August 25, 2004

1830 hrs

SEOC LEVEL

1Activation

SEOC OPERATIONAL HOURS

0700 – 1900 All ESFs

0000 – 2400 Operations & Planning

SERT CHIEF

Mike DeLorenzo

Up next – FEMA

FEMA

Up next – Meteorology

METEOROLOGY

Southeast U.S. Surface Analysis

Florida Radar – 6:00 PM EDT

Recovery Forecast

Tonight:

•Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 11 PM •Low near 74 •West wind between 4 and 7 mph, becoming calm•Chance of rain 50 percent

Thursday:

•Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2 PM•Partly cloudy, with a high near 90•Chance of rain 50 percent•Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph

Current Tropical Atlantic Satellite

Tropical Storm Frances Forms in the Atlantic

Current Northwest Atlantic Water Vapor

Up next – Operations Chief

Up next – Emergency Services

OPERATIONS CHIEF

EMERGENCY SERVICES

EMERGENCY SERVICESEmergency Services

Up next – Human Services

• Current Operations – – Transition to Charley Command– ESF 4/9: All mobile fire stations have arrived in the area and are being

setup – The Department of Health, Department of Elder Affairs, and Agency for

Health Care Administration is working on humanely and safely moving 105 special needs patients to alternate care facilities by Friday, 8/27/04

– Death count @ 27 – ESF 10 working on water testing in Charlotte Harbor and it’s tributaries;

assist with wastewater– ESF 16 working on obtaining temporary police station for Hardee County;

fulfilling all tasked missions and relieving workers• Unmet Needs –

– Lack of staff for medical needs still an issue– Working towards transition to Charley Command

• Future Operations – – Follow up in asset deployment status (CISD Teams / Crisis Counselors,

Medical Professionals, DCHAT Teams, Strike Teams, Emergency Transports, Port-o-lets, Dumpsters

– ESF 10: Support Charley Command; Monitor water quality in Charlotte Harbor.

HUMAN SERVICES

• Current Operations –– 17 Regular Shelters open with 855 occupants & 3 SNSs open with 139– Relocation effort to close shelters and place remaining evacuee in to MHs &

RVs to begin tomorrow morning– 46 canteens, 37 kitchens and 24 comfort stations in operation 8/25 AM– 1,510,000 meals served as of 2400 on 8-24-04– 597 trucks of water (2.9 m) gals have been distributed.– 363 trucks of ice (14.5 m lbs) have been distributed.– 17 truck loads of food (631,000 meals) have been delivered to various sites.– 8 truck loads (42,086 cases) of baby food and formula have been

distributed. Additional truckloads have been ordered for completion of mission and are just arriving now

– 681,000+ MREs distributed– Cash donations -- www.volunteerflorida.org– Call Center activity significant decreasing (considering cut back hours)– Volunteer Florida has registered 4320 volunteers and groups of volunteers.– DeSoto, Seminole, Orange and Sarasota (2) have Volunteer Reception

Centers open which when figures are complied will add significantly to total

Human Services

• Current Operations –– Area command @ Bartow, FL. 25 Division of Animal Industry and USDA

Veterinary Services personnel - performed over 570 site visits for damage assessment and animal issues.

– Established four ESF 17 staging areas for animal feed/supply distribution/animal injury triage.

– 15 truck loads of animal feed distributed – $50,000+ of donated veterinary medical supplies distributed – Soliciting donations of fencing material– 21 requests for mosquito spraying, will continue for 4 – 6 weeks ,$6+ million – Mobilized Code 3 Mobile Veterinary Medical Hospital staffed with 2

University of Florida, – College of Veterinary Medicine medical teams.– 22 person Veterinary Medical Assistance Team (VMAT) staged at Punta

Gorda.– Florida Veterinary Medical Association volunteer list of veterinarians and

AHT’s distributed to impacted county coordinators.– The Humane Society of the United States Southeast Region Office and

County Animal Control Agencies mobilized 20+ teams supporting impacted counties for animal rescue, recovery, and shelter.

Human Services

• Unmet Needs –– Identifying & meeting isolated situations & diapers– Long-term staffing issues.– Possibility exists that the RRC in Tampa will need to relocate

by the end of the week. Alternatives are being sought possibly set up a multi-jurisdictional warehousing operation in several sites

• Future Operations –– Continue to feed and supply operations as needed– Continue to monitor and resupply as needed.– Continue to register volunteers and donations.– Continue to match goods/services with identified needs.– Deploying ESF 15 personnel to the field.– FEIL Call Center will be relocating to "Call Center" thru Wed

9/1/04

Human Services

Up next – Infrastructure

INFRASTRUCTURE

• Current Operations –– 37,502 customers without electric service – 22,932 wire line POTs customers are out of service – >99% wireless customers have service in Southwest Florida– ESF 1 & 3 Transition completed. SEOC crew to demob today– ESF 2 Transition in progress, expected complete by COB today– ESF 12 Transition in progress, expected complete by COB today– Continue fuel support for impacted county operations – Coordinating radio, satellite, cell, POTs and internet connectivity telecom

requests– Continue to support transition to Charley Command

• Unmet Needs – – None at this time

• Future Operations –– Support transition to Charley Command (SAT DFO)

Infrastructure

Up next – Military Support

ESF 13 – MILITARY SUPPORT

Military Support• Current Operations –

– 2413 Soldiers and Airmen on State Active Duty– Most security missions ended– Several units redeploying to home station

• Unmet needs – – None at this time

• Future Operations – – Continue to monitor mission trends to determine need

for current force– TF HQs displacing tomorrow– TF Scorpion to stand up Friday, comprising 2-116th FA

and volunteers, responsibility for Charlotte, DeSoto, and possibly Hardee Counties

Up next – Logistics

LOGISTICS

Logistics• Current Operations –

– Some more Demobilized Equipment• Unmet Needs –

– Portable Judicial Unit, Charlotte County Jail– Topic - Impact Counties Conference Call– Sourcing Troubles– Researching Additional Vendors – More info tomorrow

• Future Operations –– Charley Command

Up next – Finance & Administration

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

Up next – Public Information

ESF 14 – PUBLIC INFORMATION

Up next – Recovery

Public Information

Up next – Public Information

• Current Operations –– 5:00 Briefing Sheet to Governor, Key

Communications Staff, Media• Unmet needs –

– Updates regarding latest statistics on facilities and services should continue to be provided to ESF14

• Future Operations – – Continue deployment of PIOs to affected areas

and Orlando

RECOVERY

Recovery

Up next – SERT Chief

• Current Operations – – ARL demobilization (as ARLs) underway, but will not be effective until

at least Friday– Contacting other counties to see if they need an ARL to assist as a

Recovery Liaison– Moved legislative issues and liaising with FEMA on Recovery Issues– Meetings with FEMA re: Housing, Debris, Vector Control Issues– Requesting more assistance through the DCA Secretary’s office from

other state agencies re: staffing• Unmet Needs –

– Staffing- need more to rotate positions • Future Operations –

– Moving Housing Missions as first Priority– Continue Moving Debris , Vector and related missions– Rotate personnel as possible, depending upon supplemental staffing-

also seeking local hires– Recovery staff will attend meeting in Punta Gorda on 8/26 re:

“Partners in Recovery (Insurance Industry) @ IMPAC University

SERT CHIEF

Mike DeLorenzo

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Thanks for your cooperation

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