Hurricane Wilma Branch Briefing October 27, 2005

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SEOC LEVEL 1 24 Hour Operations

Unified Command EOC Staffing STATE and FEDERAL COORDINATING OFFICERS Craig Fugate – Scott Morris SERT CHIEF Mike DeLorenzo – Justin DeMello OPERATIONS CHIEF Leo Lachat – Gracia Szczech INFORMATION AND PLANNING CHIEF David Crisp – Doug Whitmer LOGISTICS CHIEF Chuck Hagan – Joe Burchette FINANCE & ADMIN CHIEF Suzanne Adams PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER Mike Stone – Nicole Jerger RECOVERY Frank Koutnik

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

Mike DeLorenzo Justin DeMello Up Next – Meteorology SERT Chief

Meteorology Ben Nelson

Tuesday 8 AM Weather Map Up Next – Information & Planning

David Crisp Doug Whitmer Information & Planning Up Next – Operations

Planning Considerations Emergency Workers will be going into Hazardous areas. Residual effects from 2004 and 2005 Hurricane Season. Electric outages severe in most south Florida Counties. Debris clearance is ongoing. Severe impact to Airports. Mass Care operations will be long term. Sanitation will likely become an issue. Spot Fuel Outages There will be a lot of responders in south Florida – communicate – communicate – communicate. Keep the emergency worker safe. Up Next - Operations

Leo Lachat Gracia Szczech Operations Up Next – Emergency Services

Hurricane Wilma Unified Command IAP #8 Operational Period: to Up Next – Emergency Services General Operating Objectives: 1.Continue Wilma Command operations. 2.Provide support to maintain ongoing re-entry efforts in south Florida. 3.Provide emergency services support to local government. 4.Maintain the Unified Logistics Team to support south Florida Operations. 5.Continue to support county shelter operations. 6.Provide support to healthcare facilities in south Florida. 7.Deploy additional Community Response Teams to south Florida with a focus on assessment, identification and reporting of Human Needs. 8.Support Infrastructure Operations. 9.Continue financial management of Hurricane Wilma operations. 10.Continue to determine and implement animal support functions. 11.Provide Law Enforcement support to impacted areas. 12.Transition to Recovery. 13.Maintain feeding operations.

Emergency Services Up Next – Human Services

Emergency Services Current Issues ESF 4 & 9 Water Tanker Strike Teams mobilized in Collier and Broward Counties Engine Strike Teams mobilized in Collier, Lee and Monroe Counties ALS Rescue Units deployed to Monroe County MARC Units mobilized in Broward and Hendry Counties 6 SFM/BFAI personnel and equipment in Broward County ESF 8 6 SpNS shelters are open with a census of 478 SPNS team deployed to Monroe County 316 healthcare facilities sustained structural/mechanical damage and/or power outages Mobile clinics deployed in support of VA facilities 2 Strike Teams mobilized in the Keys 1 Strike Team in Belle Glade 1 DMAT moving from Glades to Broward County 2 DMAT moving into Palm Beach

Emergency Services Current Issues (continued) ESF 10 4 HazMat teams deployed assessing damage and performing stabilization activities 20 FlaWARN water facility teams assisting numerous water and wastewater facilities EPA & DEP overflight scheduled on 10/27/05 to check HazMat facilities in southeast Florida ESF State and Local Law Enforcement officers (via Florida Police Chiefs and Florida Sheriffs Association) have been deployed to storm impacted areas Law Enforcement support provided as needed

Emergency Services Unmet Needs None at this time Future Operations ESF 4 & 9 Standby for additional resource requests ESF 8 Roster and deploy teams as needed Monitor fuel needs of healthcare facilities using generators ESF 10 Monitoring Florida D7 Port status Assessing damage to state parks and beach erosion ESF 16 Continue to provide assistance to local law enforcement in impacted areas Up Next – Human Services

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

Human Services Current Issues ESF 6 Shelters. 24 shelters across 11 counties open over night with 2,913 evacuees. 8 additional shelters in 4 counties on stand- by as of 10/27/05. American Red Cross (ARC) and Salvation Army serving hot meals by mobile and fixed feeding sites. ARC reports 92,494 meals served to date. (10/26/ :00 PM) ARC heater meals used for target populations that cannot go to PODS. Mass Care reps deployed to Key West to evaluate area needs. ESF trucks of water and 147 trucks of ice delivered to Lakeland LSA. Additional trucks of water and ice being uploaded and shipped as needed cases of baby food and formula shipped to date. 50,000 USDA meals shipped to date. LSA team at LSA West Palm Beach.

Human Services Current Issues (continued) ESF 15 Preparing a media alert on Volunteer & Donations Hotline ( FLHELP1) operating daily between 8AM and 8PM. CNCS approves 60-day mission for 200 AmeriCorps team members. Received 9 truckloads donated ready-to-eat meals. Received 2 truckloads of water from Anheuser Busch. Matching volunteer centers with counties needing ESF-15 TA. ESF 17 ESF-17 Incident Command Post (ICP) in Kissimmee at Osceola IFAS Extension Office. Assessment and Response Teams deployed to impacted areas. Contacting County ESF-17 coordinators and industry representatives for damage assessments. State Agricultural Response Teams (SART) partner agencies assisting with damage assessments and response efforts. All dairy producers in Okeechobee area except one running on generator power. Ornamental plant, cold weather crops and avocado producers heavily impacted.

Human Services Current Issues (continued) Other HS Functions Department of Education: 12 schools districts south of I-4 corridor closed. Dept of Children & Families, Dept of Elder Affairs, Agency for Workforce Innovation (AWI) monitoring situation and preparing as appropriate. Community Response Teams and DRC Managers deployed to affected areas for individual and public needs assistance. Unmet Needs: ESF 6 - Shelf stable meals. ESF 17 - Fuel shortages reported for veterinary hospitals and dairy producers. - Miami SPCA equine shelter destroyed and needs assistance. - Only 1 out of 3 feed mills in Okeechobee area operating and requires railcar delivery because of increased demand.

Human Services Future Operations: ESF 6 - Continue deploying resources to locations with identified needs. ESF 11 - Continue coordinating USDA commodity deliveries. - Continue to monitor and re-supply LSAs as needed. ESF 15 - Support County ESF 15 operations. - Match offers of donated goods with requests from counties. ESF 17 - Crop damage assessments. - FWC to assess captive/exotic animal facilities. - FDACS Ag. Environmental Services establishing mosquito spraying ICP. Up Next – Infrastructure

Infrastructure Up Next – Logistics

Infrastructure Current Issues ESF1&3 FDOT conducting recon debris clearance missions FDOT maintenance yards (fuel) are operational EYW (Key West) airport is closed, and all others are open 300 traffic generators wired in, 300 more in process ESF2 ESF 2 is staffed and operational; recon/field staff deployed Currently deployed 549 cell phones, 25 satellite phones, 7.air-cards,16 FRS-2 way radios (very short range), 6 Tracstar, 180 POTs, 25 COWs Landline phones outages approx 714,985; Cell wireless coverage approx 61% operational. SLERS 39 sites on emergency power

Infrastructure Current Issues FUEL Seventeen (17) Fuel Tankers mobilized in support of S&R, security and emergency services One 50/50 split fuel tender deployed to Marathon, and one diesel tanker to Lakeland LSA Four first responder fueling sites being established; Martin Co SO, FAU Broward, Palm Beach Gardens CC & a TBD Miami-Dade Fuel recipients must have ID and be a part of federal/state hurricane relief missions (life-saving, life- sustaining and recovery) ELECTRIC FP&L, Co-ops and municipals report that 6,000+ personnel deployed, and out-of-state and mutual aid crews responding Power outage reports on tracker #380,and for detailed Estimated Times of Restoration (ETR) on tracker #390, Approx 2,265,424 customers without electric service

Infrastructure Up Next – Military Support Unmet Needs None at this time Future Operations Flood control missions Fuel support missions Telecomm support missions Support emergency services operations Support recovery operations

Military Support Up Next – Logistics

ESF 13 – Military Support Current Issues 3,749 Soldiers & Airmen on SAD (WILMA) WILMA cost $2,569,129 Task Force 53: Yellow Zone (Broward, Dade, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, Okeechobee, Highlands, and Glades Counties) with 6 battalions and 1,445 Soldiers Task Force 164: Red Zone (Charlotte, Collier, Hendry & Lee Counties, including the City of Pinecrest in northern Monroe County) with 2 battalions and 730 Soldiers Task Force 50: Blue Zone (Monroe County, excluding the City of Pinecrest in northern Monroe County) 2 LSAs (LSA Palm Beach County Fairgrounds, LSA Homestead Air Reserve Base) with 2 battalions and 561 Soldiers 4 x Recon Teams; -4 x SAR Boat Teams - mission complete Providing SEOC support with ESF 5, ESF 13 & Logistics EMACs approved from 12 states SERT LNOs 12 counties, additional LNOs in 3 x FDLE MACs from TF HQs in Dade, Orange, and Hillsborough Counties Supporting 87 PODs in 12 counties

ESF 13 – Military Support Up Next – Logistics Unmet Needs None at this time Future Operations Continue to work tasked missions. Plan and prepare for future responses to Hurricane Wilma.

Logistics Up Next – EMAC Mutual Aid Chuck Hagan Joe Burchette

TRACKER MESSAGES: #360 "State LSA Sites" #372 "Unified Logistics Section IAP" #373 "County POD Guidance" #375 "POD Forecast Model" RESOURCES: 1755 Trucks Water remaining at Live Oak Warehouse 50 trucks being uploaded presently to White Springs 50 additional trucks being uploaded 10/22/ Trucks Ice remaining in JAX and Polk County 50 trucks being uploaded presently to White Springs 50 additional trucks being uploaded 10/22/05 2 Trucks Shelf Stable Meals at Live Oak being uploaded 3 Type I LSA MHE, Pumps and Generator Packages ordered 1 Package to arrive 10/23 2 Packages to arrive 10/24 3 LSA Shuttle Fleets ordered 8,320 Tarps being ordered 3 State LSA Locations and AOR's (Will open after landfall) DIVISION I: Homestead ARB, Homestead, FL (Joint State/Federal Site) DIVISION II: South Florida Fairgrounds, West Palm Beach, FL DIVISION III: Tropicana Packing Plant, Lakeland, FL (Central Generator Site) 1 State Mobilization Area White Springs, FL (Activated) Mobilization Coordination Center (Activating 10/22/05) Management of Land, Air, Sea and Rail Shipping Movements RSO&I available for activation to support inbound teams Logistics

BASE CAMPS: - Ready Reserve 2 Each 1,500 person 1 Each 1,000 person 4 Each 500 person LSA Life Support Packages Additional Water available through vendor (60 trucks in state) Additional Meals available through vendor (40-50,000 per day) Additional Ice available through vendor Second run of POD Models for Areas 4-7 Working with USaR on Heavy Lift Extrication Equipment Logistics

EMAC Mutual Aid Up Next – Finance & Administration

Finance & Administration Up Next – Public Information

Finance & Administration Up Next – Public Information Current Issues DEM's expenditures now total $24 Million (estimated) Continue to purchase supplies and equipment for LSA's Continue to make arrangements for staff deployment Continue to track costs Unmet Needs None at this time Future Operations Process any purchasing and travel requests

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 Received Presidential Disaster Declaration [FEMA-1609-DR-FL] for Individual Assistance (IA), Public Assistance (PA) and Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). See Wilma Tracker Message # 734 and updates. IA = Collier, Lee, Monroe, Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Glades, Hendry, Martin, St. Lucie Counties. HMGP = Statewide. PA = Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Indian River, Lee, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Okeechobee, Osceola, Palm Beach, Polk, St. Lucie and Sarasota counties for Categories A & B [Debris Removal and Emergency Protective Measures]. DRCs = Five mobile sites. See SEOC Situation Report #19 at for locations. -Hurricane Wilma Long Term Recovery Office established in Orlando. Unmet Needs None at this time Future Operations Continue to implement IA Program thru Teleregistration. You can register online or by calling FEMA (3362), or (TTY) for hearing and speech impaired. Implement the HMGP. Conduct joint Preliminary Damage Assessments to: A. Add additional counties to the IA Declaration; and B. Add Categories C thru G for PA Declaration.

SERT Chief Mike DeLorenzo

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