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County approves Red Cross data‑use agreement and state mutual‑aid MOU to secure reimbursement for deployed responders
Summary
Williamson County signed a data‑use agreement with the American Red Cross to enable case managers to follow up with registered residents after disasters, and approved a Texas Emergency Management Assistance Teams (TMAT) MOU that allows county personnel to deploy under TDEM incident command and be reimbursed. Both passed 5–0.
The commissioners approved two items intended to strengthen post‑disaster coordination and reduce county costs when staff deploy to assist neighboring jurisdictions.
Bruce Clements, director of the Office of Emergency Management, described a data‑use agreement with the American Red Cross that allows the Red Cross to share registration information for disaster‑impacted residents with vetted county case managers so…
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