AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) - As they consider youth camp safety reforms following last month’s deadly floods, Texas lawmakers should help camps design a multi-layered disaster plan that creates useful backstops, the owners of two Hill Country camps said on Wednesday.

To start, youth camps should work together with first responders when developing their state-required emergency management plans, said Steve Baskin, the owner and executive director of Camp Champions in Marble Falls.

“These groups have insights and expertise, not just in protocols but protocols purely specific to a local area,” Baskin told the House Culture, Recreation and Tourism Committee. “Emergency plans should then be filed with local authorities, so they know what you’re going to do.”

Wednesday’s committee hearing

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