A year after deadly floods, state lawmakers haven’t addressed emergency coordinator training

Texas’ emergency management chief has repeatedly recommended that lawmakers require minimum training but a bill proposed after the disaster failed.

By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune
Posted 7/9/26

In legislative hearings after last year’s July 4 floods, the state’s emergency management chief made some recommendations to state lawmakers. They included empowering the agency to vet volunteers …

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