Lee County

• Location: SWFL • Population: 660,000 • Land area: 784 sq miles• Significant challenges:– Storm surge– Shelter deficit – Evacuation

Claim to Fame!

Daily EM Organization• Department within County Public Safety • 11 Full Time Staff– Operations • Shelter/Volunteer • Logistics

­ Planning• Health Care CEMP/Training• Special Needs/Social Media• Long Term Recovery

Declaration/EOC Activation • State of Local Emergency– Recommended by Emergency Management,

approved by BOCC– Duration of 7 days; may extend

• EOC Activation – Determined by EM Director and County Manager – Action Levels • 3 (Normal); 2 (Partial); 1 (Full)

Lee County EOC• Opened March 2013• Building - 29,292 sq ft (4,200 sq ft Sit Room) • Elevated 10 ft above grade (31 ft) • 200 mph wind design • 7 day independent operation– Three 1,250 KW generators (36,000 gallons fuel) – 14,000 gallons of potable water

EOC Staffing• Notifications– CodeRED and Phone Calls

• EOC Responders – County Employees – Municipal Liaisons – Agency Reps (NGOs, State, Federal) – Private Businesses

EOC Organization• Incident Command System (ICS)• FLOP with Assisting Agencies as additional

Section reporting to IC• Operations: Law Enforcement, Fire,

Health/Medical, Mass Care, Infrastructure • Planning: Message Center, United Way 211

Hotline, SMEs

EOC Layout

Geographic Divisions

EOC Activation Portal

Planning Process• Planning Documents– Situation Reports – Modified Incident Action Plan (IAP)– Time Delineated Schedules for response and

recovery

• Visitor and Convention Bureau, Economic Development Office, Public – Private Partners

• GIS - Arm 360 Damage Assessments

Resource Management• Open purchase order list for

vendors• Protection of responder

equipment and vehicles• Resources ordered through

EOC Activation Portal; filled/tracked by Logistics Section