Tropical Storm Rita

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Fire Medical Stress Severe Weather Parking Safety Briefing

SEOC LEVEL 1 24 Hour Operations

EOC Staffing STATE COORDINATING OFFICER – Craig Fugate SERT CHIEF – Mike DeLorenzo OPERATIONS CHIEF – Leo Lachat ESF 5 CHIEF – David Crisp LOGISTICS CHIEF – Chuck Hagan FINANCE & ADMIN CHIEF – Suzanne Adams PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER – Mike Stone RECOVERY – Frank Koutnik

State Coordinating Officer & Federal Coordinating Officer Craig Fugate Scott Morris Up Next – SERT Chief

Michael DeLorenzo Justin DeMello Up Next – Defense Coordinating Officer SERT Chief

Colonel Fields Up Next – Meteorology Defense Coordinating Officer

Meteorology Ben Nelson

Category 3 Hurricane Rita – 120 mph Winds

Category 3 Hurricane Rita

24 Hour Rainfall Totals

Early Morning Radar Loop

Rainfall Forecast: 8 AM Wed – 8 AM Thurs

Cat 4 Surge – Rita Moving 15 mph Up Next – Information & Planning

David Crisp Douglas Whitmer Information & Planning Up Next – Operations

Escambia Santa Rosa Walton Okaloosa Washington Bay Holmes Jackson Calhoun Liberty Leon Franklin Wakulla Gadsden Gulf Jefferson Madison Taylor Suwannee Hamilton Lafayette Dixie Columbia Gilchrist Levy Nassau Duval Baker ClayUnion Bradford Alachua Marion Pasco Orange Seminole St. JohnsFlagler Putnam Volusia Brevard Lake Hernando Citrus Pinellas Hillsborough Osceola Polk Sumter Charlotte DeSoto Lee Collier Hardee Hendry Highlands Okeechobee Indian River Palm Beach Martin Broward Miani-Dade Monroe Glades Manatee Sarasota St. Lucie Areas of Operations Harrison Hancock Jackson Stone GeorgePearl River Extended Shelter Operations Hurricane Rita Hurricane Katrina Mississippi Operations

Mississippi Operational Summary CountyEOC LevelGovernment Closings SchoolsCurfewsBoil Water HarrisonDusk until Dawn Stone6:00 PM to 6:00 AM Pearl RiverDusk until Dawn Jackson10:00 PM until 6:00 AM George Hancock8:00 PM until 6:00 AM

Mississippi Operational Summary CountyDebrisSearch & Rescue Electric Restoration MedicalPODs Harrison 5 Stone Pearl River Jackson 5 George Hancock 5

Escambia Santa Rosa Walton Okaloosa Washington Bay Holmes Jackson Calhoun Liberty Leon Franklin Wakulla Gadsden Gulf Jefferson Madison Taylor Suwannee Hamilton Lafayette Dixie Columbia Gilchrist Levy Nassau Duval Baker ClayUnion Bradford Alachua Marion Pasco Orange Seminole St. JohnsFlagler Putnam Volusia Brevard Lake Hernando Citrus Pinellas Hillsborough Osceola Polk Sumter Charlotte DeSoto Lee Collier Hardee Hendry Highlands Okeechobee Indian River Palm Beach Martin Broward Miami-Dade Monroe Glades Manatee Sarasota St. Lucie Hurricane Rita Area of Operations CountyVulnerable Population Broward107,000 Miami-Dade170,000 Monroe Collier 30,000 Total411,000

CountyEOC LevelLSEGovernment Office Schools MonroeLSE Miami-DadeLSE BrowardLSE Collier Rita Command Current Status

CountySheltersMedical MonroeFIU Open Miami-Dade Broward Collier Rita Command Current Status

RECON Reports U.S. 1 clear to Key West Card Sound Road Clear Emergency Services operational Flooding Debris Sporadic Electric Outages AM/FM Radio stations operational Residential Damage Businesses open

Focus response efforts on: South Florida – Rita South Florida - Katrina Panhandle – Extended Sheltering Task Force Florida – Mississippi Keep the emergency worker safe. Anticipate - What resources will likely be needed. Communicate – communicate – communicate. Emergency workers returning from Mississippi should go through Debrief and Decontamination. Report status information to ESF5. Planning Considerations

Communicate – communicate – communicate. Emergency workers returning from Mississippi should go through Debrief and Decontamination. Report status information to ESF5. Planning Considerations Up Next – Operations

Leo Lachat Gracia Szczech Operations Up Next – Emergency Services

Tropical Storm Rita State IAP #3 Operational Period: to General Operating Objectives: 1.Coordinate Hurricane Rita operations. 2.Support evacuation operations. 3.Coordinate Emergency Services preparatory operations. 4.Support Shelter operations. 5.Monitor the infrastructure to determine impediments to SERT operations. 6.Initiate Logistics operations. Planning Assumptions: 1.1.Multiple areas of operation. 2.2.Plan for a Category 1 Hurricane. 3.3.Travel times will be lengthier than for Hurricanes Dennis or Katrina. 4.Heavy attention from media and other agencies Up Next – Emergency Services

Emergency Services Up Next – Human Services

Emergency Services Current Issues ESF-4&9 SAR JMT in Keys - to Marathon by 1700, continuing south US&R Task Force 3 cancelled en-route US&R Task Force 6 and 9 advised to stand down US&R Task Forces 1 and 2 (federalized) standing by in Dade USCG set up for US&R engineer overflight at /21 1 MARC at Homestead AFB Liaisons for Monroe County are still active Addressing demobilization from MS ESF-8 Special Needs Shelters As of the 9/ , there was one Open SpNS Shelter with a total of 75 Clients & Caregivers, and 16 SpNS Clients in ARC Shelters Health Care Facilities Strike Team to Lower Medical Center Full DMAT to Fishermans Mariners Hospital open without assistance at 0700

Emergency Services Current Issues ESF-10 2 HazMat response teams deployed to South Florida All Monroe County Parks closed & 3 Dade County Parks Closed Monitoring status of deepwater ports Port Everglades returned to regular summer operations Ports of Miami and Key West still closed 53 FlaWARN operators still in Mississippi ESF Law enforcement deployed as of AM (97 State Law Enforcement (SLE) & 162 County/Municipal), 60 Law enforcement deployed from other states to impacted area Law Enforcement support through MAC to all 6 counties in Mississippi Law Enforcement component USAR Teams have been set up for pre-staging areas Escorting DMAT teams from Miami to Fishermans Hospital in Marathon and Lower Keys Medical Center in Key West

Up Next – Human Services Emergency Services Unmet Needs None at this time. Future Operations ESF-4&9 Continue to coordinate resources for response as needed Monitor the track of Rita ESF-8 Activate Keys Re-entry Plan ESF-10 Strike teams prepare for entry into impacted area ESF-16 Implement demobilization plans for Katrina. Staff pre-staging areas for RITA.

Human Services Up Next – ESF 4&9 Up Next – Infrastructure

Human Services Current Issues ESF-6 Currently, one (1) general and special needs population shelter open in Miami-Dade County. 348 evacuees in shelter, including 75 special needs evacuees. TSA has five (5) canteens on standby. Each canteen can prepare up to 2,000 meals per day. ARC service capacity has not been reported. Yesterday’s reported meal count was 2,984. ESF 11 ESF-11 LSA Team is demobilizing from Stennis. 33 truckloads of water and 15 truckloads of ice are staged at the West Palm Beach mobilization area in preparation for response to Hurricane Rita. 17 truckloads of water and 35 truckloads of ice are en route to West Palm Beach.

Human Services Current Issues ESF-15 Continuing preparation of permanent home for the Volunteer & Donations Hotline. ESF-17 Incident Management Team on standby in South Florida. 4 ACO Teams (20 ACOs from Florida Animal Control Association) supporting animal capture in southern MS counties companion animals/horses processed through Hattiesburg ESF-17 ICP/Animal Compound through 9/17, with 800 companion animals/horses currently on-site. 656 animal producer site assessments completed in southern and middle MS. VMAT-2 and VMAT-3 providing veterinary support for MS ESF animals have been treated. 13 animal control personnel will demobilize this weekend. Monitoring EMAC Tracker requests.

Human Services Unmet Needs ESF- 6 None at this time ESF-11 None at this time ESF 15 None at this time ESF-17 None at this time

Human Services Up Next – Infrastructure Future Operations ESF- 6 Preparing to provide resource support for TSA and ARC, as needed. ESF-11 Deploy trucks from West Palm Beach to Homestead AFB LSA, as needed. Upload and deploy additional trucks, as needed. LSA ESF-11 team on standby for deployment, if required. ESF-15 Supporting county ESF-15 operations. ESF-17 DEMOB for ESF-17 partner teams in MS by ICP setup to manage Hurricane Rita issues, if required.

Infrastructure Up Next – Logistics

Infrastructure Current Issues ESF1&3 Mississippi: Supporting fueling missions in Task Force Florida area of Ops (AO) in Mississippi Currently utilizing 12 tankers/tenders to support fuel operations in Mississippi; demob scheduled for 9/28 Preparing to transition fueling operations over to MEMA/FEMA or terminate Florida: Supporting Re-entry of Florida Keys Toll Suspensions (see Rita Msg# 90): South and east bound Florida Turnpike Road and Expressways in Miami-Dade, Broward and southern Palm Beach Counties will be suspended for 9/21 Both north & south bound turnpike from Broward/Miami- Dade County line to US 1/Florida City suspended until Friday morning 9/23 Key West Int'l and Marathon Airports are closed; Miami Int’l airport is open State and Federal roads are being cleared; bridges to be inspected beginning A.M. 9/21 Bridges open to legal weight traffic only (no over-weight variances permitted)

Infrastructure Current Issues ESF2 Deployed SAT and CELL phones for T.S. Rita response No major telecom disruptions reported ESF12 FUEL Mississippi: Fuel vendors, see Katrina Msg# 2799 (Waring Oil Co, Gulfport) Propane vendors, see Katrina Msg# 2698 (Blossman Gas & Propane Co) Florida: Fuel available along re-entry corridors (about 80% of stations report normal supplies) Local electric power outages may impact fuel availability in the Keys 4 fuel tenders/tankers supporting SAR, security and other first responder missions Port Everglades is at condition Zulu (Closed) in A.M. per USCG. Product level stored at Port Everglades is near 100%; fuel terminal ops is normal

Infrastructure Up Next – Logistics Current Issues ELECTRIC MISSISSIPPI: Six county AO, electric utility power restored to all that can safely be connected FLORIDA: Electric Utility Companies have restored service to more than 80,000 customers since 9/20 Miami-Dade County has less than 2% of customers without electric service Monroe County electric service outages 3,500 customers (5%) Unmet Needs None at this time Future Operations Fuel support missions Conduct impact assessments of critical infrastructure and respond as necessary Prepare for transition and demobilization from Mississippi

Logistics Up Next – EMAC Mutual Aid

Current Issues Warning Order to FLANG to prepare to stand up 120 PAX ARF to FEMA for Homestead ARB as LSA West Palm Beach Fairgrounds MOB area- to begin receiving product 9/20 8AM DoF Type III IMT on site at West Palm to receive trucks 9/19 PM Coordinating with ESF-11 on Ice & Water movements Preparing to stand up Movement Coordination Centers at multiple locations in support of Land Air and Sea movements Activated Type I LSA package to MOB area Unmet Needs Map of Homestead ARB with delineation of State and Federal Footprints Future Operations Monitor impact area requests Ordering and shipping resources Logistics

EMAC Mutual Aid Up Next – Finance & Administration

EMAC Mutual Aid Up Next – Finance & Administration Current Issues Unmet Needs Future Operations

Finance & Administration Up Next – Public Information

Finance & Administration Up Next – Public Information Current Issues Assisting with deployment of staff for Rita Continuing to purchase equipment and supplies Continue to track expenditures for all three storms Unmet Needs None at this time Future Operations Continue to assist with deployment of staff Continue to track costs Continue to make necessay purchases to support the EOC, EMAC and Rita **** State Agencies**** There will be an Applicant's Briefing for Public Assistance for Katrina and EMAC on Friday, 23rd at 1:30 pm in the Shared Resources Center

Public Information Up Next – Recovery

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

Recovery Up Next – SERT Chief

Recovery Up Next – SERT Chief Current Issues Unmet Needs Future Operations

SERT Chief Michael DeLorenzo

Next Briefing September 21 at 1830 PM ESF Briefing