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SITUATION REPORT No. 8

Hurricane Irma The Florida State Emergency Response Team

September 12, 2017 - Published at 1415hrs State Emergency Operations Center Activation Level: 1

Reporting Period: Sept. 12, 2017 0700hrs – Sept. 12, 2017 1900hrs Information Current as of 1300hrs

*Updated Information in Red* ____________________________________________________________________________

CURRENT SITUATION/ WEATHER SUMMARY:

Irma was declared post-tropical by the National Hurricane Center early Tuesday morning. Mostly sunny skies are expected statewide with rain chances less than 20%. Temperatures will be near normal, but index values could reach the mid 90s this afternoon. Significant river flooding will continue over the next several days as heavy rainfall from Hurricane Irma drains into Florida Peninsula rivers. River Flood Warnings are in effect for 16 major river stems and creeks in Florida. Major to record flooding is occurring or expected along the following rivers: St. Johns, St. Mary’s, Black Creek, Haw Creek, Santa Fe, Ocklawaha, Deep Creek, Durbin Creek, Anclote, Hillsborough, Alafia, Little Manatee, Myakka, Horse Creek, Peace, Fisheating Creek, Imperial and Caloosahatchee. Water levels may take several days to weeks to recede.

COUNTY ACTIONS:

REGION 1 EOC Level Local State

of Emergency

Evacuation Order

Open Shelters

School Open County

Government Closing

Bay 3 Y N N Y N

Calhoun 3 Y N N Y N

Escambia 3 Y N N Y N

Gulf 3 Y N N Y N

Holmes 3 N N N N N

Jackson 3 Y N N Y N

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Okaloosa 3 N N N Y N

Santa Rosa 3 N N Y Y N

Walton 2 Y N N Y N

Washington 2 Y N N Y N

REGION 2 EOC Level Local State

of Emergency

Evacuation Order

Open Shelters

School Open County

Government Closing

Columbia 2 Y N Y N Y

Dixie 1 Y Y N N Y

Franklin 1 Y Y N N Y

Gadsden 2 Y N N N N

Hamilton 1 Y N Y N Y

Jefferson 1 Y Y N N Y

Lafayette 3 Y N N N Y

Leon 3 Y N Y N N

Liberty 3 Y N N N N

Madison 2 Y N Y N Y

Suwannee 1 Y Y Y N Y

Taylor 2 Y N Y N Y

Wakulla 2 Y N Y N Y

REGION 3 EOC Level Local State

of Emergency

Evacuation Order

Open Shelters

School Open County

Government Closing

Alachua 1 Y N N N Y

Baker 1 Y N N N Y

Bradford 1 Y N N N Y

Clay 1 Y Y N N Y

Duval 1 Y Y N N Y

Flagler 1 Y N N N Y

Gilchrist 2 Y N N N Y

Levy 2 Y Y N N Y

Marion 2 Y N Y N Y

Nassau 1 Y Y N N Y

Putnam 1 Y N N N Y

St Johns 1 Y Y N N Y

Union 2 Y N N N Y

REGION 4 EOC Level Local State

of Emergency

Evacuation Order

Open Shelters

School Open County

Government Closing

Citrus 2 Y N N N Y

Hardee 2 Y N N N Y

Hernando 1 Y N Y N Y

Hillsborough 1 Y N Y N Y

Pasco 1 Y N N N Y

Pinellas 1 Y N N N Y

Polk 1 Y N N N Y

Sumter 2 Y N N N Y

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REGION 5 EOC evel

Local State of

Emergency

Evacuation Order

Open Shelters

School Open County

Government Closing

Brevard 1 Y Y Y N Y

Indian River 1 Y Y N N Y

Lake 1 Y N Y N Y

Martin 2 Y N Y N Y

Orange 1 Y N Y N N

Osceola 1 Y N Y N Y

Seminole 1 Y N Y N Y

St. Lucie 1 Y N N N Y

Volusia 2 Y N N N Y

REGION 6 EOC Level

Local State of

Emergency

Evacuation Order

Open Shelters

School Open County

Government Closing

Charlotte 2 Y N N N Y

Collier 1 Y N Y N Y

DeSoto 1 Y N Y N Y

Glades 1 Y N Y N Y

Hendry 1 Y N Y N Y

Highlands 1 Y N Y N Y

Lee 1 Y N Y N Y

Manatee 1 Y N Y N Y

Okeechobee 1 Y N Y N Y

Sarasota 1 Y N Y N Y

REGION 7 EOC Level

Local State of

Emergency

Evacuation Order

Open Shelters

School Open County

Government Closing

Broward 1 Y Y N N Y

Miami-Dade 1 Y Y N N Y

Monroe 1 Y Y N N Y

Palm Beach 1 Y Y N N Y

STATE ACTIONS:

SEOC is activated to a Level 1 with 24-hour operations.

Conference call with counties is being conducted daily at 1115 and 1715 Executive Orders:

Executive Order Number Date Signed Purpose

EO-17-234 09-04-2017 Executive Order

EM-3385 09-05-2017 Emergency Declaration

DR-4337 09-10-2017 Disaster Declaration

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STATE OFFICE CLOSURES:

State Offices in all 67 counties are close.

OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES:

1. Conduct lifesaving and life sustaining response operations in impacted communities.

2. Conduct debris clearance of prioritized critical transportation routes to facilitate movement of commodities, emergency responders, DSA Teams, and other critical workers for disaster survivor support.

3. Deliver life sustaining commodities directly to prioritized shelter and Points of Distribution

(PODs) in impacted counties.

4. Consolidate shelter operations.

5. Identify temporary short-term housing requirements, implement Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA), and develop a long-term housing strategy.

6. Move commodities to prioritized counties in impacted areas.

7. Conduct assessments for critical facilities and power restorations in impacted counties.

8. Conduct comprehensive and inclusive public messaging to provide timely, targeted, and

accessible disaster-specific information to the disaster survivors, stakeholders, and the general public.

9. Implement and deliver FEMA Individual Assistance Programs to disaster survivors.

EMERGENCY SERVICES BRANCH: ESF 4&9 Firefighting/Search and Rescue

US&R Recon Teams are moving to Key West

US&R Recon Teams are tasked and on scene for Marathon/Naples/Miami areas

Water assets in and moving to Northwest Florida

Beginning to examine the potential for demobilization for EMAC and Federal Teams

ESF 8 Health & Medical Services

Currently working on SAT Team to assist with discharge of evacuees out of shelters to be transported to hospitals

Requesting 2 DMATS: RFD for 90-100 special needs personnel and 1 for Keys reentry

Requesting 2 additional DMATS for Field Mobile Shelter that has a capacity for 250 evacuees

Supporting Special Needs Sheltering operations

Supporting Healthcare Facility evacuations

Federal Medical Station supporting shelter operations

Public Health Service teams supporting shelter operations

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Disaster Medical Assistance Teams supporting healthcare facility evacuations and ED augmentation

USAR staging in Tallahassee, Perry and Georgia will deploy to South Florida for response

Coordinating with FHCA Liaison in assisting several nursing homes with evacuations.

Continuing with patient movement

61 medical personnel are currently relocating to FIU

Preordered pharmaceuticals for shelters

Assisting with evacuations

Securing transport of medical personnel assets

Securing additional volunteers for special needs shelters

Finalizing post-impact assessment plans

Prepare for post impact needs

Developing sheltering plan for State ESF8 staff and families

Coordinated with ESF 12 & 16 for fuel to assist in ambulance missions for evacuations

94 Special Needs Shelters are open sheltering for 11,021 special needs clients, 4,490 caregivers, and 1,177 other family members.

ESF 10 Environment

Is working with FlaWARN to support Cocoa Beach Water Utilities to maintain water pressure which is currently affecting 40% of the area population.

Mobilized 12 Hazardous Assessment and Response Teams (HART) to assess sites and respond to releases and other storm impacts.

o DEP HART Teams are staging with the assistance of EPA and USCG to assess hazardous waste facilities.

DEP has expanded order for power plants to cover the entire state to assist any facility recovering from the storm

DEP has published a new order to waive certain rules for fuel facilities impacted by the storm.

DEP is standing up Beach Response Teams and participating with assistance of USACE in efforts to expedite recovery of Florida beaches.

Fielding county generator needs

Assessing Pump Inventories

Checking on the impact of dune fortification for Flagler, St. Johns, and Volusia county coastline; Washington Oaks Garden State Park

Working with US ACE, FEMA, USCG and various state agencies on a Debris Removal Work Group.

DEP is working with FWC, EPA, and USCG to mitigate pollutants from submerged vessels.

Ongoing Missions: o #212- FDEP request for USACE to oversee Flagler county coastal fortification o #285- FlaWARN Generator Mobilized for Staging and Deployment o #483, 486 - ESF10 tasked FDEP to build berms in St. Johns & Volusia counties

ESF10 has identified Anderson Columbia as the contractor for this mission o #609 – ESF10 tasked FDEP to fortify A1A in Flagler County o #1265-Deployment of SERT FlaWARN Generator Resources o #1746- Coastal Beaches Planning Resource Team with the US ACE o #2257-Alachua County generator request for lift station o #2402- Indian River Company Requests Beach Assessments

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o #2461-Monroe County pipe fittings o #2466- Recon requests for Hazardous Material facilities o #2520-Turtle nest marking request o #2645- 12K of Diesel fuel requested to pump Chemours Mine

ESF 13 Military Support

Florida National Guard (FLNG) currently has 7,520 Florida National Guard Soldiers and Airmen on duty and 1,545 National Guard from other states (through EMAC)

At the SEOC FLNG personnel are staffing ESF 13, the Logistics Desk, ESF 5 (Planning), and ESF 5 (RECON), meteorology, and Air Operations Branch. ESF13 and the Logistics

Missions to staff the SLRC and county liaisons (SERT LNO) are activated.

FLNG headquarters and major command units are actively planning for future operations.

Continue logistics support to the SLRC and LSA locations.

SAR teams with ESF 4, and 9 teams are conducting missions within the Joint Operations Area (JOA)

SERT LNO assisting EOCs in their assigned counties

Staffing 257 shelter locations throughout JOA

Aircraft positioned at Opa Locka

Continue logistics support to the SLRC and LSA locations

Conduct Joint Reception, Staging, Onward movement, and Integration (JRSOI)

Requesting and coordinating EMAC forces

EMAC integration to Florida forces ESF 16 Law Enforcement

Deploying resources to be used to support state and county needs

Coordinating escorts for multiple convoys of fuel tankers and medical supplies

Ensuring RLECTS are staffed with representatives from ESF16 partners including Florida Sheriff’s Association and Florida Chiefs Association

Coordinating with local law enforcement to assist in traffic control

Coordinating with multiple counties law enforcement to restore normal radio communication

AIR OPERATIONS

Collecting airport information in at-risk areas

Staging air assets for movement post-impact

Organize fuel staging for distro post-impact

Stage teams at Moody, Eglin, Albany

FAA Airspace Planning

Track CAP asset movement INFRASTRUCTURE BRANCH:

ESF 1/3 – Transportation & Public Works o FDOT staff deployed to SEOC

• ESF room set up and staffed o Weigh station bypass authorization granted to our emergency response vehicles o Issued overweight transportation waivers o ALL TOLLS are suspended

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Deploying county liaisons

Activated traffic counters

Working EMAC missions on debris and bridge inspection.

FDOT crews are in South Florida doing damage assessment and cleaning major interstate.

Publishing updates to Florida 511

Closed construction zones

Contractors activated & staging

Florida Turnpike SunPass strike teams

For Road Closures see: o Florida 511: http://www.fl511.com/ o Florida Hwy Patrol: http://www.flhsmv.gov/fhp/traffic/

Bridge Closures o Monitoring

Coordinating receiving major assets from Federal.

Sea Port Status (As of 12 Sep/10 PM EMCONSTELLATION Info Message 688) Whiskey - Winds >39mph within 72 hours X-Ray - Winds >39mph within 48 hours Yankee - Winds >39mph within 24 hours

Port Manatee Zulu

Port Everglade Zulu

Port of Palm Beach Zulu

Port of Fort Pierce Zulu

Port Canaveral Zulu

Port Miami Zulu

Port of Key West Zulu

Port Tampa Bay Opening at approximately 08:00 on 9/12/17

Port Saint Pete Opening at approximately 16:00 on 9/12/17

Port of Fernandina Zulu

Jacksonville Zulu

Ft Pierce Zulu

Panama City Zulu

Pensacola Open (Closed to inbound traffic)

Airport Status

Airport Name Status

Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport

Closed (Emergency Ops Only)

Downtown Fort Lauderdale Heliport Closed

Everglades Airpark Closed

Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport

Closed (Emergency Ops Only)

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Immokalee Regional Airport Closed

Key West International Airport Commercial Service Terminated

Marco Island Airport Closed

Miami Executive Airport Closed (Emergency Ops Only)

Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport

Closed (Emergency Ops Only)

Miami Seaplane Base Closed

Naples Municipal Airport Closed

North Perry Airport Closed

Opa-Locka Executive Airport

Closed (Emergency Ops Only)

Palm Beach International Airport Commercial Service Terminated

Punta Gorda Airport Commercial Service Terminated

Southwest Florida International Airport Commercial Service Terminated

St Pete-Clearwater International Airport Closed

Tallahassee Commercial Airport Closed

The Florida Keys Maraton International Airport Closed

Vero Beach Municipal Airport

Commercial Service Terminated (Emergency Ops Only)

FAA major airport status: http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/semap.jsp

No active ESUs as of 9/12/17.

Engaging EMAC process, FEMA and non-Florida contractors for staffing and resource assistance.

WMDs monitoring, waterways and open flood control structures; performing final checks of hazards, equipment and supplies; and closing district lands

USACE releasing water from Lake Okeechobee, monitoring the Herbert Hoover Dike, briefing media, extending navigational lock hours and closing campgrounds

ESF 2 Telecommunications

Communicating with Telcom partners for communication status on wireline, data, and wireless services support agencies and resource providers

Coordinating with state, federal and industry partners o Are being deployed to affected areas (SATCOWS, SATCOLTS, mobile devices,

communications trailers, charging stations, staff, etc.) o Deploying more Mi-Fi/Hotspots, satellite phones, mobile satellite systems with

Amateur Radio Operators for deployment post-storm

State Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) –some sites on generator, some sites down, working to restore services to down sites.

Monitoring SEOC bandwidth on MFN Public DMS

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Assessing Operational Status of SLERS and availability of Teleco’s Service Resources. Some 60% are operational. We are still waiting on status of some site.

Preparing to assist and support County & SEOC missions, as needed

Coordinating satellite communications

Identifying Telecom resources and preparing for deployment if needed

Assessing fuel / generator status for cell towers and central offices.

Coordinating delivery of mobile devices for responders.

Coordinating purchase of Satellite Phones ESF 12 Energy

Monitoring electric transmission, grid and power production; Reporting in Mission 1236 as “Grid Stability Update”

Tracking and Reporting power outages starting 0600 through 2100 at every 3 hours. See mission #1236.

Electric utilities coordinating with mutual aid restoration resources

In contact with all affected utilities to obtain needs and place needs requests into missions

Turkey Point Nuclear Plant being powered back up and will be operational within 24 hours

ELECTRIC & NATURAL GAS UTILITIES (Public Service Commission) o The state is monitoring the power grid for sufficient power and the natural gas

infrastructure for any damages that can cause a loss of service to power plants. The state is coordinating with utilities to identify and resolve fuel, equipment, and resource needs.

o All utilities are assessing damage and focusing on restoration of transmission line restoral. Substations would be next to be repaired and then the distribution feeders. Restoration time estimates will be forthcoming.Obtained Mutual aid for Vero Beach from FPL, OUC and Texas.

ESF 12 Fuels

Monitoring EM CONSTELLATION missions, monitoring Bulk Fuel Supply, monitoring Fuel Supply along evacuation route(s), monitoring USAR needs. Coordinating emergency fuel resupply.

o Preparing to survey Fuel supply along evacuation routes for US1 Turnpike, I-75 “from Ft Lauderdale to Tampa”, and I-95 “from Miami to Palm Beach”.

o Coordinating with State emergency fuel vendor, “Emergency fuel contractor has secured 1.5 million gallons of fuel for initial delivery and confirmed that additional fuel supply for future deliveries. Also, they have sent us a list of available equipment resources available”.

o Fuel equipment assets available • Working with fuel industry to get more fuel into the state • Working with power companies to get fuel. • Working on entry plan in the Keys.

Started list of open stations with fuel by Gas Buddy and available in the fuel room HUMAN SERVICES BRANCH: ESF 6:

ESF 6 is working with support agencies to identify state mass care resources.

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ESF 6 coordinating with counties’ ESF 6 counterpart using our situational awareness unit to communicate with each county.

Mass Care Calls are ongoing

Sheltering focus

Focus: How to facilitate common operating picture of ESF 6 in the State. American Red Cross

NSS reflects a 50% drop in population; this number does not match the number of shelters closing- Need to consolidate

92 ERV’s in state

Approved P.O’s for 3 major kitchens

Shelter-pop 95,764= 423 shelters

Special needs Pop: 16,633 = 85 special needs shelter

The Salvation Army

190,000 meals and snacks served

Field kitchens to arrive today Naples and Broward county

Shelters are closing down

32 canteens will be releasing to support South Florida

more canteens coming from out of state

Starting tomorrow team will be arriving to assist in the Keys or as close as they can get to the area.

Florida Baptist

6 location and 6 kitchens coming in; 4 out of state kitchens to start feeding on Friday

Communications and fuel challenged

Working with vendors, getting food to where needs to be delivered Food Banks

5 fully powered locations; others working with generators but operational

Receiving products and helping to support other food banks and shelters

Distributing food boxes ESF 11 Food & Water

Updating food, water, and ice need projections, along with the affected population, are posted under info-messages 171, and 244.

FEMA Resource Requests forms have been submitted for: o 11 million shelf stable meals o 4.1 million liters of water (1,083,105 gallons) o 668 cases of baby supplies (infant and toddler kits)

Monitoring EM Constellation for missions involving USDA foods

Ensuring adequate food resources are available to residents impacted by Hurricane Irma, and are prioritizing these resources based on areas where landfall occurred first and based upon urgency of need. These areas in particular are: Monroe, Charlotte, Collier, Lee, Sarasota, and shelters of last refuge.

Working with retail partners to obtain food resources for shelters in the most critical areas and with the most critical needs. Most of these retail partners, in addition to mainline food distributors, are currently conducting damage and travel assessments.

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Awaiting approval from USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to release foods sourced from The Emergency Assistance Food Program (TEFAP) and Commodity Supplemental Food Service (CSFP) foods to be used by all counties per the Presidential Disaster Declaration.

Ensuring ice is available for shelters, canteens, kitchens, and military support operations. ESF 11 is also ensuring that they have the ability to hold and store ice. If not, we are sourcing the availability of reefer trucks for use.

Drawing down USDA Foods from the state inventory (405,000 meals) as well as inventory from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture (427,000 meals) for meal preparation. Food preparation capability are currently being assessed.

Staging infant and toddler supplies in Pensacola for distribution for missions received. We are working with the SEOC Logistics section to locate pre-staged resources so that they can be redirected to counties on the SW Coast.

MRE’s to be delivered by FEMA, not Logistics

Challenges:

Feeding in some counties/ shelters

Distribution vehicles

Propane can’t get in State, Pipelines are shutdown. Propane comes by rail, boat and truck.

Shelter needs:

consolidate shelters to free up the FNG o ESF6- call all counties to coordinate Mass care operations, meet at 4 everyday-

Discuss shelter consolidation and staffing

Resource shelters as they consolidate

NE Florida is expecting new shelters to open as population returns to FL

Staffing shelters is a priority; we need to relieve the FNG and County from shelter operations.

Shelter Consolidations:

County by county calls to gather information on this

Ask about Personal Assistance Service PAS: Is it available in shelters?

Use Volunteers in shelters to release the FNG and county

ESF 15 Volunteers & Donations

Conducting conference calls FVOAD and county ESF 15 calls and assessing volunteer assets

Working with CERT teams across the state on county EOC support

A-DART on standby

Coordinating messaging for donations & volunteer management

Volunteers and Donation Call Center is activated

Coordinating with ARC and DMS on shelter support operations to place and use state workers as shelter workers

Working with Coca Cola to obtain water for distribution in the impacted area

Working on providing ESF 8 with volunteers that have a medical background

Identifying state employee volunteers to assist in host shelters

Identifying bi-lingual speakers to work the call center

Establishing Crisis Cleanup

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Focusing on shelter support

Providing donation support

Coordinating with all teams currently on standby

Providing county volunteer support

Sorting Volunteer database and distributing to counties

Working with private sector partners and NGO’s to fulfill community needs

Coordinating with our teams on standby

Volunteer management

ESF 17 Animal & Agricultural Issues

Incident Command Post (ICP) located in Kissimmee/Osceola County at University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Extension Office.

Locating advanced base locations in south Florida; coordinating with UF/IFAS on possible location.

Establishing a staging area at the ICP tomorrow to accept donations, response supplies and equipment.

Working a Pasco County request for veterinarian and Animal Health Technician assistance for pet shelters.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) checking on reports received about wolf hybrid issues in Desoto County.

Working an EMAC REQAs to request a short Type lll IMT and a Veterinary Response Team from Mississippi.

Working an existing FEMA Mission to utilize local federal USDA personnel for incident response.

FDACS Division of Fruit and Vegetable, Plant Industry and the Office of Ag. Water Policy offering personnel for response actions.

Preparing a RRF for National Veterinary Response Teams or a DoD veterinary team.

Working vector control missions through the ESF-17 Mosquito Control Incident Response Team (MCIRT).

Coordinating with the Bureau of Dairy, FDACS Division of Food Safety, on addressing dairy issues and fuel prioritization and obtaining generators through Garner Environmental.

Coordinating with Florida Veterinary Medical Association (FVMA) for solicitation of veterinary and animal health technician volunteers from the Florida Veterinary Corps.

FWC contacting Class 1 facilities and venomous reptile facilities to confirm that the animals are secure.

Working with the State Agricultural Response Team (SART) which is a Mac Group in support of state ESF17, to establish incident priorities, push resources to our IMT, coordinate the communication and information flow between our IMT and SART partner agencies.

Logistics Section

Assisting staging forces in conjunction with Dept. of Education and the University System to get shelters to stage National Guard and other first responders

Coordinating procurement of SLRC and LSA support packages (pending PO)

Developed and Requested approval for Heavy Equipment Package

Procuring shuttle service for SLRC

Requesting Mobile Mini for LSA use

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Coordinating with ESF 11 and ESF 6 to procure water and food

Preparing to staff and support 3 LSAs and FEMA ISB a. Coordinating RRF for use of CBJTC b. Coordinating MOU for use of Lease Land in Orlando c. Preparing MOU/Lease for use of West Palm Beach Fairgrounds and Lee

County Mosquito Control

Planning LSAs in Lakeland, Homestead ARB, South Florida Fairgrounds, and Lee County Mosquito Control and continue to monitor the storm to determine any additional needs or changes.

Support packages have been ordered for LSAs in Lakeland, Homestead, South Florida and Lee county

Securing NE FL Fairgrounds to temporary stage and lodge assistance teams and first responders.

Coordinating with Dept. of Corrections to ensure water distributers delivered water requirements to support multiple DC facilities.

Completing EMAC/RRFs for multiple functions (including DMAT, NJARNG Truck Unit, and initial water and food)

Pushing supplies to Marathon

Opening LSA Lee

Establishing LSA Homestead

Establishing IMT CSA-Duval (County Staging Area Duval) ESF 14- External Affairs

Continuing to manage all media inquiries

Continuing to manage ESF 14 email inquiries

Coordinating with PatLive for any issues or concerns regarding the FEIL.

Preparing supplemental messaging for local staff and partners regarding evacuation and life safety

Pushing life safety and protective actions via social media

Amplifying local and partner messaging via social media

Working with EOG to meet staffing needs

Coordinated with PatLive for any issues or concerns regarding the FEIL

Working with ESF 4/9 and 6 to forward all life-safety tweets/requests

Working with EOG to meet future staffing needs.

ESF 18- Business, Industry & Economic Stabilization

Conducting Private Sector Coordination Conference Calls.

Working with ESF 12 Fuels in identifying availability, messaging to private sector partners, and working through related issues.

The Florida Virtual Business Emergency Operations Center business damage assessment surveying tool has been activated for businesses to report damages resulting from Hurricane Irma. Businesses are encouraged to visit http://flvbeoc.org/index.php. Click on Hurricane Irma.

ESF 18 Representatives are manning a private sector hotline at (850) 815-4925 to respond to calls from businesses and private sector support organizations.

The Department of Economic Opportunity is readying the Disaster Unemployment Assistance Program to provide temporary income support to eligible individuals in counties approved for FEMA Individual Assistance.

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ESF 18 Representatives are working with its private sector partners to identify the “open/close” status of businesses. This information is being posted to the SERT Hurricane Irma web page: http://www.floridadisaster.org/info/.

DEO is also preparing to launch the Florida Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan Program to provide support to businesses that suffered economic or physical damage from Hurricane Irma.

Recovery

Individual Assistance: Working on Critical Needs Assessment Spreadsheet for IA FEMA Counterparts to

consider future grant funding (evacuees from counties with mandatory evacuations for life saving measures)

Identifying Staffing short falls and requesting possible EMAC assistance

Staffing Lifeline for Human Services with 5 Volunteers to follow up on unresolved FEIL line cases.

Continuing to staff the Lifeline with Volunteers to resolve unmet needs and update FEIL line database.

Standing up the Housing Task Force Daily Conference Call Awaiting Activation of the Transitional Sheltering Assistance and the Critical Needs

Assistance Programs from FEMA Working with FEMA to set up and staff Disaster Recovery Centers Working with FEMA to push Disaster Survivor Assistance Teams into most impacted

areas. ORIGINAL DECLARED COUNTIES SEPTEMBER 10, 2017 Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Pinellas, and Sarasota Counties. AMMENDMENT 1 SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 Clay Duval Flagler Putnam St. Johns AMMENDMENT 2 SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 Broward Palm Beach Public Assistance: *ALL 67 COUNTIES* CATEGORY A - DEBRIS REMOVAL 75% CATEGORY B - EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE MEASURES 100% for first 30 days from incident start date (September 4, 2017)

EHP Recovery:

Coordinating debris conceptual operating framework and EHP planning related thereto. Planning EHP compliance processes/strategies for anticipated permanent work

categories.

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Recovery continuing to support life safety missions through the SERT Debris Branch Section to assist with Debris Removal. Their FOCUS is clearing the path to push critical resources in to survivors and support ongoing search and rescue efforts.

Internet: http://www.floridadisaster.orgb