Waterway Engineering
emergency management services
Our Emergency Management Services assist communities in their disaster preparedness efforts, enabling them to effectively prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. We develop actionable emergency action plans that clearly define roles, procedures, and communication protocols during an emergency. Additionally, we offer grant writing and compliance support to help you secure funding for resilience improvements, ranging from infrastructure upgrades to training programs. Our comprehensive approach integrates risk assessment, strategic planning, community engagement, and regulatory guidance to foster a strong culture of preparedness.
Emergency Management Services
Flood Early Warning System Emergency Action Plans
We design flood early warning systems—including sirens, stage gages, telemetry, and dashboards—but none of these components can effectively warn the community by themselves. A siren acts as a broadcast device, while a gage functions as a sensor. The key to transforming these elements into a comprehensive warning system lies in a crucial document: the Emergency Action Plan. This plan outlines who is monitoring the river, what readings indicate a potential flood, who has the authority to activate the alarm, and the procedures to follow if that person is unavailable. It also stipulates what information is conveyed to the public at the same moment the alert is sounded.
Unfortunately, this plan is often the most vulnerable aspect of the system since it cannot simply be purchased. It requires collaborative community engagement to develop, involving emergency managers, sheriffs, city officials, school districts, and camp coordinators. The plan must be thoroughly exercised so that the individual on duty at three in the morning can execute it confidently without needing to contact anyone.
We authored the Emergency Action Plan that Kerr County relied on during the flood on July 16, 2025. This reflects our high standard—not creating a document that simply meets the requirements of a grant reviewer, but ensuring it holds firm in times of disaster preparedness when it is truly needed.
Guadalupe River July 4, 2025 Flood — Post-Event Hydrologic Assessment
We design flood early warning systems—including sirens, stage gages, telemetry, and dashboards—but none of these components can effectively warn the community by themselves. A siren acts as a broadcast device, while a gage functions as a sensor. The key to transforming these elements into a comprehensive warning system lies in a crucial document: the Emergency Action Plan. This plan outlines who is monitoring the river, what readings indicate a potential flood, who has the authority to activate the alarm, and the procedures to follow if that person is unavailable. It also stipulates what information is conveyed to the public at the same moment the alert is sounded.
Unfortunately, this plan is often the most vulnerable aspect of the system since it cannot simply be purchased. It requires collaborative community engagement to develop, involving emergency managers, sheriffs, city officials, school districts, and camp coordinators. The plan must be thoroughly exercised so that the individual on duty at three in the morning can execute it confidently without needing to contact anyone.
We authored the Emergency Action Plan that Kerr County relied on during the flood on July 16, 2025. This reflects our high standard—not creating a document that simply meets the requirements of a grant reviewer, but ensuring it holds firm in times of disaster preparedness when it is truly needed.
Tailings Storage Facility EAP
We design flood early warning systems—including sirens, stage gages, telemetry, and dashboards—but none of these components can effectively warn the community by themselves. A siren acts as a broadcast device, while a gage functions as a sensor. The key to transforming these elements into a comprehensive warning system lies in a crucial document: the Emergency Action Plan. This plan outlines who is monitoring the river, what readings indicate a potential flood, who has the authority to activate the alarm, and the procedures to follow if that person is unavailable. It also stipulates what information is conveyed to the public at the same moment the alert is sounded.
Unfortunately, this plan is often the most vulnerable aspect of the system since it cannot simply be purchased. It requires collaborative community engagement to develop, involving emergency managers, sheriffs, city officials, school districts, and camp coordinators. The plan must be thoroughly exercised so that the individual on duty at three in the morning can execute it confidently without needing to contact anyone.
We authored the Emergency Action Plan that Kerr County relied on during the flood on July 16, 2025. This reflects our high standard—not creating a document that simply meets the requirements of a grant reviewer, but ensuring it holds firm in times of disaster preparedness when it is truly needed.
