Hurricane Frances Evening Briefing September 7, 2004

Hurricane FrancesHurricane FrancesEvening BriefingEvening BriefingSeptember 7, 2004September 7, 2004

SEOC LEVEL

124 Hour Operations

SERT Chief

Mike DeLorenzoSteve Glenn

Up next – Meteorology

Meteorology

Ben Nelson

Flooding Rainfall Continues Across North Central and NE Florida

30.0

MAJOR DAMAGE AND DISRUPTION TO THE COMMUNITY IS EXPECTED. ROADS WILL BE CUT OFF AND MANY HOMES WILL BE SURROUNDED BY WATER. BOAT WASH DAMAGE TO HOMES WILL BE SEVERE.

InformationTop 5 Historical Crests(1) 28.50 ft on 09/07/1933 (2) 23.98 ft on 09/12/1960 (3) 23.24 ft on 09/20/1947 (4) 22.83 ft on 07/31/1960 (5) 22.14 ft on 08/29/1949

Rainfall Forecast – Tues PM through Wed PM

Category 3 Hurricane Pounding the Windward Islands

Category 3 Hurricane Ivan – 1543 Miles Southeast of Miami

Up next – Information & Planning

Information & Planning

David CrispRodney Melsek

Search & Rescue

Flooding

Up next – Operations Chief

Operations Chief

Leo LachatGinger Edwards

Up next – ESF 1&3

ESF #1 – TransportationESF #3 – Public Works


• Current Operations –– Continue "push" to support assessment and response– Ground and Air RECON– Barricades, Cones, Pumps– Sandbags, Pumps– Signs, Variable Message Boards– Coordination with CSX Railroad– Info Msg 3458 - Reinstatement of Tolls,– exception emergency vehicles 9/7– Info Msg 3408 - Seaport Assessments 9/7– Info Msg 2882 - Railroads Status 9/6– Info Msg 2624 - Airports Status 9/6

• Unmet Needs –– None at this time

• Future Operations –– Continue support of assessment and response "push"– Re-start support of DFO, Recovery


Civil Air Patrol• Current Operations –

– Performing RECON in the Panhandle with 6 ground teams and a Forward Air Control Team

– SDIS aircraft flying impact assessment sorties in Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, Palm Beach, Miami Dade, Monroe, Dixie, and Levy

– Additional aircraft and personnel enroute for follow on assignments 81 personnel deployed


• Future Operations –– Complete RECON of impacted panhandle countie– Provide air impact assessment support to all affected areas as

required– Support other ESF's as needed– Plan the UDF missions beginning Thursday 09 SEP 04


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 cell/sat phone requests and deliveries, phone line

installations, etc – Coordinating communications set up for T1 lines, POTS, dsl, etc

for the LSAs– Monitoring 800 MHz State Law Enforcement System is 99%

operational– approx 1,178,305 customers wireline outages reported in South

Florida– 25% cell phone coverage outage reported


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

state, and county agencies

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


• Current Operations –– Assessment teams are active– Monitoring, evaluating, and responding to additional requests as

received.– Field Opertions Commander deployed - Demobed– Florida Liaison to JMT established– FLTF - 3, 4 & 6 have been tasked to Brevard County - Demobed– FLTF - 5 Jacksonville used as regional asset– DHS/FEMA US&R Task Forces and Assets:

– Two Type 1 Task Forces (FATF-2 and TNTF-1) at Jacksonville Naval Air Station

– One type 3 and one type 1 at Miami and Metro Dade - Demobed– RNA - Rapid Needs Assessment Team is in Miami– JMT - Joint Management Team (US&R and NDMS) in place

Lakeland– ESF-9 US&R Liaison in EOC– ROC operational in Atlanta

Up next – ESF 6



• Future Operations –– Future needs will be dictated upon impact areas

and additional damage assessments.

ESF #6 – Mass Care

Up next – ESF 8

ESF #8 – Health & Medical


• Current Operations– Continued DMAT deployments in coordination with FEMA:– 1 DMAT Deployed to Martin Memorial Hospital – South– 1 DMAT Deployed to Holmes Regional Med. Center– 1 Partial DMAT Martin County Special Needs Shelter– 1 Partial DMAT St Lucie SNS– 7 DMATs either staged or on alert.– 2 DMORTS on alert– 165 nurses being deployed for special needs shelter staff relief.– 1 VMAT on alert.– 77 Special Needs Shelters open with 6099 residents.– 3831 patients/residents evacuated from 131 health care facilities.– Responding to the county requests for medical staff and health related

supplies and equipment.– Monitoring response to storm damage to the medical facilities and

services.– Assisting the continued deployment of special needs shelters.


Up next – ESF 10


• Future Operations –– Continued evaluation of the response to 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 –– Conducting joint overflights of impacted coastal and inland

areas.– Updated Emergency Final Order signed by DEP Secretary

for 22 impacted counties.– Conducted site and overflight of Cargill Facility. Releases

of wastewater have stopped.– Provided containment boom to Belle Glade Marina to

assist during vessel recovery.• Unmet Needs –

– None at this time• Future Operations –

– Continue to monitor freeboard at all phosphate faciliites.– Continue assessments throughout impacted areas.

ESF #11 – Food & Water

Up next – ESF 12

ESF #11 – Food & Water

• Current Operations –– Water and ice trucks continue to be deployed to

distribution sites throughout impacted counties in the State.– LSA staff deployed to LSA #1 and #2, and to Lakeland

staging.– Processing requests for USDA commodities from TSA,

ARC and Seventh Day Adventist.– Delivered water tankers to support hospitals and medical

facility.• Unmet Needs –


– Supporting Mass Care needs.– Monitoring inventories and reordering as necessary.

ESF #12 – Energy

Up next – ESF 13

ESF #12 – Energy

• Current Operations –– Estimated 2,076,756 customers without power– Restorations have begun and are ongoing– Continuing to monitor outages– 17,250 out-of-state personnel entering the state to assist

with power restoration– Continuing to work transportation fuel problems– No significant natural gas utility issues or outages.


• Future Operations –– Continue restoration of power as weather permits– Continue to work with suppliers and vendors to get an

adequate fuel supply to the needed locations

ESF #13 – Military Support

Up next – ESF 14

ESF #13 – Military Support

• Current Operations –– 5194 Soldiers and Airmen Activated– Task Force 53rd (TF-53rd) (South)

– Units are working in affected areas– Task Force 83rd (TF-83rd) (North)

– Units have moved to support LSA's– Working 9 EMAC's with 10 States with an additional 10

Projected EMAC's• Unmet Needs –


– Conduct Security, Search and Rescue and Humanitarian Missions

– Continue to support operational needs in Pan Handle Area– Working 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 –– Florida Volunteer & Donation Hotline continues to operate at Shared

Resource Center 1-800-354-3571, 8am-8pm daily– Reopened Regional Relief Center, Florida Fairgrounds, Tampa -

operational 8am-8pm daily– Volunteer Reception Center locations in Charlotte, DeSoto, Leon,

Martin, Marion, Orange, Polk, St. Lucie and Seminole counties– Fielding media inquiries/coordination of dissemination of press

releases w/ESF14, proactive outreach to media outlets local/state/nationwide; coordination of interviews w/media and ESF15 officials - both English/Spanish audiences

• Unmet Needs –– Warehouse Location in Central Florida

• Future Operations –– Identify additional VRC

ESF #16 – Law Enforcement

Up next – ESF 17

ESF #17 – Animal Protection

Up next – Finance & Administration

Finance & Administration

Up next – Logistics

Finance & Administration

• Current Operations –– Continued to monitor tracker in support of the EOC, LSA's

and DFO.• Unmet Needs –


– Continue to assist with purchasing requirements & deployment needs

– Work with Logistics to set up base camps and LSA's– Continue to track costs for events. Each State Agency

should continue to coordinate with their Finance Officers and all costs should be reported separately

Logistics

Up next – Recovery

Recovery

Up next – SERT Chief

Recovery

• Current Operations –– Continue to assist with Response activities– Re-deploy to Orlando DFO by Wednesday (9/8/04)– Added to FEMA-1545-DR-FL for IA are: Alachua, Clay, Duval, Flagler,

Hendry, Putnam, Seminole, St.Johns, and Volusia counties– Additional counties to be requested for IA are: Baker, Columbia, Dixie,

Gilchrist, Hamilton, Hardee, Lafayette, Levy, Marion, Nassau and Union counties

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

• Future Operations –– Conduct State/Federal PDAs for IA and PA (Messages 2995 and

3038)– Tentatively identify and establish Disaster Recovery Centers – Prepare Community Relations Operation Plan and deploy– Update Hurricane Charley Mitigation Strategy to include Hurricane

Frances activities– Conduct PA and HMGP Applicant Briefings

SERT Chief

Mike DeLorenzo

September 8 at 0730

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