Full scale disaster exercise in Dallas

Office of Emergency Management Full Scale Exercise in Dallas

Dallas Tx - Three simulated large scale incidents will occur in Dallas on December 14, 2010 beginning at 9:00am. The "incidents" will involve specific scenarios utilizing Dallas Police, Fire and EMS as well as other local stakeholders.

Incident #1- Dallas Convention Center Area- Members of the media will have access to this portion of the exercise. Media needs to report to Lt. Joel Lavender on the east side of Ceremonial at Griffin at 8:30 a.m. Information about the exercise will also available at the Emergency Operations Center in City Hall (L2AN).


Incident #2- Dallas Fire Academy

Incident #3- Fair Park

This multiple event is a unique exercise modeling real world-specific conditions. The exercise is being coordinated by the Office of Emergency Management, under the direction Kwa heri Heard.


Trained observers from Homeland Security, FEMA, FBI, DART in addition to Dallas city and county leaders will be on hand to identify points of leverage and the best practices used during this particular exercise.


Results of the training exercise will later be evaluated to determine emergency response, transportation, communications, security, and incident command capabilities. OEM will use the final reports to improve public safety readiness and to meet the needs of our citizens.

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Dallas | Historic Maynard H. Jackson School to close July 2011

pic to right is the Honorable Dr. Sherwin Allen

DISD Board Trustee Lew Blackburn informing community of changes

Last night I attended a community forum at Maynard H. Jackson Middle School, formerly Vanguard School.I attended MHJ from 1985-88, when I first got there we were terrible in testing, when I left we were tops in the state thanks to a principal who really cared about our future(Dr. Allen). I owe a lot of respect to this man for instilling in me hard work and the LOVE of learning.

This place is actually where I got my first start in writing.We had to write Judge Barefoot Sanders and let him know why we didn't want A. Maceo Smith High School to open up across the street.The school eventually opened and it is also scheduled to close in July and reopen as a Tech School because of low performance on test scores.

What a travesty for the two schools who are named for great leaders to go out this way.A. Maceo Smith started the Democratic Progressive Voter League in Dallas along with Maynard H. Jackson Sr., the father of the first Black Mayor of Atlanta, Ga, in which this school is named after.

The area around these two schools are in certain death stages and in need of renaissance.Wish todays leaders of the DPVL cared about the well being of the children in this neighborhood.

What irony that these two schools are named after such great leaders and the Progressive Voter League(formerly Democratic Progressive Voter League), and John Wiley Price who heads the organization now has not said anything about the plight of this community and other communities in Dallas since he was elected to Dallas County Commissioners Court.

I know these guys are turning over in their graves right now!

Community forum regarding attendance boundary changes for school closings

For individuals affected by the closing of A. Maceo Smith High School and Maynard H. Jackson Middle School, DISD officials will be holding  two community forums.The first one is at Tommy Allen Recreation Center located at 7071 Bonnie View Rd. Dallas, Tx 75241, on December 6th, from 7:00p.m.-8:00 p.m..The second is scheduled to be held on December 9th, from 7:00p.m.-8:00p.m., at the Wilmer Community Center located at 101 Davidson Plaza Wilmer, Tx 75172