2007 Wildfires UNIFIED COMMAND BRIEFING May 23, 2007

Please move conversations into ESF rooms and busy out all phones. Thanks for your cooperation. Silence All Phones and Pagers

Safety Briefing Fire Medical Stress Severe Weather Parking

SEOC LEVEL 2 12 Hour Operations

EOC Staffing STATE COORDINATING OFFICER – Craig Fugate SERT CHIEF – David Halstead OPERATIONS CHIEF – Leo Lachat PLANS CHIEF – Capt Jeffrey Hancock LOGISTICS CHIEF – Chuck Hagan FINANCE & ADMIN CHIEF – Cherie Trainor PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER – Mike Stone RECOVERY – Marcia Chiricos

Coordinating Officers Craig Fugate Up Next – SERT Chief

David Halstead SERT Chief Up Next – Meteorology

Up Next – Forestry Meteorology Amy Frank

Wednesday Warnings, Watches and Advisories Red Flag Warning Lake Wind Advisory Small Craft Advisory Special Weather Statement (Smoke)

Forecast Wind Speed and Direction Forecast Wind Gusts

Thursday

Forecast Rainfall through 8 AM Wed

Panhandle & North Florida Red Flag (interior, Nature Coast) Lake Wind Advisory (NE coast) Smoke moves west and northwest High Transport Winds No rain until next week Central Florida Lake Wind Advisory (E coast) Red Flag (interior, West Coast) South Florida Rain (extreme S FL) Windy

Division of Forestry Up Next – Operations Up Next – Planning

Esther Johnson Plans Up Next – Operations

Plans Planning Assumptions Wildfires in SE US are limiting available mutual aid resources for suppression activities in Florida Eastern winds 10-25MPH, with higher gusts; Chance of lighting induced wildfires in South Florida; Red Flag Warnings are in effect for all northern Florida and the western Peninsula Frequent road closures on various roads in impacted area, including I-10/I-75; more road closures expected Driving conditions remain dangerous in the effected areas; driving conditions can change rapidly. Effects of drought may potentially impact fire suppression

Plans Roadway Closures (Per DOT, FHP and County Situation Reports)  Columbia County: US 441 from CR-246 to FL-GA state line  Open but Subject to Closure: US-441 from I-10 to SR-2 I-75 from GA/FL Border to Lake City I-10 from Live Oak to Sanderson Up Next – Operations

Bob Howard Operations Up Next – Operations Support

General Operating Objectives Continue to support evacuations/ sheltering Monitor fuel situation Monitor progress of storm Maintain communications with counties

Operations Support Up Next – Emergency Services

Emergency Services Up Next – Human Services

Emergency Services Current Issues Fulfill resource requests Continue to track deployed resources Monitor potential road closures Unmet Needs None Future Operations Continue to fill and complete resource requests Continue to demobilize resources Continue to monitor complex fires and individual fires throughout state

Human Services Up Next – Infrastructure

HUMAN SERVICES Current Situation American Red Cross 35 meals served by ARC snack 2 ERV’s No Shelter Activity Future Operations Continue to monitor the situation Support SERT Operations

Infrastructure Up Next – Logistics

Infrastructure ESF – 1 & 3 Transportation Current Operations ESF – 1 & 3 ( WildFire ) Maintain Activate Traffic Counters Monitor FDOT maintenance vehicles and a 5,000 gal water truck deployed to support fire suppression strike teams Monitor 35 Variable Message Boards Mark areas of Temporary local traffic detours or road closures deploying cones to impacted counties

Infrastructure ESF – 1 & 3 Transportation Future Ops ESF – 1 & 3 ( WildFire ) Monitoring Traffic Maintenance resources Variable Message Boards (VMB’s) & temp. closure warning “Smoke on Road” signs Maintaining Florida Dept. of Transportation (FDOT) resources, equipment & personnel to support Florida Division of Forestry (FDOF) & Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) Providing road closure & detour advisory signage to FHP and ESF 16 No unmeet needs at this time ESF – 1 & 3

Infrastructure ESF – 2 Communications Current Operations ESF – 2 ( WildFire ) Providing ongoing Communication support for Stark Fl. Fire Fighting command located at Keystone Air Park. MA-FLA (mutual aid) channel Demobilized - the county keeps the FCC temporary use authority (expiring on 11/12/07) but request to activate the extra channel is cancelled Demobilized (Partial) EDWARDS package deployed to Baker County for DOF

Infrastructure ESF – 2 Communications Future Operations ESF – 2 ( WildFire ) 23May - Standing-up Video conference link up for County EM’s Recovery Kick-off FMAGP grant briefing No unmet needs at this time ESF – 2

Infrastructure ESF – 12 Power Current Operations ESF – 12 ( WildFire ) electric utility companies report the grid is not endangered by Wilfires, at this time Electric Utilities providers have liaisons embedded within Division of Forestry Fire suppression strike teams.

Infrastructure ESF – 12 Power Future Operations ESF – 12 ( WildFire ) Proactive damage control “Barricade” Fire Blocking thermal protective gel-coating application continue on case by case basis Continuing to monitor fire suppression activity, individual and business customer service impacts and restoration

Infrastructure ESF – 12 Fuel Current Operations ESF – 12 ( WildFire ) Demobilized 9,000 gallon 75:25 diesel/mogas split fuel tender at the Columbia Co. Fire Fighter’s staging area Monitoring fire suppression efforts

Infrastructure ESF – 12 Fuel Up Next – Logistics Future Operations ESF – 12 ( WildFire ) 4,000 gallon tanker on standby for quick deployment, if needed, for refueling the fire suppression strike team’s vehicles 25 others gas & diesel tankers available 8 – 1,500 gal to 4,000 gal fuel tenders available 17 – 9,000 gal fuel tenders available Unmet Needs ESF – 12 FUEL None, at this time

Logistics Up Next – EMAC Mutual Aid

Current Issues Unmet Needs Future Operations 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 & Admin Current Issues Provide support for purchases and/ or deployment Meals- lunch & dinner (Friday, Saturday & Sunday) State agency costs currently $8.2 million Please remember to sign for your meals Unmet Needs None Future Operations Continue to assist with purchasing & deployment Continue to monitor & track costs of event. Up Next – Public Information

Public Information Up Next – Recovery

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

Recovery Up Next – SERT Chief

RECOVERY Current Issues Three CR Teams on standby Twelve DRC Managers on standby Future Operations Continue to track Housing, Business & PA eligible damages to justify requesting a Presidential Disaster Declaration Continue development of an operational plan to provide recovery assistance without a Presidential Declaration Continue preparation for Fire Management Assistance Grant Program (FMAGP) Conference Call with County EMs for May 23 at 3:00 pm Up Next – SERT Chief

SERT Chief David Halstead

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