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

all phones.all phones.

Thanks for your cooperation.Thanks for your cooperation.

Silence All Phones and Pagers

Safety Briefing

• Fire

• Medical

• Stress

• Severe Weather

• Parking

SEOC LEVEL

124 Hour Operations

EOC Staffing

• STATE COORDINATING OFFICER – Craig Fugate• SERT CHIEF – David Halstead• OPERATIONS CHIEF – Leo Lachat• PLANS CHIEF – Carla Boyce• LOGISTICS CHIEF – Chuck Hagan• FINANCE CHIEF – Suzanne Adams• PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER – Mike Stone• RECOVERY – Marcia Chircos

State Coordinating Officer

Craig Fugate

Up Next – SERT Chief

David Halstead

Up Next – Planning

SERT Chief

SERT CHIEFDave Halstead

Mitigation Bureau Chief

OPERATIONSLeo LachatMark Fuller

PlansCarla Boyce

Angela Osceola

LogisticsChuck HaganJeff Milligan

Emergency ServicesFarrah Gosford

Sheri Richardson

Human ServicesCindy PalmerErin Hayes

Others as required

InfrastructureDanny Kilcollins

Dean Griffin

Operations SupportLinda Brown

Tim DateOthers as required

Finance/AdminSuzanne AdamsCherie Trainer

Deputy IC RecoveryMarcia Chiricos

Bart Frost

Public InformationMike Stone

Princess Ousley

ESF 13Maj Tad Warfel

Field IMT

Carla Boyce

Planning

Up Next – Operations

Plans

Planning Assumptions•Tropical disturbance off of the east coast of Florida will increase the chance for erratic fire behavior and increase wildland fire activity overall

•Wildfires in SE US are limiting available mutual aid resources for suppression activities in Florida

•No significant rainfall anticipated, high dispersion rates, low humidity levels

•Fires will continue to endanger residences and businesses

•DMATs are available upon request through FEMA

PlansSignificant Events

Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) Executive Order closed FWC’s Everglades Wildlife Management Area north of I-75 (Alligator Alley) to vehicles and vessels (with the exception of canals) because of drought and fire risk.

•Florida Department of Transportation reports that Alligator Alley is closed from Mile Marker 80 (SR 29) to Mile Marker 101 (CR 951)

•Bradford County: Jacksonville FHP Mobile Command Post assigned to field operations/assist Sheriff’s Office with hazardous driving conditions

•Georgia Forestry Commission and Georgia Emergency Management Agency advise that they will be routing evacuations of residents (approximately 50 homes) of Moniac, Georgia (Charleton County) to Florida, near McClenny.

•Lee County at Level 2 activation and currently have two fires burning

Plans

# of Properties Damaged/Destroyed as of 1630 hrs:

•12 minor (1 Bradford; 11 Walton)• 5 major (Walton)

•3 destroyed (Walton)

Plans

Jim Karels

Division of Forestry

Up Next – Operations

REAL WORLD - Wildfire

Meteorology

Ben Nelson

Leo Lachat

Operations

Up Next – Operations Support

Linda Brown

Operations Support

Up Next – Emergency Services

Operations Support• Current Issues (20%)

• SERT Liaison Deployed to 4 Locations: • Baker County• Bradford County• City of Starke• Leon County

• Unmet Needs• None

• Future Operations (80%)

• Cont. to support operations in 2007 Wildfires

Up Next – Emergency Services

Emergency Services

Up Next – Human Services

Emergency Services Branch

• Current Issues (20%)

• Resources• Continue to fulfill missions with

available in state resources• Major accomplishments

• Have identified 4 states that can assist through EMAC

• Unmet Needs• Available resources• Information on Forestry IMT needs for

Medical Support Units

Emergency Services Branch

• Future Operations (80%)

• Continue to re-evaluate resources• Continue to work Air Quality Monitor

Missions• Monitor surge in medical systems

(transport, facilities, SpNS,)• Monitor COOP and Evacuation activities• Continue to provide Health related safety

messages• Continue to work Traffic Control missions

Up Next – Human Services

Human Services

Up Next – ESF 4&9Up Next – Infrastructure

HUMAN SERVICES

• Current Issues • Current Shelters are open with minimal occupancy• Pet Shelters Identified• ESF 17 has issued News Release re: Livestock and

Pet Evacuation• Added price gauging toll free line information to EM

Constellation• Assessing situation

• Unmet Needs• None

HUMAN SERVICES

• Future Operations • Provide USDA commodities for shelter feeding, as

needed• Respond to mission requests• Support activities of ESF 6 and the disaster feeding

organizations• Monitor situation• Suspend Animal Movement Regulations (intrastate

and interstate) in coordination with Georgia and Alabama

Up Next – Infrastructure

Infrastructure

Up Next – Logistics

Infrastructure ESF – 1 & 3 Transportation

• Current Operations ESF – 1 & 3 (WildFire)

• FDOT Gainesville Maintenance Providing 5,000 gal water truck in Hampton city fire vicinity

• Deployed Variable Message Boards and Traffic Cones to impacted counties

• Unmet Needs (80%)

• None at this time

Infrastructure ESF – 1 & 3 Transportation

• Future Ops ESF – 1 & 3 (WildFire)

• Support local evacuations/road closures• Provide Traffic Maintenance with Variable

Message Boards (VMB’s) & Temporary “Smoke on Road” signs

• Re-supply DOT Fuel Farms, Maintenance facilities & equipment

• Future Ops ESF – 1 & 3 (?) (80%)

• Continue to Support SERT Missions

Infrastructure ESF – 2 Communications

• Current Operations ESF – 2 (WildFire)

• Monitor Communications support• Contact/ Coordinate with Florida

telecommunications vendors (FL. Teleco’s) for emergency response as needed.

• Comm. equipment & teams on standby

• Unmet Needs ESF – 2 • None at this time

Infrastructure ESF – 2 Communications

• Future Operations ESF – 2 (WildFire)• Mobilized Communication support • Continue to Monitor and support

communications as needed.

• Unmeet Needs ESF – 2 • None at this time

Infrastructure ESF – 12 Power

• Current Operations ESF – 12 (WildFire)

• 16 customers with out power due to isolated utility poles burning – this outage is similar in magnitude to normal daily outages

• Unmet Needs ESF – 12 • None at this time

Infrastructure ESF – 12 Power

• Future Operations ESF – 12 (WildFire)

• Power companies (FP&L, Progress Energy) applying “Barricade” water absorbing fire retardant gel to power poles in the expected path of fires

• Continue to monitor fire path damages, customer impacts and restoration

Infrastructure ESF – 12 Fuel

• Current Operations ESF – 12 (WildFire)• Continue current operations• Determined availability of:

• 7 – 1,500 gal to 4,000 gal fuel tenders available (for gas & diesel)

• 15 – 9,000 gal fuel tenders available (for gas & diesel)

• Unmet Needs ESF – 12 • None at this time

Infrastructure ESF – 12 Fuel

• Future Operations ESF – 12 (WildFire)• Polling retail fuel providers for mogas

availability

• Unmet Needs ESF – 12 • None at this time

Logistics

Up Next – RecoveryUp Next – EMAC Mutual Aid

EMAC Mutual Aid

Up Next – Finance & Administration

Finance & Administration

Up Next – Public Information

Finance & Admin

Current Issues • Provide support for purchases and/or deployment• Meals - lunch & dinner today

Unmet Needs• None

Future Operations • Continue to track costs • Continue to provide purchasing and deployment

support.• Will be contacting State Agency Finance Officers

Public Information

Up Next – Recovery

Recovery

Up Next – SERT Chief

RECOVERY

• Current Issues (20%)

• Tracking Housing and Business damages• Presidential Declaration Request being drafted

• Unmet Needs

• Developing Cost data for FMAGP Threshold Letter

• Future Operations (80%)

• Continuing to monitor damages in preparation of requesting a Joint PDA for a Presidential Declaration

Up Next – SERT Chief

SERT Chief

David Halstead

Next Briefing

May 10 at 1830 HRSESF Briefing