The Texas A&M University System is gearing up to open an over 100,000-square-foot emergency management hub in east Fort Worth at the end of July.
“This is a game changer,” said Nim Kidd, vice chancellor for disaster and emergency services at the Texas A&M University System. “In Texas, based on state law and our practice, we say all disasters are local.”
The $24.5 million building in the Handley area is not just a distribution center for emergency supplies, as it will have meeting rooms, an emergency operations center and training rooms. The Fort Worth center is part of a statewide plan to have a facility like it within three hours of every Texan…