Hurricane Frances Evening Briefing September 5, 2004.

Hurricane FrancesHurricane FrancesEvening BriefingEvening BriefingSeptember 5, 2004September 5, 2004

SEOC LEVEL

124 Hour Operations

Briefing Distribution

• Dial in to Listen•See Operations Officer for number

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• Channel 15 in Capital Circle Office Complex

• Video Conference to DOH, DOACS, FDLE and others

Up next – SERT Chief

SERT Chief

Mike DeLorenzoSteve Glenn

Up next – Meteorology

Meteorology

Ben Nelson

Tropical Storm Frances – Just East Of Tampa Bay

5 PM Wind Field

5 PM Advisory

Forecast Wind Swath

Forecast Second Landfall – Monday PM

5 Day Rainfall Forecast

Category 3 Hurricane Ivan – 2430 Miles East-Southeast of Miami

Hurricane Ivan in the Eastern Atlantic

Up next – Information & Planning

Information & Planning

David CrispRodney Melsek

Operations Chief

Leo LachatGinger Edwards

Up next – ESF 1&3

ESF #1 – TransportationESF #3 – Public Works


• Current Operations –– Support Final Central-South Preparedness– Support Panhandle Preparedness

• Unmet Needs –– None at this time

• Future Operations –– Support Central-South Impact Response and

Assessment– Support Central-South Re-Entry


Civil Air Patrol• Current Operations –

– 7 RECON Teams and Forward Air Controllers iin the impact area– 5 SDIS equipped aircraft ready to support A Team when the

weather allows– 20 Other aircraft, some with SSTV ready to support ESF-5 and

SAR support missions when the weather allows– 12 Additional mutual ground teams staged for follow on support of

RECON / UDF missions– Two Air Operations bases open,(JAX and Naples) and third in

planning (COF)• Unmet Needs –

– None at this time• Future Operations –

– Support SAR– Support the RECON mission for ESF-5– Support Counties and ESF's as requested


Up next – ESF 2

• ESF 1, USDOT at ROC in Atlanta, USCG on scene POC in SEOC

• ESF 3, USACE

ESF #2 – Communications

ESF #2 – Communications

Up next – ESF 4&9

• Current Operations –– Coordinating communications requests for SAT phones, wireless air

cards, phone line installations, etc– Supporting communications set up for 3 LSA's– Monitoring 800 MHz State Law Enforcement System - All systems

working in the primary or back-up configurations providing complete radio coverage.

– Approx 20,000 reported customers wire line outages reported in South Florida

– Avg of 80% Cell phone coverage reported in impacted areas (many of cell sites are on fixed and portable generators).

• Unmet Needs –– Establish Priority restoration for commercial wireless facilities repairs

• Future Operations –– Continue to support communications needs of LSA's, EOC, state, and

county agencies

ESF #4 – Fire FightingESF #9 – Search & Rescue


• Current Operations –– Two type 1 Task Forces at Jacksonville– One type 3 and one type 1 in Miami area– RNA located behind the storm from Miami – mobile– Two mobile JMT operations teams North and South– State US&R command team mobile– USANG 20th Special Forces boat teams integrated with Task Forces

at Jacksonville– One USCG DART team from St. Louis by C-130 to Miami– State US&R Command unit mobile and completing RNA’s– FLTF-6 advanced element on RNA– 1 Engine Strike team to St. Lucie– 1 ALS Strike team to St. Lucie– 1 Task Force of Engines and ALS St. Lucie– 1 MAC unit to St. Lucie– State request forthcoming to stand down alerted, but not deployed task

forces – NMTF-1, NBTF-1, OHTF-1, CATF-6– On ground evaluations done of– St. Lucie, Brevard, Hardee, Palm Beach, DeSoto, Indian River, Polk,

Lee, Martin, Highlands, Glades

Up next – ESF 6



• Future Operations –– Continue RNA– Respond to request for assets– Evaluate demobilization plan

ESF #6 – Mass Care

Up next – ESF 8

ESF #6 – Mass Care

• Current Operations –– Updating shelter database– Developing MRE, Water and Ice distribution plan

• Unmet Needs –– Transportation tomorrow to move cots to special

needs shelters• Future Operations –

– Install Mass Care infrastructure in the affected areas.

ESF #8 – Health & Medical


• Current Issues –– 1 DMAT Deployed to Martin Memorial Hospital – South.– 9 DMATs either staged or on alert.

• Florida Teams not activated at this time– Requested deployment of 165 nurses for special needs shelters.– 2 DMORTS on alert.– 1 VMAT on alert.– 54 Special Needs Shelters open with 5613 residents.– 3474 patients/residents evacuated from 99 health care facilities.– Responding to the county requests for medical staff and health related

supplies and equipment.– Coordinating with FEMA in the deployment strategy for DMATs and

the need for additional DMAT resources.– Assessing the storm damage to the medical facilities in the storm path.– Assisting the continued deployment of special needs shelters.


Up next – ESF 10

• Unmet Needs –– None identified at this time.

• Future Operations –– Continued evaluation of the health care infrastructure

damage due to the storm.– Response to local health care services experiencing surge

capacity overload.– Deployment of overhead assessment and response teams

following the path of the storm.– Determination of preventative health care measures.

ESF #10 – Hazardous Materials

Up next – ESF 11

ESF #10 – Hazardous Materials

• Current Operations –– Working on a major wastewater release form the Cargill Riverview

Facility in Eastern Hillsborough County.– Beginning to receive damage reports from impacted areas.– Working with ESF17 on potential animal carcass issues.– Submitted Action Request Form for Air Curtain Incinerators and

emergency generators.– Emergency Final Order signed by DEP Secretary for 13 impacted

counties.– Response teams staged to deal with hazardous materials incidents

post-storm.• Unmet Needs –


– Assess and prioritize response incidents.– Joint damage assessment teams deploying from north and south on

9/6/04.

ESF #11 – Food & Water

Up next – ESF 12

ESF #11 – Food & Water

• Current Operations –– Working with Army Corp of Engineers to obtain and

distribute sufficient amounts of water and ice.– Initial shipments of baby food and formula received

in designated mobilization area.– LSA staffing on standby, ready to deploy as soon as

weather conditions permits.– USDA commodity foods for mass/congregate

feeding efforts of disaster relief organizations enroute to state.


• Future Operations –– Supporting Mass Care needs.– Monitoring inventories and reordering as necessary.– Deploy LSA team(s) as needed.

ESF #12 – Energy

Up next – ESF 13

ESF #12 – Energy

• Current Operations –– Estimated 2.864 million customes without power– Restorations have begun and are ongoing– Continuing to monitor outages– 13,500 crews waiting to enter state to assist with

power restoration– Continuing to work transportation fuel problems


• Future Operations –– Continue restoration of power as weather permits

ESF #13 – Military Support

Up next – ESF 14

ESF #13 – Military Support• Current Operations –

– 4125 Soldiers and Airmen activated – Task Force 53rd (TF-53rd) (South)

– Prepositoned units deployed from Miami to affected areas– Task Force 83rd (TF-83rd) (North)

– Preparing to deploy and establish/support LSA’s– RECON elements deployed – 17 EMAC's working or in-place with 10 states– LNO’s, Local County EOC and Deployed Units

– Actively working Mission Support in the impacted areas• Unmet Needs –


– Conduct Security, Search and Rescue and Humanitarian Missions– Prepare for LNO’s and future deployment requirements for Frances in

Pan Handle Area – Working with closely with NG in other States for emerging

requirements

ESF #14 – Public Information

Up next – ESF 15

ESF #15 – Volunteers & Donations

Up next – ESF 16

ESF #15 – Volunteers & Donations• Current Operations –

– State Volunteer and Donations Hotline Located at Shared Resource Center 1-800-354-3571

– Working with local ESF 15 on donation distribution sites

– Volunteer Reception Center planning • Unmet Needs –


– Volunteer to Support Emergency Management Operations.

ESF #16 – Law Enforcement

Up next – ESF 17

ESF #17 – Animal Protection

Up next – Finance & Administration

ESF #17 – Animal Protection• Current Operations –

– Animal shelters , feed and medical supplies coordinated and ready to mobilize.

– Animal Industry damage assessment teams coordinated and ready to mobilize.

– Preparing animal carcass disposal plan with Department of Environmental Protection

– VMAT, Code 3, Mobile Veterinary Hospital, University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine on standby to provide veterinary medical care.

• Unmet Needs –– Expanded personnel needs for panhandle impact.

• Future Operations –– Assessment of large animal and small animal needs in impacted

areas.– Implement staging and distribution for animal feeds and medical

supplies.– Call-up of additional pre-identified ESF17 support personnel.

(From UF-CVM, VMAT, USDA, etc)

Finance & Administration

Up next – Logistics

Finance & Administration

• Current Operations –– Purchasing various supplies for EOC– Lodging for A-team & 52 FNG in Miami– Arrangements for food

• Unmet Needs –– Pending purchases due to vendors not open

• Future Operations –– Assist with purchasing and deployment needs– Continue to track & monitor costs– State agencies are reminded to track their costs

Logistics

Up next – Recovery

Recovery

Up next – SERT Chief

Recovery

• Current Operations –– Presidential Disaster Declaration (FEMA-1545-DR-FL) for IA, PA, and

HMGP– IA-Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie Counties– PA-All Counties-Debris Removal and Emergency Protective Measures

(Categories A & B) and direct Federal assistance at 100 percent Federal funding of the total eligible costs for the first 72 hours. Incident period starting on 9/3/04, and continuing

– HMGP-All Counties– Mitigation Conference Call

• Unmet Needs –– Continue to seek additional staff for Recovery activities

• Future Operations –– Resume operations from the Orlando Disaster Field Office– Deploy Hurricane Frances Preliminary Damage Assessment Teams

(IA and PA) to the impacted counties– Receive and evaluate damage data for preparation of Mitigation

Strategy for FEMA-1545-DR-FL

SERT Chief

Mike DeLorenzo

September 6 at 0730

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