HPW’s Emergency Management Program is built on the Emergency Management cycle: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. During responses, HPW provides life safety, incident stability, and property protection operational and tactical support to the Houston Fire Department (HFD), Houston Police Department (HPD), Mayor’s Office of Special Events (MOSE), Health Department, Department of Neighborhoods, Solid Waste, and other various city, county, state, and federal agencies. The “other first responder” community is also maintained by relationships. It takes time to develop and commitment to maintain these relationships. To establish trust within the first responder community, we must actively reach out to our partners in emergency management. HPW will demonstrate their response capabilities including heavy and specialized equipment (along w/video clips), traffic control devices, and response trained personnel; and discuss the importance and benefits of identifying, coordinating, training, and exercising with key response stakeholders. Currently, HPW hired a full-time HPW-Emergency Management Coordinator. Currently, HPW is in the process of issuing a UAS (unmanned aerial system) contract which includes emergency response support services. This UAS contract will allow insight into hard to reach areas that could be flooded and enhance information and safety without putting boots on the ground. In last few years, HPW has supported and responded to natural disasters including tropical cyclones and floods; planned special events like the World Series, Houston Marathon, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, VIP and Presidential visits; and supported other life safety and incident stability operations during structural fires and technical rescues. HPW will demonstrate how and why Public Works Departments are the Other First Responder.