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DPS highlights Kerrville flood response, identifies communications and analyst deployment gaps
Summary
In the director’s update, DPS officials praised the multi‑agency response to catastrophic flooding in Kerr County and outlined plans to deploy communications trailers, analyst teams, and other resources earlier in future disasters after identifying interoperability and analyst‑deployment delays.
In a director’s update Aug. 7, Colonel Steven Martin credited Department of Public Safety personnel — troopers, rangers, tactical marine units and aircraft crews — for rescue and recovery operations during catastrophic flooding in Kerr County on July 4. Martin said the response saved lives but exposed gaps in early deployment of analyst teams and communications interoperability.
Martin said the department will perform an after‑action review and create deployable packages that can be sent to disaster…
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