fema daily ops briefing for oct 17, 2013
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Federal Emergency Management Agency Operations Briefing for Thursday, October 17, 2013 Presented by Homeland Security Jobs HQ at http://homelandsecurityjobshq.comTRANSCRIPT
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•Daily Operations Briefing Thursday, October 17, 2013
8:30 a.m. EDT
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Significant Activity: Oct 16 – 17 Significant Events: None
Tropical Activity:
• Atlantic – Area 1 (10%)
• Eastern Pacific – Post-Tropical Cyclone Priscilla
• Central Pacific – No tropical cyclones expected through Friday night
• Western Pacific – Typhoon Francisco (26W)
Significant Weather:
• Heavy rain – Southern Texas to Louisiana
• Rain and thunderstorms – Southern Texas & Southeast
• Critical Fire Weather Areas / Red Flag Warnings: None
• Space Weather: No space weather storms observed or predicted
Earthquake Activity: No significant activity
Declaration Activity:
• 3 amendments to change the FCO:
• Amendment No. 4 to FEMA-3365-EM-CO
• Amendment No. 7 to FEMA-4145-DR-CO
• Amendment No. 7 to FEMA-4116-DR-IL
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Updates at 2:00 am/pm and 8:00 am/pm EDT
Atlantic – Tropical Outlook
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Atlantic - Area 1
As of 8:00 a.m. EDT
• Low pressure system located about 200 miles NNE of Bermuda
• Producing large area of disorganized showers and
thunderstorms
• Low expected to move NE near or along a frontal boundary
over central Atlantic over next couple of days
• Environmental conditions remain unfavorable for subtropical or
tropical cyclone formation
• Probability of tropical cyclone development:
• Next 48 hours: Low (10%)
• Next 5 days: Low (10%)
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http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo_epac.shtml
This product is updated at approximately 5 AM, 11 AM, 5 PM, and
11 PM PDT from May 15 to November 30. Special outlooks may be
issued as conditions warrant.
Eastern Pacific – Tropical Outlook
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Eastern Pacific – Post-Tropical Cyclone Priscilla
As of 11:00 p.m. EDT, October 16, 2013 – Last Advisory Issued
• Located 765 miles WSW of southern tip of Baja California, Mexico
• Expected to dissipate by Saturday
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http://www.prh.noaa.gov/hnl/cphc/
This product is updated at approximately 5 AM, 11 AM, 5 PM, and
11 PM PDT from May 15 to November 30. Special outlooks may be
issued as conditions warrant.
Central Pacific – Tropical Outlook
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Western Pacific –Typhoon Francisco (26W) As of 5:00 a.m. EDT
• Located 185 miles southwest of Guam
• Moving NNW at 6 mph
• Maximum sustained winds are near 85 mph with higher gusts
• Forecast to strengthen over the next 24 hours
• Typhoon force winds extend 25 miles from the center
• Tropical Storm force winds extend 145 miles from the center
• Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Guam
• Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for portions of the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
• 4-5 inches of rain is forecast across affected area
• Guam EOC is fully activated w/all ESFs; CNMI is not activated
• FEMA Region IX remains at Watch/Steady State
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http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/noaa/noaad1.pdf
National Weather Forecast
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Active Watches/Warnings
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/largemap.php
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http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/day1-3.shtml
Precipitation Forecast – 3 Day
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
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http://water.weather.gov/ahps/forecasts.php?current_color=flood¤t_type=all&fcst_t
ype=fcst&conus_map=d_map
River Forecast – 7 Day
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Convective Outlooks Days 1 – 3
Day 1 Day 2
Day 3
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Critical Fire Weather Areas Days 1 – 8
Day 1 Day 2
Day 3-8
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http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/threats/threats_ie.php
Hazard Outlook: Oct 19 – 23
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NOAA Scales Activity (Range: 1/minor to 5/extreme)
Past
24 Hours Current
Next
24 Hours
Space Weather Activity: None None None
• Geomagnetic Storms None None None
• Solar Radiation Storms None None None
• Radio Blackouts None None None
Space Weather
Sunspot Activity
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/drap/global.html http://spaceweather.com/
HF Communication Impact
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Declaration Requests in Process Requests
APPROVED (since last report)
Requests DENIED
(since last report)
1 Date Requested
KS – DR Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding September 25, 2013
Disaster Requests & Declarations
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Disaster Amendments
A B C D E F G
Debris Removal Emergency Protective
Measures Road Systems & Bridges Water Control Facilities Public Buildings & Contents Public Utilities Parks, Recreational, & Other
Amendment Effective Date Action
Amendment No. 4 to
FEMA-3365-EM-CO October 15, 2013 Changes FCO to Thomas J. McCool
Amendment No. 7 to
FEMA-4145-DR-CO October 15, 2013 Changes FCO to Thomas J. McCool
Amendment No. 7 to
FEMA-4116-DR-IL October 4, 2013 Changes FCO to David Samaniego
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Open Field Offices as of October 17, 2013
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Deployed Detailed Available Not Available Total
30 1 7 1 39
OFDC Cadre Member Status
Total Available Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Type 4
8* 1 4 2 1
As of: 10/11/2013
* All Type 1 FCOs are available unless deployed to a Level 1 event
Deployed Available Pending Hire On Board Positions
8 1 1 9 10
Federal Coordinating Officer
Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinator
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MCOV Fleet / Deployment Status
Fully Mission Capable 52 Partially Mission Capable 0 Non-Mission Capable 3 Total Not Deployed 34
MCOV FLEET STATUS MCOV DISASTER SUPPORT DEPLOYMENTS
Location Units
Assigned Available
FMC Deployed
Committed PMC Unavailable DR-State OPCON
En
Route Unit Prep
Open
Request Notes:
MERS Maynard 3 3 0 0 0 DR-4145-CO 21 0 0
MERS Frederick 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0
MERS Thomasville 14 11 3 0 0 0 0 0
DC Ft Worth 20 6 14 0 0 0 0 0
MERS Denver 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MERS Bothell 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
Sacramento 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
TOTAL 55 31 21 0 3 TOTAL 21 0 0 0
Included in above totals, units in route for turn-in. 0 0
Data as of: 10/16/13 @ 1500
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Active IA Disasters - Referral Status & Awards
Data as of: 10/16/13 @ 1500 # Max Grants = Applicants awarded maximum IHP ($32,400 for Major Disasters declared FY 2014)
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IA Registration Statistics
IA Registrations and IHP Amounts as of October 16, 2013 @ 1500
DR/EM # - State Registrations Approved
Applicants Total HA Approved
Total ONA
Approved Total IHP Approved
4145 - CO 24,820 14,333 $40,599,275 $2,983,298 $43,582,573
Totals 24,820 14,333 $40,599,275 $2,983,298 $43,582,573
24 hour change +174 +124 +$553,221 +$108,351 +$661,572
NPSC Call Data for October 15, 2013
Total Calls Answered (Help Line + Registration Intake) 2,224
Average time to answer call 12 seconds
Maximum / Minimum time to answer a call 1 minute, 3 seconds / 9 seconds
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Housing Inspection Statistics
Inspection Data as of October 16, 2013 @ 1500
DR #-State Inspectors Inspections
Assigned
Inspections
Completed Inspection % Complete
Turnaround Time
(Days)
4145 - CO 27 21,715 21,427 98.67% 2.4
TOTAL 27 21,715 21,427 98.67% 2.4
24 hour change 0 +187 +187 +0.01% -0.0
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HIGHLIGHTS:.
AK - National Renewable Energy Labs (NREL) representative is
now on site at JFO as a component of the Infrastructure Systems
Recovery Support Function (IS RSF).
CO – 3 RSF coordinators are in Colorado at present (CPCB,
Housing, Infrastructure). The AET recommends the activation of 5
RSFs (Housing, Infrastructure, NCR, Economics, CPCB).
LA - St. John the Baptist Parish to host six Puget Sound
(Washington State) area recovery planners in their efforts to gain
knowledge of how the parish utilized NDRF to develop and
implement post-disaster recovery plans.
DISASTER STATE FDRC
Sandy CT James McPherson
Sandy NJ Peter Martinasco
Sandy
NY Ken Curtin
Isaac LA Wayne Rickard
Drought 39 States Colleen Callahan (USDA)
Tornado OK Wayne Rickard
Flood CO Dan Alexander
Flood AK Joan Rave
Flood IL Earl Zuelke
NDRF Operations
Legend
Active NDRF Operations
NDRF Assessments
Drought
No NDRF Operations
Data as of: 10/16/13 @ 1500
AK
HI
AET – Advanced Evaluation Team
CPCB – Community Planning Capacity Building
IS – Infrastructure Systems
JFO – Joint Field Office
NCR – Natural and Cultural Resources
NDRF – National Disaster Recovery Framework
RSF – Recovery Support Function
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IMAT Status National Teams
Team Status Team Status Team Status
Blue/White East West CO
Regional Teams Team Status Team Status Team Status
Region I Region V Region VIII
Region II Region VI-1 Region IX-1
Region III Region VI-2 Region IX-2
Region IV-1 Region VII Region X
Region IV-2
= Assigned/Deployed
= Not Mission Capable
= Available/Mission Capable
= Available/Partially Mission Capable
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Urban Search & Rescue INCIDENT SUPPORT TEAMS (Red-White-Blue) – Monthly On Call Rotation
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
WEST CENTRAL EAST
Team Status Team Status Team Status
CA-TF1 Available AZ-TF1 Available FL-TF1 Available
CA-TF2 Available CO-TF1 Available FL-TF2 Available
CA-TF3 Available IN-TF1 Available MA-TF1 Available
CA-TF4 Available MO-TF1 Available MD-TF1 Available
CA-TF5 Available NE-TF1 Available NY-TF1 Available
CA-TF6 Available NM-TF1 Conditional PA-TF1 Available
CA-TF7 Available NV-TF1 Conditional VA-TF1 Available
CA-TF8 Available TN-TF1 Available VA-TF2 Available
WA-TF1 Available TX-TF1 Available OH-TF1 Available
UT-TF1 Available
= Assigned/Deployed = Out-of-Service
= Available/Mission Capable = Available/Partially Mission Capable
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Region RRCC Regional Watch Center
I Not Activated Maynard MOC (24/7)
II Not Activated 24/7
III Not Activated 24/7
IV Not Activated 24/7
V Not Activated 24/7
VI Not Activated Denton MOC (24/7)
VII Not Activated 24/7
VIII Not Activated Denver MOC (24/7)
IX Not Activated 24/7
X Not Activated Bothell MOC (24/7)
RRCC / Regional Watch Center Status
= Not Mission Capable = Available/Partially Mission Capable = Available/Mission Capable
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National Team Status
Team/Status Current Location Remarks
National Watch Center Washington, DC Enhanced Watch (Day only)
NRCC Washington, DC Not Activated
HLT Miami, FL Activated
DEST Washington, DC Not Activated
Mission Capable Partially Mission Capable Not Mission Capable
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Great Shakeout Exercise
October 17, 2013
• At 10:17 a.m. EDT, millions of people
worldwide will practice how to Drop, Cover,
and Hold On
• Practice earthquake preparedness:
• Drop, Cover and Hold On
• Learn safety tips
• Develop an emergency plan
• For more information visit:
http://www.shakeout.org/southeast/
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