designation.

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