Debris Removal Fundamentals The Charley, Francis, and Jeanne Experience 2004 City of Orlando, Florida

Mike Carroll Division Manager Solid Waste Management Division City of Orlando

Should You Plan for Debris Removal? If Mother Nature might knock something down –If you are within 200 miles of the Eastern US Coast (South of the Potomac River) –If you are in a flood prone area –If you are in an area that has had tornados or severe thunderstorms in the last 50 years –If you are in an area that has ice storms –If you are near an active fault line

The Art of Debris Management FEMA Rules Debris Manager Rules Choose Your Debris Manager What Do You Do? Know the Cavalry Debris Mgmt FOC Model

FEMA Rules FEMA Publication 325 – Debris Management Reasonable Cost Doctrine Prior Course of Conduct Pre-positioned Contracts Monitors, Tickets & Management Support When is 72 hours not 72 hours Documentation, Documentation, Documentation Think about the appeals process now

Debris Manager Rules Pray They Put Someone Else in Charge It’s More Than Picking Up Sticks Practice, Practice, & More Practice Have Clear Responsibilities Identify Info the Boss Wants/Needs Daily Status Meetings, Maybe Twice Make Friends Before the Storm Find Your Hammer, Boots, & PPE Have Someone to Do Your Regular Job

Trucks in the field:  Ashbritt30  Crowder-Gulf 18  Phillips & Jordan3  Total Trucks 51 Debris Sites:6 Collection Monitors: 29 Debris Site Monitors: 13 Total Beck Monitors: 42 Total estimated cubic yardage collected:890,800 Current Project Status as of Monday, October 18, 2004

What do you do? Say Good Bye to Your Family Preliminary Damage Assessment (Corps Model) Call the Cavalry Divide Your Jurisdiction Write Scope of Work Letter Push Streets Open – up to 6 days Open TDRS Start Hauling After You Haul the 1 st Load, Plan for Disposal

Know the Cavalry Interview Debris Managers from Several Cities Understand Your City & It’s Special Facilities Learn About Reimbursement Success Rates Get to Know the Project Manager Learn How They Do the Job Selected by Debris Mgr not Emergency Manager Preposition Several Firms The Devil is in the Contract Details

Choose Your Debris Manager Decide Before the Storm Project Management Skills Problem Solver Someone You Don’t Need During/After the Storm FEMA Debris Management Training Class Debris Management is it’s own FOC Support Staff Have a Backup DM

Debris Mgmt FOC Model Debris Manager and Asst. Debris Manager Have Support Staff (Logistics and Clerical) Collection Monitor Management TDSRS Monitor Management QC and Billing Management HR Management Reimbursement Management (2 years)

This Matters Because ? You want your Community Restored You want life to be normal again You don’t want this to cost more than it has to If you do a good job, you can be proud for the rest of your life

Thank You and Good Luck ! Mike Carroll 1028 S Woods Ave, Orlando, FL