Advance testing of these individual functions facilitated their seamless integration into full-scale exercise play.
Designed to test the city’s flood response plans, policies, and capability
Offered first responders an opportunity to put theory into practice
Supported by 46 community volunteers, including the Pearland Citizen’s Police and Fire Academy Alumni, PISD EMT program and College of the Mainland Fire Academy Volunteers provided realism to the exercise by role- playing as flood victims in need of rescue and shelter
Exposed gaps in planning, training, equipment and capability
Helped validate the city’s flood response
Promoted teamwork and proficiency
concept of operations
First responders practiced swift-water rescue techniques while simulating rescue of motorists stranded in fast- moving flood water. A total of 62 city staff participated in the exercise, which in many ways resembled Hurricane Beryl, during which first responders applied their training to rescue motorists stranded in flooded roadways. Neighboring agencies were again invited to observe the exercise to build regional cooperation and unity of effort.
Pearland’s 2025 readiness exercises ultimately cultivated knowledge and proficiency in 10 of FEMA’s 32 nationally recognized core capabilities including:
Catastrophic Planning Situation Assessment Public Information and Warning Operational Coordination Operational Communications Environmental Response, Health, and Safety
Critical Transportation Mass Care Services Mass Search & Rescue Operations
Public Health, Healthcare, and Emergency Medical Services
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