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The highly coveted North Central Texas Emergency Preparedness Regional Hot Stuff Award is awarded to stakeholders in our region in recognition of extraordinary participation and efforts that go above and beyond regular duties in helping us build strong and effective regional emergency preparedness capacity. Recipients receive a “hot” appreciation award and a customized certificate worthy of framing.
Nominations are accepted throughout the year. You may nominate yourself, a peer, a team, a department, or an organization that you feel deserves recognition for exemplary regional emergency preparedness service. Nominations will be reviewed and recipients selected by the Emergency Preparedness Planning Council Awards Committee. The recipient or recipients will be announced and awarded at regularly scheduled Emergency Preparedness Planning Council (EPPC) meetings.
Click here to submit a nomination
Past Hot Stuff Award Winners for 2011:
Texas ESRD Emergency Coalition, Statewide: The ESRD provides assistance to
dialysis patients after disasters providing medical help and dialysis to this special
needs population group.
Rowlett Citizen Corp Council: The Rowlett Citizen Corps Council logged 36,000
volunteer hours saving their jurisdiction over$750,000 in labor; they also have an
excellent co-ed Explorers Team active in their jurisdiction.
Tarrant County/ Fort Worth Joint Emergency Operations Center: The new Joint
Emergency Operations Center houses City, County and State level Emergency
Management officials which has proven to be a successful addition to Regional
Preparedness and Response. All the needed responders were able to sit together
in the same emergency operations center and work on a coordinated response
saving time and allowing for easier movement of resource requests and
information relays that were escalated from the local to the State level during the
2011 Cotton Bowl, the Superbowl and the ice storm during “Superweek.”
Sabra Lynn Schray, Department of State Health Services: Sabra is a Radiation
Control Program Inspector with the Texas Department of State Health Services
Region 3 in Arlington, Texas. Her job duties include inspecting hundreds of medical,
research and industrial sites in the Dallas/Fort Worth area while also playing a vital
role in emergency response to nuclear power stations and lately as a key figure in
protecting critical infrastructure (e.g. Cowboy Stadium) from terrorists who may use
dirty bombs or weapons of mass destruction.
Mark Fox, National Weather Service: Mark received the award for exemplary service
above the call the duty.
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