A City of Lubbock employee and South Plains Incident Management Team (SPIMT) member deployed on Saturday afternoon to Houston to assist the State of Texas in the response to flooding in the Houston area.
The SPIMT members are highly trained to provide expertise and support in logistics and planning for local and state leaders during catastrophic events. The SPIMT members have responded to many events such as hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, and other major disasters in the area, state and nation. The funding for training of the members and all costs of deployment including salaries is funded by the state of Texas.
The Lubbock Fire Rescue (LFR) Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System (TIFMAS) engine with five LFR firefighters deployed on Sunday morning to assist the State of Texas in the response to flooding in the Houston area.
The TIFMAS program provides LFR with a Type 3 Fire Engine to use locally for fire and emergency response in the City of Lubbock and provides additional training for LFR firefighters. LFR deploys the TIFMAS engine with five LFR firefighters to major emergencies at the state’s request if it does not impede our local preparedness and response capabilities. The funding for training of the members and all costs of deployment including salaries is funded by the state of Texas.
(News release from the City fo Lubbock)
