August 15, 2004

0730 hrs

Please move conversations into Please move conversations into ESF rooms and busy out all ESF rooms and busy out all

phones.phones.

Thanks for your cooperation.

SEOC LEVEL

1ACTIVATION

SEOC OPERATIONAL

HOURS

24 Hours

SERT CHIEF

Mike DeLorenzo

• Objectives– Re-establish Communication with Impacted

area

– Initiate Search and Rescue

– Address basic human needs and life safety

– Restoration of essential services

– Begin Recovery operations

Operational ObjectivesHurricane Charley

Up next – FEMA ERT-A

FEMA ERT-A

• Overnight Activities– Working Base Camp issue with State– First reception of MA water, ice and meals

arrived at Lakeland LSA– Aviation mission planning completed for RNA– Infant food and formula MA progressing

FEMA

Up next – Meteorology

METEOROLOGY

This Morning’s Weather Map

Radar Image – 7:12am

Rainfall Forecast – Next Five Days

Recovery Forecast

Today:Partly cloudy. Scattered mainly afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Except becoming onshore near the coast in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Tonight:Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. East winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

River Flooding in West Central Florida

River Flooding in West Central Florida

• Horse Creek near Arcadia – Peak 15.4 feet, 8am Sunday morning

• Royal Park estates affected (near state road 72), Access road and secondary roads to Hidden Acres impassable, Two homes become isolated

• Peace River at Arcadia

Tropical Storm Earl Tracking Towards the

Caribbean Sea and Expected to Strengthen

Morning Computer Model Runs

Tropical Storm Earl Moving Toward the Lesser Antilles

Up next – Operations Chief

OPERATIONS CHIEF

Up next – Emergency Services

EMERGENCY SERVICES

Emergency Services• Current Issues –

– Following up on emergency services requests

• Unmet Needs –– Comfort needs for responders; establish better

communications with local authorities

• Future Operations –– Reassess current deployments; personnel

replacement / backfill

Up next – Human Services

HUMAN SERVICES

• Current Issues – – Responded to requests for food, water and/or ice from Charlotte,

Lee, Desoto, Manatee, Hardee, Orange Seminole and Polk counties.

– ARC is bringing 98 Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs-canteens) into Florida. These vehicles are used to distribute prepared food and will be deployed in support of Hurricane Charley. 24 will go to Sarasota for staging and 12 of these will go to the Orlando area. The deployment schedule for the rest will be completed today (8/15/04)

– The Salvation Army will deploy 6 of their cantees to Charlotte County

• Unmet Needs – – All requests have been forwarded to the LSA but there has been

little feed back on status of these orders. We will work on completing the loop to provide better accountability.

Human Services

• Future Operations –

– We will continue to give priority to moving food water and ice into the most effected areas

Up next – Infrastructure

Human Services

INFRASTRUCTURE

• Current Issues –– Most state and federal highways are clear – 859,000 customers without electric service– Peace River Electric Co-op will take weeks to re-build– Fuel support to county operations– Fuel support for state public safety and response

mission vehicles available at following FDOT maintenance yards: Arcadia, Bartow, Fort Myers, LaBelle, Okeechobee, and Sebring

– Communications: EDICS to DeSoto and Charlotte Counties, COWs to Hardee and Charlotte Counties

– Numerous radio, satellite, cell and POTs telecom requests coordinated

• Unmet Needs – – Fuel delivery resources

Infrastructure

• Future Operations – – Continue to support fuel and

telecommunications requests– Continue to monitor transportation, electricity,

telecom, water and waste water system restoration

Infrastructure

Up next – Operations Support

OPERATIONS SUPPORT

Operations Support

• Current Issues –– Receiving resource requests and informational

updates. The Action Tracking function is up and running.

• Unmet Needs –– None

• Future Operations –– Continue staffing Response Liaison room.– Monitor missions - don't forget to update your

missions in Tracker as you go. Please do not “flick” missions without letting your branch chief know.

Up next – Military Support

ESF 13 MILITARY SUPPORT

Military Support

• Current Operations –• Unmet needs –• Future Operations –

Up next – Logistics

LOGISTICS

Logistics

• Current Issues –– LSA #1 (Lakeland) & LSA #2 (Punta Gorda) Operational

• Unmet Needs –– Count and Destination of Materiel From LSA#1 - Wayne

Jones working.

• Future Operations –– Increase Output - Both LSAs

Up next – Finance & Administration

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Finance and Administration

• Current Issues –– Processed requisitions for additional equipment

for Lakeland and Charlotte LSA.– Processed requisition for MRE's to Lakeland

• Unmet Needs – – None at this time

• Future Operations –– Lease office equipment for LSA's

Up next – Public Information

ESF 14PUBLIC INFORMATION

Up next – Recovery

RECOVERY

Recovery• Current Issues

– Supporting Recovery Operations in the impacted counties– Providing support for overall EOC operations through ARLs– Initiated debris clearance and temporary housing missions with USACE

and FEMA

• Unmet Needs– Need personnel through RRT and EMAC to backfill in counties and to

provide support to staff

• Future Operations– Gathering location and quantity information re: DRCs, feeding locations

and related services– Continue to identify personnel for deployment to the field

Recovery

Up next – SERT Chief

• ARLs in Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Polk, Lee and Orange Counties

County Cell PagerLee Miles Anderson 591-4699 888-201-

6816Charlotte Winston Thaxter 591-1329 709-1669Charlotte Gordon Radney 591-3809Charlotte Solomon Ademuyiwa 591-3849 709-1535Hardee Iris Stanley 591-1327Hardee Joe Johnson 591-3853 800-792-3080DeSoto Sonya Murray 591-1307Polk Phil Worley 591-3841 709-1658Orange Yusuf Mustafa 591-3802

SERT CHIEF

Mike DeLorenzo

Don’t forget to turn your Don’t forget to turn your phone’s ringer back on!phone’s ringer back on!

Thanks for your cooperation

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