August 15, 2004

1800 hrs

Please move conversations into Please move conversations into ESF rooms and busy out all ESF rooms and busy out all

phones.phones.

Thanks for your cooperation.

SEOC LEVEL

124 Hour Operations

Mike DeLorenzo

Up next – FEMA ERT-A

SERT CHIEF

Up next – Meteorology

FEMA ERT-A

METEOROLOGY

Radar Image – 5:38pm

Rainfall Forecast – Next Five Days(8am Sunday – 8am Friday)

Recovery Forecast

Rest of this afternoon and evening:

Becoming mostly cloudy. Numerous thunderstorms inland. Scattered thunderstorms near the coast. Chance of rain 60 percent inland and 50 percent near the coast.

Overnight:

Becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Light winds.

River Flooding in West Central Florida

River Flooding in West Center Florida

Buildings in Hidden Acres flood, Access road to Hidden

Acres is impassible, Two homes become isolated

                                                                                                                                            

                      

Tropical Storm Earl Tracking Towards the Caribbean

Sea and Expected to Strengthen

24 hour Shear Tendency

Computer Models – 2pm

Up next – Operations Chief

Tropical Storm Earl Moving Into the Warmer Waters of the Caribbean

Up next – Emergency Services

OPERATIONS CHIEF

EMERGENCY SERVICES

Emergency Services• Current Issues –

– Base Camp to be established tomorrow PM at the Jr High in Hardee County (DOF)

– Base Camp being established near the Lakeland LSA (USFS)– SAR primary search to be completed PM today including barrier islands– LEA establishing rotational plan with local and state agencies for

personnel– Fatality count: 13– EPA overflight showed minimal impact to hazmat facilities (Polk to

Charlotte)

• Unmet Needs –– Comfort needs for responders; establish better communications with

local authorities

• Future Operations –– Reassess current deployments; personnel replacement / backfill

Up next – Human Services

HUMAN SERVICES

• Current Issues –– 96,192 feedings provided August 13 and 14 occurring at

multiple sites– Comfort stations open in the following counties: (5) Charlotte

County; (2) DeSoto, (1) Polk, and (1) Hardee– Shelters still open: 21 (2200 occupancy)– Trucks with water and ice are arriving LSA #1 at Lakeland

Airport– 7 trucks of food are at the LSA waiting for deployment and

120,000 meals have been delivered to various sites– Matching registered volunteers with needs in impacted areas– Developing a list of churches that will house volunteers– Establishing ongoing animal treatment and sheltering in

Charlotte County– Staging resources at LSAs (1 and 2)

Human Services

• Unmet Needs – – Improving communications– Lodging for volunteers– Working on obtaining various animal feeds– Generators needed to milk dairy cows

• Future Operations – – Set up additional feeding locations as soon as units arrive on

site– Monitor inventory of resources and re-supply as needed– Support efforts of disaster feeding organizations– Work with USDA regarding supplying of commodities– Opening a Regional Recovery Center at Tampa Fairgrounds– Teaching local agencies how to request volunteers from the

Volunteer Reception Center– Working on issues as they arrive

Up next – Infrastructure

Human Services

INFRASTRUCTURE

• Current Issues –– Most state and federal highways are clear – 859,000 customers without electric service– Peace River Electric Co-op will take weeks to re-build– Fuel support to county operations– Fuel support for state public safety and response

mission vehicles available at following FDOT maintenance yards: Arcadia, Bartow, Fort Myers, LaBelle, Okeechobee, and Sebring

– Communications: EDICS to DeSoto and Charlotte Counties, COWs to Hardee and Charlotte Counties

– Numerous radio, satellite, cell and POTs telecom requests coordinated

• Unmet Needs – – Fuel delivery resources

Infrastructure

• Future Operations – – Continue to support fuel and

telecommunications requests– Continue to monitor transportation, electricity,

telecom, water and waste water system restoration

Infrastructure

Up next – Operations Support

OPERATIONS SUPPORT

Operations Support

• Current Issues –– Receiving resource requests and informational

updates. The Action Tracking function is up and running.

• Unmet Needs –– None

• Future Operations –– Continue staffing Response Liaison room.– Monitor missions - don't forget to update your

missions in Tracker as you go. Please do not “flick” missions without letting your branch chief know.

Up next – Military Support

ESF 13 – MILITARY SUPPORT

Military Support• Current Operations –

– 4,218 soldiers on State Active Duty (6223 cumulative man-days)– Logistics Staging Area Fully Operational in Lakeland (Linder

Regional Airport)– 5 RECON teams are in Charlotte County– Rapid Impact Assessment Team (RAIT) and 2 Ground Support

Teams– 13 Military Aircraft Available, 12 Rotary Wing, 1 Fixed Wing – National Guard Facilities Damaged: 7

• Unmet needs –– None at this time

• Future Operations –– Additional forces forward deployed, ready and postured to move

into effected areas to provide support as required

Up next – Logistics

LOGISTICS

Logistics

• Current Issues –– LSA #1 (Lakeland) & LSA #2 (Punta Gorda) Operational

• Unmet Needs –– Count and Destination of Materiel From LSA#1 - Wayne

Jones working.

• Future Operations –– Increase Output at both LSAs

Up next – Finance & Administration

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

Finance and Administration

• Current Issues –– Ordered mobile offices to be delivered to Charlotte County– Completed paperwork to hire additional Community

Relations Reservists– Completed various travel arrangements– Ordered office equipment for the LSA

• Unmet Needs – – Propane tanks and fuel request for the Salvation Army

• Future Operations –– The next State Agency Finance Officers conference call

will be held Monday, 8/16/04 at 2:00pm (850) 410-3600– Continue to support the SEOC

Up next – Public Information

ESF 14 – PUBLIC INFORMATION

Public Information

• Current Issues –– Continued responses to Media inquiries– Four PIO's from the Florida Fire Chiefs Association

deployed to Charlotte County– Addressing 24/7 staffing roster for the remainder of the

week

• Unmet Needs –– None at this time

• Future Operations –– Continued deployment of PIOs to effected areas– Continued efforts to reach radio broadcast contacts to

relay shelter, food, and health safety information to affected counties

Up next – Recovery

RECOVERY

Recovery• Current Issues

– Supporting Recovery Operations in the impacted counties– Providing support for overall EOC operations through ARLs– Initiated debris clearance and temporary housing missions with USACE

and FEMA

• Unmet Needs– Need personnel through RRT and EMAC to backfill in counties and to

provide support to staff

• Future Operations– Gathering location and quantity information re: DRCs, feeding locations

and related services– Continue to identify personnel for deployment to the field

Up next – SERT Chief

SERT CHIEF

Mike DeLorenzo

Don’t forget to turn your Don’t forget to turn your phone’s ringer back on!phone’s ringer back on!

Thanks for your cooperation

August 16 at 0730

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