Wildfires

Morning BriefingMorning BriefingMay 13, 2008May 13, 2008

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• Fire

• Medical

• Stress

• Severe Weather

• Parking

Safety Briefing

SEOC LEVEL

224 Hour Operations

EOC Staffing

• STATE COORDINATING OFFICER – Craig Fugate• SERT CHIEF – David Halstead• OPERATIONS CHIEF – Eric Conklin• ESF 5 CHIEF – Susan George• LOGISTICS CHIEF – Chuck Hagan• FINANCE & ADMIN CHIEF – Cherie Trainor• PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER – Mike Stone• RECOVERY – Brad Merkhofer

State Coordinating Officer

Craig Fugate

Up Next – SERT Chief

David Halstead

Up Next – Meteorology

SERT Chief

Meteorology

Ben Nelson

Brevard Smoke Plume As Seen in Radar Imagery

Rainfall – Percent of Average During the Past Month

Drought is Worsening in Southwest Florida

Keetch Byram Drought Index

Tuesday Morning Weather Map

Critical Fire Weather Conditions Today

Tuesday PM Humidity Forecast

Tuesday PM Wind / Direction Forecast

Red Flag Warnings Through 7 or 8 PM Tonight

Wednesday PM Humidity Forecast

Wednesday PM Wind / Direction Forecast

Severe Weather Threat in the Panhandle – Late Thursday / Friday

Thursday PM Humidity Forecast

Thursday PM Wind / Direction Forecast

Rainfall Forecast Through Sunday AM

Up Next – Info and Planning

Susan George

Information & Planning

Up Next – OperationsUp Next – Operations

Mark Fuller

Operations

Up Next – Operations SupportUp Next – Ops Support

Ops Support

• Current Issues

• SERT Personnel in the field – 0 (today? – see Info Message # 1805)

• Unmet Needs

• “A Team” missing - key personnel at the Hurricane Conference

• Future Operations

• Adjust staffing levels to match events

Up Next – Emergency Services

Emergency Services

Up Next – Human Services

Emergency Services

Current Issues• Volusia County

• 10 Engine Companies• 2 Command Vehicles• 45 Personnel

• Brevard County• 30 Engine Companies • 8 Command Vehicles• 130 Personnel• 1 Liaison w/1 Command Vehicle

• Unmet Needs• Rain

• Future Operations • Possible Demobilization from Volusia County• Support current missions

Up Next – Human Services

Human Services

Up Next – Infrastructure

HUMAN SERVICES

• Current Issues• 2 Shelters Open in 2 Counties

• Brevard County (1) Our Lady of Grace 110 sheltered

• Volusia County (1) Palm Bay 7 people sheltered

• Unmet NeedsNone at This Time

• Future Operations Continue to Monitor Respond to missions as requested.

• Human Services coordinating with ESF via phone and email due to GHC travel. Up Next – Infrastructure

Infrastructure

Up Next – Logistics

Infrastructure ESF – 1 & 3 Transportation

• Current Operations ESF – 1 & 3 (WildFire)

• FDOT Maintenance set to provide 5,000 gal water trucks to support fire suppression teams, as needed.

• FDOT & partners organizing to deploy Variable Message Boards and Traffic Cones to impacted counties, as needed.

• Unmet Needs• None at this time

Infrastructure ESF – 1 & 3 Transportation

• Future Ops ESF – 1 & 3 (WildFire)

• Support local evacuations/road closures

• Provide Traffic Maintenance with Variable Message Boards (VMB’s) & Temporary “Smoke on Road” signs

• Re-supply DOT Fuel Farms, Maintenance facilities & equipment

• Future Ops ESF – 1 & 3 (WildFire) • Continue to Support SERT Missions

Infrastructure ESF – 2 Communications

• Current Operations ESF – 2 (WildFire)

• Monitor Communications support

• Contact/ Coordinate with Florida telecommunications vendors (FL. Teleco’s) for emergency response as needed.

• Comm. equipment & teams on standby

• Unmet Needs ESF – 2 • None at this time

Infrastructure ESF – 2 Communications

• Future Operations ESF – 2 (WildFire)

• Standing up Communication Resources.

• Continue monitoring fire suppression efforts, SEOC missions, provide comms resources for request in emconstelation, as needed.

• Future Ops ESF – 2 (WildFire) • Continue to Support SERT Missions

Infrastructure ESF – 12 Power

• Current Operations ESF – 12 (WildFire)

• No customers with out power due to isolated utility poles burning, at this time.

• Chance of customer’s outage not grater in magnitude than normal daily outages.

• Unmet Needs ESF – 12 • None at this time

Infrastructure ESF – 12 Power

• Future Operations ESF – 12 (WildFire)

• Power companies (FP&L in Brevard report) applying “Barricade” water absorbing fire retardant gel to power poles in the expected path of fires

• Continue to monitor fire path damages, customer impacts and restoration

• Future Ops ESF – 12• Continue Supporting SERT Missions

Infrastructure ESF – 12 Fuel

• Current Operations ESF – 12 (WildFire)

• Continue support of current SEOC ops• Determined availability of:

• 7 – 1,500 gal to 4,000 gal fuel tenders available (for gas & diesel)

• 15 – 9,000 gal fuel tenders available (for gas & diesel)

• Unmet Needs ESF – 12 • None at this time

Infrastructure ESF – 12 Fuel

• Future Operations ESF – 12 (WildFire)

• Polling retail fuel providers for mogas availability

• Future Ops ESF – 12 • Continue Supporting SERT Missions

Infrastructure

Up Next – Logistics

• Current Issues

• Unmet Needs

• Future Operations

Logistics

Up Next – EMAC Mutual Aid

Up Next – EMAC Mutual Aid

• Current Issues

• Unmet Needs

• Future Operations

Logistics

EMAC Mutual Aid

Up Next – Finance & Administration

Finance & Administration

Up Next – Public Information

Finance & Administration

Up Next – Public Information

• Current Issues

• Unmet Needs

• Future Operations

Public Information

Up Next – Recovery

ESF14

• Current Issues

• Monitoring local activity• Supporting Executive travel into area• Fielding media requests for info

• Unmet Needs• None at this time

• Future Operations • Support Executive operations• Field Deployment PIO team on standby

Up Next – Recovery

Recovery

Up Next – SERT Chief

Recovery

Up Next – SERT Chief

• Current Issues

• Unmet Needs

• Future Operations

SERT Chief

David Halstead

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