'Who Would Have Ultimately Made The Decision To Evacuate?': Reporters Grill Kerrville, TX Officials

During a press briefing on Tuesday, officials in Kerrville, Texas were asked about the Emergency Operations Center.

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00:00Who runs the emergency operations center?

00:03We have a communication center, a dispatch, okay?

00:05We have a communication center.

00:07That's where the calls actually go to the police department, then they're for it.

00:10Right, but leading up to this, in monitoring the weather, there's, in any large city, in any state,

00:16there's an office of emergency management that is monitoring the weather,

00:21that is watching and listening and getting briefings.

00:24Who was getting those briefings in this city, in this county?

00:30Who was receiving that information?

00:32And who would have ultimately made the decision to evacuate,

00:37hearing what was coming in from the weather service and other people?

00:41Okay, what we would have done, when we'd get notified, we're coming through.

00:44But you're not emergency management, though, right?

00:46The sheriff's not EOC.

00:48No, there is no emergency.

00:48Who is the EOC?

00:49Who is the city manager?

00:50Yeah.

00:52So we understand you have many questions.

00:55Right, no, I understand, but you're not going to answer the question,

00:58because that's up to the city manager and the mayor to answer those questions.

01:04We understand.

01:05We have many questions.

01:06Where is the judge?

01:06The judge is not here.

01:08We understand that.

01:09But right now, this team up here is focused on bringing people home.

01:13We understand that, too, because there are a number of questions that are being adopted.

01:16All those questions will be answered, but the priority right now is bringing people home.

01:21We totally understand that, and we value the incredible work that is being done by those first responders.

01:26We're seeing them out there, muddy and sweaty, and grinding it out day after day.

01:31But your community is asking these questions.

01:34And we want us.

01:35We're a emergency manager in the county.

01:36Right now.

01:37You should be able to answer who was in charge of the emergency operations center at the time that was getting any briefings, if any briefings.

01:48I do.

01:49I think I'd like to focus on what local people can be looking for.