The short answer to this question is Shane Stovall; as he is the Director of the Plano Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security and serves as the Emergency Management Coordinator (EMC)

The Emergency Management Director (The Mayor) appoints the Emergency Management Coordinator (EMC) to oversee the Emergency Management Program for the City of Plano.  The Emergency Management Coordinator (EMC) is responsible for maintaining the City’s Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP) for all hazards. This plan is based on an analysis of the hazards that could occur in the City of Plano and the North Texas area.

The CEMP addresses these hazards using four phases of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.  When an impending emergency disaster is known, the EMC may activate the Emergency Operations Center (EOC).  The EOC is staffed with members of the various departments within the City of Plano, state and federal representatives, as well as members of the faith based and community based organizations active in a disaster.

The EOC supports the Incident Command Post or On-Scene operations to make sure that responders have all the resources necessary to save lives, protect property, and the environment and then to recover from the disaster.

If you have any other questions please contact us: dhs@plano.gov