August 15, hrs

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SEOC LEVEL 1 ACTIVATION

SEOC OPERATIONAL HOURS 24 Hours

EOC Staffing STATE COORDINATING OFFICER - Craig Fugate SERT CHIEF – Mike DeLorenzo OPERATIONS CHIEF – Leo Lachat SAFETY OFFICER – Mark Fuller ESF 5 CHIEF - David Crisp LOGISTICS CHIEF – Chuck Hagan FINANCE & ADMIN CHIEF – Suzanne Adams PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER – Mike Stone RECOVERY – Charles McCool

SEOC Safety Brief Fire Medical Stress Severe Weather

EOC EVAC Routes N

STATE COORDINATING OFFICER Craig Fugate Up next – SERT Chief

SERT CHIEF Mike DeLorenzo

Objectives –Re-establish Communication with Impacted area –Initiate Search and Rescue –Address basic human needs and life safety –Restoration of essential services –Begin Recovery operations Operational Objectives Hurricane Charley Up next – FEMA ERT-A

EM Tracker Access Counties can access the EM Tracker system on-line through the State Division of Emergency Management’s web site

FEMA ERT-A

Overnight Activities –Working Base Camp issue with State –First reception of MA water, ice and meals arrived at Lakeland LSA –Aviation mission planning completed for RNA –Infant food and formula MA progressing FEMA Up next – Meteorology

METEOROLOGY

This Morning’s Weather Map

Radar Image – 7:12am

Rainfall Forecast – Next Five Days

Recovery Forecast Today: Partly cloudy. Scattered mainly afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Except becoming onshore near the coast in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent. Tonight: Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. East winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

River Flooding in West Central Florida

Horse Creek near Arcadia – Peak 15.4 feet, 8am Sunday morning Royal Park estates affected (near state road 72), Access road and secondary roads to Hidden Acres impassable, Two homes become isolated Peace River at Arcadia

Tropical Storm Earl Tracking Towards the Caribbean Sea and Expected to Strengthen

Morning Computer Model Runs

Tropical Storm Earl Moving Toward the Lesser Antilles Up next – Operations Chief

INFORMATION AND PLANNING Up next – Operations Chief

Information and Planning Current Issues – Unmet Needs – Future Operations –

OPERATIONS CHIEF Up next – Emergency Services

Operations Current Issues – Unmet Needs – Future Opertations –

EMERGENCY SERVICES

Emergency Services Current Issues – –Following up on emergency services requests Unmet Needs – –Comfort needs for responders; establish better communications with local authorities Future Operations – –Reassess current deployments; personnel replacement / backfill Up next – Human Services

HUMAN SERVICES

Current Issues – –Responded to requests for food, water and/or ice from Charlotte, Lee, Desoto, Manatee, Hardee, Orange Seminole and Polk counties. –ARC is bringing 98 Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs- canteens) into Florida. These vehicles are used to distribute prepared food and will be deployed in support of Hurricane Charley. 24 will go to Sarasota for staging and 12 of these will go to the Orlando area. The deployment schedule for the rest will be completed today (8/15/04) –The Salvation Army will deploy 6 of their cantees to Charlotte County Unmet Needs – –All requests have been forwarded to the LSA but there has been little feed back on status of these orders. We will work on completing the loop to provide better accountability. Human Services

Future Operations – –We will continue to give priority to moving food water and ice into the most effected areas Up next – Infrastructure Human Services

INFRASTRUCTURE

Current Issues – –Most state and federal highways are clear –859,000 customers without electric service –Peace River Electric Co-op will take weeks to re-build –Fuel support to county operations –Fuel support for state public safety and response mission vehicles available at following FDOT maintenance yards: Arcadia, Bartow, Fort Myers, LaBelle, Okeechobee, and Sebring –Communications: EDICS to DeSoto and Charlotte Counties, COWs to Hardee and Charlotte Counties –Numerous radio, satellite, cell and POTs telecom requests coordinated Unmet Needs – –Fuel delivery resources Infrastructure

Future Operations – –Continue to support fuel and telecommunications requests –Continue to monitor transportation, electricity, telecom, water and waste water system restoration Infrastructure Up next – Operations Support

OPERATIONS SUPPORT

Operations Support Current Issues – –Receiving resource requests and informational updates. The Action Tracking function is up and running. Unmet Needs – –None Future Operations – –Continue staffing Response Liaison room. –Monitor missions - don't forget to update your missions in Tracker as you go. Please do not “flick” missions without letting your branch chief know. Up next – Military Support

ESF 13 MILITARY SUPPORT

Military Support Current Operations – Unmet needs – Future Operations – Up next – Logistics

LOGISTICS

Logistics Current Issues – –LSA #1 (Lakeland) & LSA #2 (Punta Gorda) Operational Unmet Needs – –Count and Destination of Materiel From LSA#1 - Wayne Jones working. Future Operations – –Increase Output - Both LSAs Up next – Finance & Administration

MUTUAL AID

Mutual Aid Current Issues – Unmet Needs – Future Operations –

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Finance and Administration Current Issues – –Processed requisitions for additional equipment for Lakeland and Charlotte LSA. –Processed requisition for MRE's to Lakeland Unmet Needs – –None at this time Future Operations – –Lease office equipment for LSA's Up next – Public Information

ESF 14 PUBLIC INFORMATION Up next – Recovery

Public Information Current Issues – Unmet Needs – Future Operations – Up next – Recovery

RECOVERY

Recovery Current Issues –Supporting Recovery Operations in the impacted counties –Providing support for overall EOC operations through ARLs –Initiated debris clearance and temporary housing missions with USACE and FEMA Unmet Needs –Need personnel through RRT and EMAC to backfill in counties and to provide support to staff Future Operations –Gathering location and quantity information re: DRCs, feeding locations and related services –Continue to identify personnel for deployment to the field

Recovery Up next – SERT Chief ARLs in Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Polk, Lee and Orange Counties CountyCellPager LeeMiles Anderson CharlotteWinston Thaxter CharlotteGordon Radney CharlotteSolomon Ademuyiwa HardeeIris Stanley HardeeJoe Johnson DeSotoSonya Murray PolkPhil Worley OrangeYusuf Mustafa

SERT CHIEF Mike DeLorenzo

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