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Thank you for your interest in our website. We sincerely hope you find the Jefferson County L.E.P.C website interesting and informative.

We strive to provide a variety of valuable information to the public and encourage your sincere input, either in person at one of our monthly meetings or from the contact page of our site.

Our Goal:
The purpose of the Jefferson County, Texas LEPC is to inform the public by providing adequate awareness information for chemical emergencies and other hazardous situations.

Our Mission Statement:
"To enhance the protection of the community and the environment from hazardous materials incidents through planning, preparation, and communication between citizens, business, and government."

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The Jefferson County Office of Emergency Management and Jefferson County Local Emergency Planning Committee or L.E.P.C., is pleased to announce the graduation of our latest Community Emergency Response Team or C.E.R.T.

The CERT volunteers completed 30 hours of training over a 5 week period on Saturdays consisting of classroom as well as hands on exercises. The students learned disaster preparedness, small fire suppression, basic structural search and rescue operations, medical operations (including triage and treatment), disaster psychology, terrorism awareness, and a basic instruction on the Incident Command System (ICS) structure in the CERT organization.

The 17 students were from Jefferson and surrounding counties. With the training obtained, the students will be better prepared for incidents that could affect their families, neighbors or community as a whole. The Jefferson County Office of Emergency Management and Jefferson County L.E.P.C. will be conducting more C.E.R.T. training as time and interest in the program allows.

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Jefferson County L.E.P.C.
1149 Pearl St. 1st Floor
Beaumont, Texas 77701
Phone: 409-835-8757 Fax: 409-835-8767
Email: jclepc@co.jefferson.tx.us