Tropical Storm Ernesto Morning Briefing August 29, 2006.

Tropical Storm Ernesto

Morning BriefingMorning BriefingAugust 29, 2006August 29, 2006

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all phones.all phones.

Thanks for your cooperation.Thanks for your cooperation.

Silence All Phones and Pagers

Safety Briefing

• Fire

• Medical

• Stress

• Severe Weather

• Parking

SEOC LEVEL

124 Hour Operations

EOC Staffing

• STATE COORDINATING OFFICER – Craig Fugate• SERT CHIEF – David Halstead• OPERATIONS CHIEF – Leo Lachat• ESF 5 CHIEF – Carla Boyce• LOGISTICS CHIEF – Chuck Hagan• FINANCE & ADMIN CHIEF – Cherie Trainor• PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER – Mike Stone• RECOVERY – Marcia Chircos

State Coordinating Officer

Craig Fugate

Up Next – SERT Chief

David Halstead

Up Next – Meteorology

SERT Chief

Meteorology

Ben Nelson

Tropical Storm Ernesto – 45 mph

Steering Currents – 5 PM Monday

Steering Currents – This Morning

Morning Radar Loop

Water Temperatures

Overnight Computer Models

Tropical Storm Ernesto – 5 AM Advisory

TS Force Wind Speed Probabilities

Hurricane Force Wind Speed Probabilities

Exit of Tropical Storm Force Winds

Exit of Tropical Storm Force Winds

How Dry / Wet Are We?

Forecast Rainfall – Through Fri AM

Up Next – Information & Planning

Patrick Odom

Information & Planning

Up Next – Operations

Information & Planning

Coordinate IAP, Branch/Section specialty plans, ESF/Branch Briefings

– Communicate accomplishments, movements and information on scrolling displays.

– Evening briefing 80% of what’s planned and 20% of accomplishments

– Continue to focus on activities planned in the next 12 hours.

Common Operational Picture

• Vulnerable population estimated at 1.6 Million– From Monroe to Flagler and includes populations

living in coastal surge zones, low lying areas and manufactured housing

• Planning for a paralleling category 1 storm• Track & intensity are still uncertain• Tropical Storm warnings posted from Vero

Beach South on the East Coast and Chokoloskee south on the West Coast including the Florida Keys and Lake Okeechobee

Planning Assumptions

Plans• Planning for support of elections is continuing• Next SERT IAP meeting at 4:00PM• 1 additional planner expected Tuesday from Santa Rosa

County

Reports• Situation report published at 1:30PM and 7:30PM• Intel Forecast report published at 10:30AM, 4:30PM and

11:30PM• Intel Critical Information published at 10:30AM, 4:30PM

and 11:30PM • Media Briefing report published at 9:00AM and 3:00PM

Plans and Reports

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Walton

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Washington

Bay

Holmes Jackson

Calhoun

Liberty

Leon

Franklin

Wakulla

Gadsden

Gulf

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Madison

Taylor

Suwannee

Hamilton

Lafayette

Dixie

Col

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Gilchrist

Levy

Nassau

Duval

Baker

ClayUnion

Bradford

Alachua

Marion

PascoOrange

Seminole

St.

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Flagler

Putnam

Volusia

Bre

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Lake

Hernando

Citrus

Pin

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Osceola

Polk

Sum

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Charlotte

Desoto

Lee

Collier

Hardee

Hendry

Highlands

Okeechobee

Indian River

Palm Beach

Martin

Broward

Miami-Dade

Monroe

Glades

Manatee

Sarasota

St. Lucie

Ernesto Evacuations

Voluntary Evacuations

Mandatory Evacuations

Total Estimated at risk population:1.1 million

Broward effective Tuesday – MH and LLA and previously

Impacted homes from 2004/2005

Total Population White Black Asian Other Mult-Race Hispanic

Age Under 5

Age over 65

Miami-Dade 147,236 131,115 4,638 1,962 4,781 4,384 67,467 6,294 29,422

Broward 50,566 48,903 434 339 300 530 3,979 728 22,376

Palm Beach 100,248 95,988 1,676 814 678 904 4,586 2,836 36,684

Martin 14,196 13,791 144 68 81 86 377 436 4,946

312,246 289,797 6,892 3,183 5,840 5,904 76,409 10,294 93,428

Up Next – Operations

Leo Lachat

Operations

Up Next – Emergency Services

Up Next – Operations Support

General Operating Objectives

1. Evaluate vulnerable populations and the demographics/impacts of/to those populations (i.e. special needs, economics, ethnicity)

2. Determine potential impacts or consequences

3. Determine affects on early elections already underway

4. Continue staffing and deployment plans5. Support Evacuations6. Prepare for Impacts from Ernesto7. Continue financial management of

operations8. Initiate Primary Response Operations

Operations Support

Up Next – Emergency Services

Up Next – Emergency Services

Operations Support

• SERT Liaisons have / or will be deployed to:•Monroe County (on scene)•Miami-Dade County (enroute)•Palm Beach County (enroute)•Broward County (enroute)•Collier County (enroute)

• SERT Liaison information can be found at Tracker # 160.

• Have other SERT Liaisons on stand-by for possible deployment to other counties as needed.

Emergency Services

Up Next – Human Services

Emergency Services• Current Issues

• ESF 4 & 9• Requested FEMA to federalize 2 USAR Task Forces• Other USAR teams have been identified as state

assets and are on standby pending storm development

• ESF 8• One shelter (FIU) open • 9000 dialysis patients (keys to Volusia - of which 2792

are in Miami) being dialyzed on a regular schedule - no problems anticipated

• Some hospitals seeing slight surge in Asthmatic and respiratory distress

• 2 DMAT's and 2 NDMS Strike Teams on alert

Emergency Services• Current Issues

• ESF 10• Haz-Mat team members have been identified• Communicating with EPA and U.S. Coast Guard• Contacting FlaARN for Water Facility Response

Network• Monitoring GYP Stack Impoundment Status

• ESF 16• LE-MAC established for Mutual Aid response identified

and prepare to respond• State parks in the Keys are closed and secured

• Unmet Needs• None at this time

Up Next – Human Services

Emergency Services

• Future Operations• Support local response as needed• Begin to move medical assessment teams forward to

Orlando on 29 August• Respond to resource requests• U.S. Coast Guard Representatives to ESF 10 on August

29• Respond to and secure impacted areas• Assist with search and rescue

Human Services

Up Next – ESF 4&9Up Next – Infrastructure

Human Services• ESF 11 is uploading 50 trucks of water this morning

• 39 are staged at White Springs• 11 are staged at Orlando

• Another 40 trucks will be uploaded this morning• 15 loads of ice are staged at Plant City• Will order more as needed

• ESF 15 coordinating with Florida VOAD• Activated and staffed Volunteers & Donations Hotline

• ESF 17 IMT activated• Pet shelters identified in Broward, Palm Beach & Highlands

County• 63 shelters on standby• 1 shelter open – Florida International University

Up Next – Infrastructure

Infrastructure

Up Next – Logistics

Infrastructure• Current Issues

• ESF1&3• Sandbag inventory est:• 2,000,000 small (5 & 10 lbs.) available from DOT• 450,000 small (5 & 10 lbs.) available from Army Corps• 1,000 Large (4000 lbs.) available from Army Corps• Homestead Extension Florida Turnpike (HEFT) north bound tolls

suspended 12:00 PM. August 28• Florida Turnpike south of Ft. Pierce, Alligator Alley and Sawgrass

tolls for north and south bound traffic suspended 6:00 AM, August 29• Motorist Assistance Plan has been activated• Contracting for debris clearance from state maintained highways• 3 CAP fixed wing aerial photo recon teams identified and standing up

to aerial corridor missions• 1. Florida Keys to Miami Dade• 2. Broward and Palm Beach• 3. Indian River to Palm Beach

• 2 DOT rotary wing aerial recon teams identified and standing up to storm impacted counties

Infrastructure

• Current Issues• ESF2• - Contacted resource suppliers to supply availability of

standard items (cell and satellite phones, COWs, COLTs, trac-stars, etc.)

• - Communications Service Authorization (CSA) for LSAs at Homestead & West Palm Beach Fair grounds

• - Next operational time period: Pending installations of CSAs, 3 for ESF 13 and for DEM

• - Nextel COW for South Florida Fair Grounds & Homestead Air Force Reserve Base, Logistical Staging Areas

• - Secured cache of cell and satellite phones. Have ordered an additional 500 cell ph., 20 sat phones, 10 COWs, 2 COLTs, and trac-stars.

Infrastructure• Current Issues

• ESF12• FUEL• Monitoring statewide fuel supply situation (ports,

evacuation routes, etc)• Long lines at fuel stations due to hording:

• Miami-Dade – 3% report out of mogas, 39% low• Monroe – 12% report out of mogas• Broward – 38% report out of mogas; 34% low• Palm Beach – 14% report out of mogas; 41% low

• Fuel Stations with backup emergency power:• Florida Turnpike Service Plazas, 100 % of surveyed• Monroe County – 13 facilities, 27 % of surveyed• Dade County – 10 facilities, 15 % of surveyed • Broward County – 18 facilities, 3.2 % of surveyed • Palm Beach County – 2 facilities, 10 % of surveyed

• Have located 17 - 9,000-gallon tanker fuel tenders and 7 smaller tenders with 12-hour activation time

Infrastructure

Up Next – Logistics

• ELECTRIC• - Normal operations / monitoring storm.• - No power generation problems per the Florida Reliability

Coordinating Council.• - Crews identified for deployment as needed, out-of-state

crews stand ready.• Unmet Needs

• None at this time

• Future Operations• Support county evacuations• Flood control missions• Fuel support missions• Monitor impacts to critical infrastructure

Unified Logistics Section

Up Next – RecoveryUp Next – EMAC Mutual Aid

• Continuing to upload water, ice and tarps from state warehouses.

• State LSA at Palm Beach Fairgrounds (PRIME POWER TASK FORCE with USACoE) opening Wednesday AM

• Establishing a joint State / Federal LSA / FOSA at Homestead ARB. Opening Wednesday AM

• Heavy equipment package ordered and enroute• Prepared to support county PODs. Will deliver

commodities to CSAs in most counties vs POD direct• Total of 46 PODS identified by counties• 3 Monroe• 3 St Lucie• 1 Highlands• 14 Dade• 9 Broward• 16 Palm Beach

Unified Logistics Section

Up Next – EMAC Mutual Aid

• FLNG to directly support 7 PODs• 2 Type I Base Camps and 1 Type V Mobile Base

Camp on stand-by• Working close with FEMA on pre-staging

additional resources for the State. • State and the USACoE will establish a State /

Federal Prime Power Task Force as in the past.• 10 Each Mobile DRC packages available

Unified Logistics Section

EMAC Mutual Aid

Up Next – Finance & Administration

Finance & Administration

Up Next – Public Information

Finance & Administration

Up Next – Public Information

• Current Issues• Continue to assist with purchases to support

Logistics• Remember to sign for each meal on the sign-up

sheet• Meals will be served at 8am, 12noon and 5:30pm

• Unmet Needs• None at this time

• Future Operations• Continue to support EOC operations

Public Information

Up Next – Recovery

Recovery

Up Next – SERT Chief

SERT Chief

David Halstead

Next Briefing

August 29 at 1830 PMESF Briefing