hurricane wilma branch briefing october 29, 2005
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Unified Command EOC StaffingSTATE and FEDERAL COORDINATING OFFICERS• Craig Fugate – Scott MorrisSERT CHIEF• Mike DeLorenzo – Justin DeMelloOPERATIONS CHIEF• Dave Bujak – Gracia SzczechINFORMATION AND PLANNING CHIEF• David CrispLOGISTICS CHIEF• Chuck Hagan – Joe BurchetteFINANCE & ADMIN CHIEF• Suzanne AdamsPUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER• Mike Stone – Nicole JergerRECOVERY• Frank Koutnik
Planning Considerations• Emergency Workers will be going into Hazardous areas.
• Sanitation becoming a problem to residents and emergency workers.
• Post impact services for special needs populations becoming an issue.
• Electric outages severe in most south Florida Counties.
• Debris clearance is ongoing.
• Mass Care operations will be long term.
• Spot Fuel Outages.
• Many communities making the transition to recovery.
• Election on Tuesday in Miami.
• PODs closing.
• Major retail outlets coming back on line.
• There will be a lot of responders in south Florida – communicate – communicate – communicate.
• Keep the emergency worker safe.
Planning Considerations
Up Next - Operations
Hurricane Wilma Unified Command IAP #10Operational Period: 1900 10-28-05 to 1900 10-29-05
General Operating Objectives:
1. Continue Wilma Command operations.2. Provide emergency services support to
local government.3. Maintain the Unified Logistics Team to
support south Florida Operations.4. Continue to support county shelter
operations.5. Provide support to healthcare facilities
in south Florida.6. Provide Community Response Teams
to south Florida with a focus on assessment, identification and reporting of Human Needs.
Hurricane Wilma Unified Command IAP #10Operational Period: 1900 10-28-05 to 1900 10-29-05
Up Next – Emergency Services
General Operating Objectives:
7. Support Infrastructure Operations.8. Continue financial management of
Hurricane Wilma operations.9. Continue to determine and implement
animal support functions.10. Provide Law Enforcement support to
impacted areas.11. Transition to Recovery.12. Maintain feeding operations.13. Public information will continue to
broadcast information which will assist disaster victims in acquiring disaster services.
Emergency ServicesCurrent Issues• ESF 4 & 9
• Engine Strike Team and Fire Inspectors mobilized (Broward County)
• Water Tankers mobilized (Collier, Broward, and Monroe Counties)
• Engine Companies mobilized (Hendry and Monroe Counties)• Advance Life Support Units mobilized (Monroe County)
• ESF 8• 4 SpNS shelters are open with a census of 131• AHCA assessment teams mobilized in impacted areas • Mobile clinics mobilized in support of VA facilities• 3 Strike Teams mobilized (Monroe County)• 5 DMATs along with Federal Protective Services (FPS)
workers mobilized
Emergency Services
Current Issues (continued)• ESF 8 (continued)
• Field Medical Needs Coordination Team mobilized in south Florida
• 3 HHS Teams mobilized with an HHS Augmentation Team on standby for deployment
• Federal Forward Team (along with S. Carolina staff) deployed to assist targeted rural areas
• Coordinating fuel requests for healthcare facilities with ESF 12
• ESF 10• Local and out-of-area HazMat teams mobilized; assessing
damage and performing stabilization activities • 25 FlaWARN teams assisting water and wastewater facilities • EPA addressing Miccosukee Tribe water facilities issues
• ESF 16 • 883 State and Local Law Enforcement officers deployed
Emergency ServicesUnmet Needs• None at this time
Future Operations• ESF 4 & 9
• Monitor need for additional resources• ESF 8
• Continue to support ESF 8 operations in affected areas• ESF 10
• State parks cleanup continues with some parks still closed; see ESF 10 for most current list
• HazMat cleanups continue as needed• FlaWARN teams continue to work with water facilities• Beach assessments continuing; see ESF 10 for most current
assessments• ESF 10 coordinating solid waste and debris disposal
• ESF 16• Continue to provide assistance to local law enforcement in impacted
areas• Anticipate demobilizing out-of-region assets from Ft. Myers Region by
Sunday, 11/30• Assess and redeploy assets as necessary
Up Next – Human Services
Human ServicesCurrent Issues• ESF 6
• Shelters. Nine (9) counties have 24 open shelters housing 2,431 individuals. Two (2) additional shelters in 2 counties on stand-by as of 10/28/05.
• The American Red Cross (ARC) has 30 fixed feeding sites and 57 mobile feeding sites, serving a combined total of 158,103 meals and snacks.
• The Salvation Army (TSA) has 5 fixed feeding sites and 46 mobile routes being served by 33 canteens, serving a combined total of 89,609 meals and snacks.
• Southern Baptists have 18 mobile kitchens preparing meals for the above mentioned ARC units.
• ESF 11• 338 trucks of water and 335 trucks of ice delivered to LSAs.• 659 additional trucks of water and 346 additional trucks of ice
enroute.• 3,100 cases of baby food and formula shipped to date. Additional
product has been received.• 1,180 cases of USDA commodity shipped to date.• LSA team at LSA West Palm Beach.
Human ServicesCurrent Issues (continued)• ESF 15
• Recruiting 2000+ volunteers to help staff Disaster Food Stamp Program for Department of Children and Families.
• Disbursing a Media Alert with information about the volunteer and donation hotline.
• Volunteer and Donation Hotline is operating from 8A-5P, 7 days a week.• Volunteers are starting to staff PODs.
• ESF 17• ESF-17 Incident Command Post (ICP) in Kissimmee at Osceola IFAS
Extension Office.• Assessment and Response Teams deployed to impacted areas.• Contacting County ESF-17 coordinators and industry representatives for
damage assessments.• State Agricultural Response Teams (SART) partner agencies assisting with
damage assessments and response efforts.• USDA Farm Service Agency reports severe sugar cane crop damage below
Okeechobee.• Assisting Palm Beach County with animal needs in Belle Glade area.• Assessments of animal shelters and wildlife facilities in the Keys completed.
No critical needs at this time.• Assessments on the West Coast completed. No critical needs at this time.• Feed mills in Okeechobee receiving rail cars of feed for production.
Human ServicesCurrent Issues (continued)• Other HS Functions
• Department of Education: 7 school districts south of I-4 corridor closed.
• Dept of Children & Families, Dept of Elder Affairs, Agency for Workforce Innovation (AWI) monitoring situation and preparing as appropriate.
• Community Response Teams and DRC Managers deployed to affected areas for individual and public needs assistance.
Unmet Needs• ESF 17
• Fuel shortages reported for veterinary hospitals, animal shelters and dairy producers.
Human Services
Future Operations:• ESF 6
• Continue coordinating the acquisition of resources for distribution to effected communities by TSA and ARC.
• ESF 11• Coordinating deliveries of USDA commodities to state contracted
warehouse, ARC, and TSA.• Continue to monitor and re-supply LSAs as needed.
• ESF 15• Continue to get donated goods into the pipeline.• Continue to work with outside donors for water.
• ESF 17• Complete final assessments.• Continue supply and support for Palm Beach and Brevard
counties needs.• FDACS Ag. Environmental Services evaluating mosquito spraying
missions.
Up Next – Infrastructure
Infrastructure
Current Issues• ESF1&3
• FDOT conducting recon and debris clearance missions• FDOT maintenance yards (fuel) are operational• All airports are open; seaports are open with restrictions• 460 traffic generators wired in, 140 more in process
• ESF2• ESF 2 is staffed and operational; recon/field staff deployed• Currently deployed 626 cell phones, 25 satellite phones, 9
air-cards, 16 FRS-2 way radios (very short range), 6 Tracstar, 180 POTs, 25 COWs, 16 conference bridge lines (100/40 port)
• Landline phones outages approx 832,000;• Cell Wireless Coverage- Region 4- 90% operational, Region
5- 98% operational, Region 6- 94% operational, and Region 7- 71% operational
InfrastructureCurrent Issues• FUEL
• Seventeen (17) Fuel Tankers mobilized in support of LE, security and emergency services
• Port Everglades electric power restored and open; all racks are operational
• Four first responder fueling sites being established: Broward-FAU Downtown Ft. Lauderdale Campus & Davie Campus; Palm Beach Gardens Comm. College; and Miami-Dade Comm. College, North Campus…all assets on-scene and pumping fuel; see tracker #2074
• Fuel recipients must have ID or agency marked vehicle, and be a part of federal/state/local & volunteer Hurricane relief missions (life-saving, life-sustaining and recovery); see tracker # 1962
• ARF for twelve (12) tenders under tracker #2105; also a mutual aid request broadcast for tenders
• ELECTRIC• FP&L, Co-ops and municipals report that 9,400+ personnel deployed,
and out-of-state, Canada and mutual aid crews responding• Power outage reports on tracker #380, and detailed Estimated Times of
Restoration (ETR) on tracker #390, • Approx 1,434,502 customers without electric service
Infrastructure
Up Next – Military Support
Unmet Needs• Fuel tenders & fuel
Future Operations• Flood control missions• Fuel support missions• Telecomm support missions• Support emergency services operations• Support recovery operations
ESF 13 – Military Support
Current Issues• 3,381 Soldiers & Airmen on SAD (WILMA) • WILMA cost $4,724,170 (as of 28 Oct 05)• TF 53: Yellow Zone (Broward, Dade, Palm Beach, Martin,
Okeechobee, Glades Counties) with 6 battalions and 1,343 Soldiers
• TF164: Red Zone (Collier, Hendry Counties) with 2 battalions and 750 Soldiers
• TF 50: Blue Zone (Monroe County) 2 LSAs (LSA Palm Beach County Fairgrounds, LSA Homestead Air Reserve Base) with 2 battalions and 609 Soldiers
• Provide SEOC support with ESF 5, ESF 13 & Logistics• SERT LNOs in 9 counties, additional LNOs in 3 X FDLE MACs• Continue to support PODS in 11 counties• AL, GA, and TX EMAC returned to homestation
ESF 13 – Military Support
Up Next – Logistics
Unmet Needs• None at this time
Future Operations• Continue to work tasked missions• Continue to right-size for current operations• Plan and prepare for future requests
Finance & Administration
Up Next – Public Information
Current Issues• Continue to purchase supplies and equipment• Continue to make arrangements for staff deployment• Continue to track costs
Unmet Needs• None at this time
Future Operations• Process any purchasing and travel requests