tropical storm ernesto

Tropical Storm Ernesto

Evening BriefingEvening BriefingAugust 29, 2006August 29, 2006

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

phones.phones.

Thanks for your cooperation.Thanks for your cooperation.

Silence All Phones and Pagers

• Fire

• Medical

• Stress

• Severe Weather

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Safety Briefing

SEOC LEVEL

124-Hour Operations

EOC Staffing

• STATE COORDINATING OFFICER – Craig Fugate• SERT CHIEF – David Halstead• OPERATIONS CHIEF – Leo Lachat• ESF 5 CHIEF – Carla Boyce• LOGISTICS CHIEF – Chuck Hagan• FINANCE & ADMIN CHIEF – Cherie Trainor• PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER – Mike Stone• RECOVERY – Marcia Chiricos

State Coordinating Officer

Craig Fugate

Up Next – SERT Chief

David HalsteadTito Hernandez

Up Next – Meteorology

SERT Chief &

Federal Coordinating Officer

Meteorology

Ben Nelson

Tropical Storm Ernesto – 45 mph

TS Ernesto – 100 Miles East of Key West

Hurricane Hunter Center Fixes

Steering Currents – 8 AM Tuesday

Afternoon Computer Models

Forecast Exit of TS Winds – South FL

Radar Loop – 6:10 PM EDT

Tornado Watch Until 2 AM EDT

TS Force Wind Speed Probabilities

Hurricane Force Wind Speed Probabilities

Forecast Rainfall – Through Fri AM

Up Next – Information & Planning

Carla BoyceMilio Curcio

Information & Planning

Up Next – Operations

Information & Planning

– Assess & adjust consequences to vulnerable population in context to storm track

– Maintain deployable assets on standby or staged as appropriate

– Monitor fuel availability/distribution along evacuation routes & for support of generator operations

– Support upcoming primary elections (September 5)

– Consider/Prepare for possible mutual aid deployment to others affected in the SE

– Evening briefing 80% forward and 20% looking back (focus on next 12hr operations)

Incident Action Plan - Objectives

• Vulnerable population estimated at 475,000– For counties that have evacuation orders in place

with consideration for mobile populations and smaller coastal risk area for a tropical storm

• Planning for a crossing Category 1 storm exiting as a tropical storm

• Tropical Storm warnings posted from Vero Beach South on the East Coast and Chokoloskee south on the West Coast including the Florida Keys and Lake Okeechobee

Planning Assumptions

Plans• Planning for support of elections is nearly complete• Next SERT IAP meeting at 0645AM

Reports• Situation report published at 7:30AM/PM and 1:30PM/AM• Intel Forecast report published at 10:30AM/PM 4:30PM• Intel Critical Information published at 10:30AM/PM,

4:30PM• Media Briefing report published at 7:30AM/PM and

1:30PM/AM

Plans and Reports

RECON:• All aerial assets have been stood down• 3 FLNG ground teams staged in Tallahassee• 2 FDOT ground teams staged in FDOT Dist 6 and

7• 3 CAP ground teams staged in Tampa• Teams are prepared to move with 1 hour

execution notice

Plans and Reports

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Charlotte

Desoto

Lee

Collier

Hardee

Hendry

Highlands

Okeechobee

Indian River

Palm Beach

Martin

Broward

Miami-Dade

Monroe

Glades

Manatee

Sarasota

St. Lucie

Ernesto Evacuations

Voluntary Evacuations

Mandatory Evacuations

Total Estimated at risk population: 1.6 million

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Calhoun

Liberty

Leon

Franklin

Wakulla

Gadsden

Gulf

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Madison

Taylor

Suwannee

Hamilton

Lafayette

Dixie

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Gilchrist

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Nassau

Duval

Baker

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Bradford

Alachua

Marion

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Putnam

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Osceola

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Charlotte

Desoto

Lee

Collier

Hardee

Hendry

Highlands

Okeechobee

Indian River

Palm Beach

Martin

Broward

Miami-Dade

Monroe

Glades

Manatee

Sarasota

St. Lucie

Ernesto Shelters8-29-06

Stand-by

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Current Population

Leo LachatGinger Edwards

Operations

Up Next – Operations Support

Up Next – Operations Support

General Operating Objectives1. Adjust vulnerable populations and demographics of /

impacts to those populations (i.e. special needs, economics, ethnicity)

2. Assess the potential impacts or consequences based on track and forecast strength

3. Prepare to implement elections plan as appropriate 4. Review staffing and deployment plans and adjust as

necessary5. Continue to support evacuations and evaluate /

prepare re entry plans6. Finalize plans for recovery activities7. Monitor impacts from Ernesto8. Continue financial management of operations9. Initiate primary Response Operations10.Consider / Prepare for possible outward mutual aid

deployment

Operations Support

Up Next – ESF 1&3

ESF 1&3Transportation & Public Works

Up Next – ESF 2

ESF 1&3 – Transportation & Public Works

• Current Issues.

• Overweight / Overlimit Permit waiver:

http://www.fdotmaint.com/permit/

• TOLL STATUS• Tolls remain suspended until further

notice as follows:• All tolls south of Fort Pierce

including Sawgrass and Alligator Alley

• Ground Recon teams identified • Rotary Recon teams to be identified• Army Corp of Engineers• Sandbag inventory• Lake Okeechobee level at 12.14 ft• No issues anticipated

ESF 1&3 – Transportation & Public Works

• Unmet Needs• None at this time

• Future Operations• Ground Recon under SERT• Recon on-system roads and bridges• Assist DOS with Generators and Energizing Teams• Debris Management• Fuel support missions as needed• Preliminary Damage Assessment under SERT• DRC Managers• Provide assistance to South Carolina DOT• Maintenance of Traffic

Up Next – ESF 2

ESF 2Communications

Up Next – ESF 4&9

ESF 2 – Communications

Up Next – ESF 4&9

• Current Issues• Deployed Cell phones (419)• Phone Lines Installed (75)• DSL Lines (3) T1 Lines (1)• Wireless Towers on Generators vs. commercial power• ALL Wireless and Landline Communications Operational-normal

outages


• Future Operations• Telecommunications service/providers on standby• Cache of equipment/resources on standby for deployment if needed• Communications Package needs for DRCs• Continue coordination with Telecommunications Industry for receipt

of daily Communications Reports• Continue to monitor storm and support communications needs,

restoration, resources requested as appropriate.

Up Next – ESF 6

ESF 4&9Firefighting and Search & Rescue

ESF 4&9 – Fire Fighting & Search & Rescue

Up Next – ESF 6

• Current Issues• USAR Management Team is in place in Tampa and coordinating with

FEMA Incident Support Team.• Task Force 1 & 2 activating in place with a type III FEMA US&R Task

Force comprised of a 35 person team.• Task Force 3 activating in place with a type I USAR Task Force

comprised of a 70 person team.• Task Force 6 activating in place with a type I Water Rescue Team

comprised of a 23 person team.• Search and Rescue Assessment Team enroute to Tampa to meet

Search and Rescue Management Team.


• Future Operations• Continue to monitor situation.

ESF 6Mass Care

Up Next – ESF 8Up Next – ESF 8

Up Next – ESF 8

ESF 6 – Mass Care

• Current Issues• There are 49 open shelters at this time• There is a total population of 957 in those shelters• The special needs population in those shelters currently

stands at 70


• Future Operations• Begin establishment of the Mass Care infrastructure• ARC and TSA will begin to make their assessments• Supplies and resources will be transported to affected

areas

ESF 8Health & Medical

Up Next – ESF 10

ESF 10Hazardous Materials


ESF 10 – Hazardous Materials

Up Next – ESF 11

• Current Issues• EPA and Coast Guard in ESF 10 Room• Identified Two Haz-Mat Teams for Deployment

Post Storm• Monitoring Port Status


• Future Operations• Planning for Potential Overflights for Damage

Assessment

ESF 11Food & Water


ESF 11 – Food & Water

Up Next – ESF 12

• Current Issues• Obtained food inventories from the warehouse• LSA team is on standby• Uploaded 90 trucks of water• Uploaded 40 trucks of ice


• Future Operations• Continue monitoring inventories of water & ice• Determine if additional resources of water and ice are

needed• Deploy LSA team as necessary

ESF 12Energy


ESF 12 – Energy (Fuel)• Current Issues

• Port Everglades closing as of 5:00 pm today.• Fuel tenders are available for deployment for search and

rescue if required.• Retail fuel consumption has increased six fold within the last 24

hours.• Adequate supply of fuel at ports.• Total Inventory - 299.8 million gallons

• Gas - 193.6 million gallons• Diesel - 56.3 million gallons• No 2 - 16.6 million gallons• Jet Fuel - 33.3 million gallons

• Future Supply• Next 3 days - 109.1 million gallons (23 ships)• Next 9 days - 243 million gallons (43 ships)


• Future Operations• Continue to monitor statewide fuel supply.

ESF 12 – Energy (Electric)

Up Next – ESF 13

• Current Issues• Turkey Point - NPP is running at reduced production. Unit 4 @ 90%

capacity now and reducing to 60%. Unit 3 @ 60% capacity now. Reduced capacity due to possible grass problem at intakes for cooling water.

• St. Lucie - NPP is continuing at 100%.• The FRCC reports that there are no generation fuel issues at this

time. Plenty of coal, natural gas, nuclear and oil supplies.• ESF 12 will begin producing outage reports as soon as the storm

passes and utilities assess damages.• The current projected path will mainly affect the FPL service area.• FPL has staged out of state crews in Sarasota. Additional staging

sites and crew resources will be identified tomorrow.


• Future Operations• Monitoring storm path.• Assist electric utilities in getting out of state crews into the state.

ESF 13Military Support


ESF 13 – Military Support

Up Next – ESF 14

• Current Issues• 469 Soldiers & Airmen currently activated • LNOs at Miami ROC and in 4 county EOCs

(Dade, Broward, Palm Beach & Collier Counties)• Task Force 50 (50th ASG) becomes Main Effort

for potential PODS


• Future Operations• Be Prepared To Missions: RECON/ POD’s

Up Next – ESF 15

ESF 14Public Information

ESF 15Volunteers & Donations

Up Next – ESF 16

ESF 15 – Volunteers & Donations

Up Next – ESF 16

• Current Issues• Conducted a conference call with the Florida Association

of Volunteer Centers (FAVC) to coordinate future operational volunteer plans

• Participated in the Florida VOAD conference call • Update the Volunteer Florida website -

www.volunteerflorida.org - to reflect disaster information and ESF 15 disaster operations

• Continued to operate the Volunteers and Donation Hotline – (800) FL-HELP1 or (800) 354-3571

• Emailed a press release on volunteer safety to our partners around the state


ESF 15 – Volunteers & Donations

Up Next – ESF 16

• Future Operations• Coordinating with volunteer centers on volunteer support

to points of distribution (PODs) • Continue to prepare draft press releases for distribution (if

needed) to address what help is needed and what’s not needed.

• Coordinating the need for ESF 15 mutual aid from unimpacted counties

• Assess the need to complete an action request form (ARF) for federal assistance to request AmeriCorps staff

• Over 80 National Service members have been pre-identified by the Cooperation of National and Community Service (CNCS) for roofing operation for impacted areas

ESF 16Law Enforcement

Up Next – ESF 17

ESF 16 – Law Enforcement

Up Next – ESF 17

• Current Issues• Miami LE-MAC continues full activation.• Ft. Myers LE-MAC established today.• Approx 1000 State and Local LE available for

response.


• Future Operations• Orlando Le-MAC will activate @7am tomorrow.• Respond to and secure impacted areas.• Assist with Search and Rescue as needed.

ESF 17Animals & Agriculture

Up Next – Finance & Administration

ESF 17 – Animals & Agriculture

Up Next – ESF 18

• Current Issues• ESF17 Domestic Animal and Agriculture Incident Management Team

(IMT) activated.• ESF17 Mosquito Control IMT activated.• State Agricultural Response Team (SART) participating agencies

contacted and assisting as the ESF17 • Multi-Agency Coordination Group.• Monitoring for flooding issues in Hendry, Glades, Collier counties

impacting our dairy industry.• Monitoring Pet Friendly Shelter activations.• Teamed up with USDA/Farm Service Agency for crop damage

assessments.


• Future Operations• Mobilize IMTs if needed.• Perform damage assessments

ESF 18Business & Industry


ESF 18 – Business & Industry


• Current Issues• Miami-Dade, Broward, Indian River have distributed damage

assessment forms to their business networks• Collier has initiated a text-messaging survey and update system

for their business network• Broward's 5 Business Recovery Centers are ready to open if

needed• AWI's mobile workforce units are on standby


• Future Operations• Update of Tourism Attractions closures due 1800• Next ESF18 conference call with local Econ. Devel. partners and

stakeholders is scheduled for 8/31 at 10 am• Post-event conference call with tourism industry will be evaluated

on 8/31.

Finance & Administration

Up Next – Logistics

Finance & Administration

Up Next – Logistics

• Current Issues• Continue to assist with purchases to support

Logistics• Remember to sign for each meal on the sign-up

sheet


• Future Operations• State Agencies need to continue monitoring costs• Continue to support EOC operations

Logistics

Up Next – EMAC Mutual Aid

Chuck HaganJoe Burchette

EMAC Mutual Aid

Up Next – Recovery

Recovery


Recovery


• Current Issues• Coordinating with our Community and Faith-based

partners, and Long-term Recovery Committees through Volunteer Florida and ESF 15

• We anticipated the need for these organizations to play vital roles in assisting our elderly, special needs, and disabled populations with debris removal and roof repairs

• Continuing to mobilize DRC resources working in conjunction with our logistics team


• Future Operations• Continue to monitor the storm

SERT Chief

David Halstead

Next Briefing

August 30 at 0800Branch Chief Briefing

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