FEMA Operations Brief for Dec 10, 2013

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•Daily Operations Briefing Tuesday, December 10, 2013

8:30 a.m. EST

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Virginiahttp://www.erh.noaa.gov/

Winter Storm – Mid-Atlantic/Northeast December 8 – continuous:

• Wintery precipitation will arrive in the Mid-Atlantic this morning and continue into the

Northeast later today

• Snowfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches, with isolated higher amounts

• A Winter Storm Warning went into effect from northern Virginia to southern

Pennsylvania at 3:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. EST today

• Winter Weather Advisories are currently in effect over much of this area for

snowfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches with isolated higher amounts

Impacts:

• Power outages due to downed trees and power lines have been the primary impacts

• 25,712 customers without power (down from 199,695) in FEMA Region III; sporadic

outages elsewhere

• VA: 14,852 customers without power (down from 138,201) (DOE; as of 8:00 am EST)

• WV: 8,884 customers without power (down from 20,698)

• Numerous traffic accidents and delays in ground and air transportation

Response:

• State EOC in VA & MD remains partially activated; all others at Normal Operations

• FEMA Region III remains at Enhanced Watch; all other Regions are Not Activated

• NRCC is not activated; NWC is at Watch/Steady State

• No shortfalls, unmet needs or requests for FEMA assistance

As of 4:45 a.m. EST

December 10 ,2013

Region I 394

Region II 2555

Region III 23063

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http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/noaa/noaad1.pdf

National Weather Forecast

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Snow Probabilities (24-hour)

http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/pwpf/wwd_accum_probs.ph

p?ftype=probabilities&fpd=72&ptype=snow

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Active Watches/Warnings

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/largemap.php

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http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/day1-3.shtml

Precipitation Forecast – 3 Day

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

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Total Deployed Detailed Not

Available Available Cadre Status

40 29 1 2 8

OFDC Cadre Member Status

Total Available Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Type 4

8* 1 5 2 0

As of: 12/4/2013

* All Type 1 FCOs are available unless deployed to a Level 1 event

Total Deployed Assigned Available Status

9 5 4 4

Federal Coordinating Officer

Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinator

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MCOV Fleet / Deployment Status

Fully Mission Capable 53 Partially Mission Capable 0 Non-Mission Capable 2 Total Not Deployed 52

MCOV FLEET STATUS MCOV DISASTER SUPPORT DEPLOYMENTS

Location Units

Assigned Available

FMC Deployed

Committed PMC Unavailable DR-State OPCON

En

Route Unit Prep

Open

Request Notes:

MERS Maynard 3 3 0 0 0 DR-4145-CO 2 0 0

MERS Frederick 8 8 0 0 0 EM-OK 1 0 0

MERS Thomasville 14 13 1 0 0 0 0 0

DC Ft Worth 20 16 2 0 2 0 0 0

MERS Denver 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

MERS Bothell 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sacramento 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTAL 55 50 3 0 2 TOTAL 3 0 0 0

Units in route for turn-in included in above totals.

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IMAT Status National Teams

Team Status Team Status Team Status

Blue/White/

Red East CO West

Regional Teams Team Status Team Status Team Status

Region I Region V IL Region VIII SD

Region II Region VI-1 OK Region IX-1

Region III PA Region VI-2 NM Region IX-2 CO

Region IV-1 Region VII KS Region X

Region IV-2 NC

= Assigned/Deployed

= Not Mission Capable

= Available/Mission Capable

= Available/Partially Mission Capable

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RRCC / Regional Watch Center Status

= Not Mission Capable = Available/Partially Mission Capable = Available/Mission Capable

Region RRCC Regional Watch Center

I Not Activated Maynard MOC (24/7)

II Not Activated 24/7

III Not Activated Enhanced Watch

IV Not Activated 24/7

V Not Activated 24/7

VI Not Activated Denton MOC (24/7)

VII Not Activated 24/7

VIII Not Activated Denver MOC (24/7)

IX Not Activated 24/7

X Not Activated Bothell MOC (24/7)

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National Team Status

Team/Status Current Location Remarks

National Watch Center Washington, DC Watch/Steady State

NRCC Washington, DC Not Activated

HLT Miami, FL Not Activated

DEST Washington, DC Not Activated

Mission Capable Partially Mission Capable Not Mission Capable

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