Using ITS in Helping Florida Manage Evacuations Bob Collins Florida Division of Emergency Management

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 Category 1 Clearance Times Clearance Times Under 10 Hours Clearance Times Hours Clearance Times Hours Clearance Times Over 24 Hours

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 Category 3 Clearance Times Clearance Times Under 10 Hours Clearance Times Hours Clearance Times Hours Clearance Times Over 24 Hours

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 Category 5 Clearance Times Clearance Times Under 10 Hours Clearance Times Hours Clearance Times Hours Clearance Times Over 24 Hours

RegionalEvacuation Procedures Procedures

Regional Planning Elements 1. Coordinated Decision Making 2.Consistency of Evacuation Zones and Routes 3.Multi-county Traffic Management 4.Risk / Host Sheltering Procedures 5.Consistent Public Information 6.Multi-County Re-entry

1. Decision Making Process: Identification of Risk and Host Identification of Risk and Host areas areas Implementation of evacuations Implementation of evacuations Utilizing resources located in Utilizing resources located in non-vulnerable areas non-vulnerable areas Regional re-entry planning Regional re-entry planning

2. A consistent state-wide evacuation road network evacuation road network 3. Coordinated traffic management plans management plans FDOT, FHP and DEM working FDOT, FHP and DEM working with County Sheriffs Offices with County Sheriffs Offices Traffic Control Points Traffic Control Points Barriers and barricades Barriers and barricades

4. Risk and Host Sheltering Procedures Procedures Host sheltering designated under a mission tasking from SEOC Host sheltering designated under a mission tasking from SEOC All counties must develop Host Shelter ProceduresAll counties must develop Host Shelter Procedures Shelter Manager Reserve Shelter Manager Reserve

5. Consistent Public Information Information PIOs in all affected counties Coordination procedures among PIOs during events Communicating emergency information to evacuees Regional coordination, consistent messages

All counties in host regions will: be directed by the SCO to activate their EOCs to support local protective actions coordinate response activities with each other and the SEOC be included in all declaration requests and Executive Orders Coordination

Coordination All counties will: develop a host response component to their CEMP be included in evacuatio coordination conference calls The Regional Evacuation Procedure will be updated to address host region response tasks

Traffic Management All risk and host sheriffs included Field report data from FHP Troops Real time traffic counts from SEOC Local incident management teams to coordinate intersection staffing and signal timing

Emergency Public Information Identify critical sites for information within each region Identify needed and available resources FDOT flip-down shelter signs Portable radio transmitters at all rest areas FHP and FDOT PIOs taking a greater role in distributing information

FDEM WEB SITE: Under Internet Library “SOP for Regional Evacuation”

Florida’s Contra Flow Operations FDOT, FHP and DEM Local input was solicited FHP has command and control DOT assisting FHP in developing operational plans FLNG augmenting staff I-10, Fl Tpk, Beeline and I-75 augmentation have been exercised

Timelines and Criteria Must be cat 4 or higher Must threaten more than one region. Must have approximately 49 hours of setup time and operational time before arrival of tropical storm force winds. Must have approximately 12 full hours of daylight to operate the contra-flow plan.

FDOT Interactive Real Time Traffic Counters Development of an interactive traffic model (Spreadsheet) Evacuation Information

Traffic Counters Located to provide advance warning to receiving / host jurisdictions Necessary to monitor road conditions and evacuation status Necessary for evacuation shutdown Provide critical data for Travel Demand Forecast Model

Traffic Counters trafficinformation

Real Time Travel Demand Forecast Model (TDFM) Developed under Hurricane Floyd Post Storm Analysis by PBS & J Interactive hurricane evacuation decision making program Data from consolidated hurricane evacuation study transportation analyses Eventual capability to ingest traffic counter data

TDFM Applications To alert law enforcement and DOT to potential trouble areas on evac network Public information Host county impact analysis Interstate impact analysis Eventual contingency planning

TDFM County Input Table

TDFM Evacuation Results

TDFM Evacuation Results Zoom

TDFM Plot

TDFM County Evacuation Info - Volusia

TDFM Evacuation Route Results

TDFM Evac Route Results - Tallahassee Link

Real Time Travel Demand Forecast Model Read only access password: flus001

TDFM and ITS Applications Monitoring the progress of evacuations (hypothetical vs real) Evacuation shutdown procedures Potentially more accurate clearance times