Sec. 88.122. INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAMS. (a) The Texas Forest Service may support the state's all-hazard response operations by:
(1) providing incident management training to Texas Forest Service personnel and other state, local, and volunteer responders to develop and enhance the all-hazard response capability of this state; and
(2) maintaining incident management teams to respond to all-hazard events, including natural, man-made, and planned events.
(b) An incident management team maintained under this section may consist of Texas Forest Service employees and other state, local, and volunteer responders.
(c) The Texas Forest Service may mobilize an incident management team for a wildfire response operation.
(d) Under the direction of the Texas Division of Emergency Management, the Texas Forest Service may mobilize an incident management team to provide incident support for state, disaster district, or local jurisdiction operations.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 52 (S.B. 646), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2011.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - The Texas a & M University System
Chapter 88 - Agencies and Services of the Texas a & M University System
Subchapter B. The Texas Forest Service
Section 88.101. Director of Texas Forest Service
Section 88.102. General Duties
Section 88.103. Enforcement; Appointment of Peace Officers
Section 88.1035. Use of Funds to Support Peace Officer Training
Section 88.104. Authority to Enter Private Land
Section 88.105. Cooperation With Persons and Agencies
Section 88.107. Forest Land: Acquisition by Gift or Purchase
Section 88.108. Acquisition of Land for Forestry Purposes; Disposition
Section 88.1085. Use of Land in William Goodrich Jones State Forest
Section 88.109. Use of Certain Department of Criminal Justice Land for Reforestation
Section 88.110. Purchase of Land for Seedling Nursery
Section 88.112. South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact
Section 88.113. Compact Administrator
Section 88.114. Advisory Committee
Section 88.115. Legislative Intent
Section 88.116. Text of Compact
Section 88.117. Statewide Fire Contingency Account
Section 88.118. Statewide Fire Coordination Center
Section 88.119. Regional Wildfire Coordinators
Section 88.120. Wildfire Training
Section 88.122. Incident Management Teams
Section 88.123. Volunteer Fire Department Assistance
Section 88.124. Wildfire Protection Plan