Florida Catastrophic Planning

“Failure Is Not An Option” Planning Scenario

“Failure Is Not An Option” Catastrophic Planning  Requires fundamental shift in traditional methods  Requires cultural changes  Requires an honest assessment of polices & law that hinder a coordinated & expedient response  Promotes “cross-walking” various risks/hazards to verify key concepts

“Failure Is Not An Option” Scenario-Driven Planning  Utilizes a realistic and comprehensive set of consequences for ALL stakeholders  Response and recovery actions will be based on the same planning assumptions & projected consequences  Allows ALL stakeholders to assess their existing and future plans in context of each other (Local, State and Federal)

“Failure Is Not An Option” Standing Operational Workgroups  Unified Command  Animal Issues  Debris  Disaster Housing  Economic Stabilization & Redevelopment  Environmental Protection  Fire / Search and Rescue  Fuels  Health & Medical  Host Communities  Inland Counties and Tribe  Security/Law Enforcement  Logistics  Mass Care: Feeding and Sheltering  Mass Care: Health and Welfare  Post-Event Relocation  Public Information & Outreach  Volunteers and Donations Management

“Failure Is Not An Option” Core Planning Areas  Health/Medical  Fire/SAR  Food/Shelter/Welfare  Security/Law Enforcement  Post Event Relocation  Volunteers & Donations  Host Communities  Education

Required Resources, Capabilities & Resource Shortfalls

“Failure Is Not An Option” Resource Planning & Decision Tool Development  Planning Method that can be applied to all- hazards regardless of size, geography, discipline or jurisdiction  Formulas & calculations can usually be best expressed in the form of decision matrices  Tools can be utilized in both planning real-world events to provide rapid determination of baseline estimates for resource needs & identify possible shortfalls for various events

“Failure Is Not An Option” Required Resource Planning  Define Required Capabilities Modeled or Actual Event  Assess Available Capability Locally, Regionally, Nationally  Determine the Shortfall Actionable Information

“Failure Is Not An Option” Decision Matrices Structures per Strike Teams per Op Period500CountyStructures Strike Teams Personn el Hours per Day12Miami-Dade352, ,800 Structures per Strike Team per Day500Broward335, ,900 Palm Beach293, ,680 Hours Allowed24Martin8, Deployment Time6Okeechobee6, Hours Available18Hendry5, Glades3, Lee Monroe Total1,005,5262,68753,740

“Failure Is Not An Option”

Example – Search and Rescue

“Failure Is Not An Option” Update – Past 4 months  Local Planning Efforts Miami-Dade Broward Palm Beach  Recent Activation County (Fay, Ike) Local/State/Federal (Ike)

“Failure Is Not An Option” Ike - FLCP

“Failure Is Not An Option” Next Steps  State/Federal Workgroup Leads + FEMA Region IV Points of Contact  Key Focus Areas Education Volunteers and Donations Logistics Host Communities

“Failure Is Not An Option” Host Communities  Catastrophic consequences outside of the impact area  Population increases to host communities  Impacts to infrastructure and education systems  Incorporation of Survivors  Policy issues/constrations

“Failure Is Not An Option” Contacts & Information   Lee Mayfield – FDEM  Rand Napoli, Lead Planner – IEM  Carla Boyce, Associate Manager – IEM