2007 Wildfires

UNIFIED COMMAND UNIFIED COMMAND BRIEFINGBRIEFINGMay 13, 2007May 13, 2007

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

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 Chiricos

SEOC LEVEL

124 Hour Operations

Coordinating Officers

State Officer/Craig FugateFederal Officer/Jesse Munoz

Up Next – SERT Chief

SEOC LEVEL

124 Hour Operations

David Halstead

SERT Chief

Up Next – FEMA

SEOC LEVEL

124 Hour Operations

Up Next – Meteorology

FEMA

Meteorology

Brian Richardson

Daytime Dispersion IndicesCourtesy DOF Meteorologist

• Region 1: 44-57

• Region 2: 30-50

• Region 3: 23-48

• Region 4: 55-65

Weather Today…To Sum It Up

• Little Rain…Lots of Smoke

• Lighter Winds & Generally Higher Humidity

• Isolated Sea Breeze Storms Panhandle and Southern Florida

Jim Karels

Division of Forestry

Up Next – OperationsUp Next – Planning

Angela OsceolaPaul Aadnesen-FEMA

Planning

Up Next – Operations

Plans

Plans

Roadway/Railway Closures (Per DOT, FHP and County Situation Reports)

Baker County: State Road 2 from County Road 127 to Florida/Georgia Line; County Road 122 at County Road 125

Columbia County US441 from Georgia state line to SR100. I75 shutdown at GA/FL line, I10 shutdown at US90 and US 129, and northbound I75 at US90Columbia County: US 441 from Georgia Line to State Road 100, including the I-10 Interchange

CSX Railroad: Closed from Jasper to US 90 and US 90 to Macclenny

Florida Northern Railroad: Closed from Fargo, GA to Moniac, GA

Plans

Evacuations: Columbia County: Mandatory east of 441, Voluntary west of 441 to the river,

23 persons.

Plans

Planning Assumptions

Fire-related sickness and injuries may cause a surge on hospital & pre-hospital systems Winds from the NE at 10 to 15 mph with higher gusts are expected. Wildfires in SE US are limiting available mutual aid resources for suppression activities

in Florida; Out-of-state wildland burners need to be Florida certified. No significant rainfall anticipated over the next 24 hours, except in the Panhandle.

Scattered Showers are expected throughout the state on Sunday. Dispersion rates in the peninsula should be moderate on Saturday and move to high on Sunday. The panhandle will stay at high all weekend.

Weather events and ground conditions may lead to unexpected changes in fire patterns and paths.

Plans

Red Flag Warnings

Inland Eastern PanhandleBig BendSuwannee ValleyNortheast Florida, portions of

Areas of Operations(Per DOF Release, 5/11/07, 0800)

Bugaboo Fire – Tripled in size since yesterday, heading toward Lake CityDairy Road Fire – 18,000 acres andonly 35% contained in BradfordBalsa Fire – 15,913 acres and 65%contained in Collier

Leo LachatBarbara Sanders-FEMA

Operations

Up Next – Operations SupportUp Next – Operations Support

Up Next – Operations Support

General Operating Objectives

• Continue to support evacuations/ sheltering

• Monitor fuel situation• Monitor progress of storm• Maintain communications with counties

Operations Support

Up Next – Emergency Services

Emergency Services

Up Next – Human Services

Emergency Services

• Current Issues • Tracking deployed resources • Finalized transportation plan for

evacuating medical management facilities• Continue to work with ESF 14 to provide

health & safety messages• Monitor potential surge to medical system

• Unmet Needs• Staff

Emergency Services

• Future Operations • Continue to fill resource requests• Demobilize and/or rotate staff• Support SpNs in Baker County

(evacuation, long-term needs, etc.)• Support evacuation efforts• Continue working complex fires and

individual fires throughout the state• Planning for hospital & pre-hospital surge

in future areas of operations

Human Services

Up Next – Infrastructure

Human Services

• Current Situation • Supporting Shelter Operations

• 2 Shelters open in Columbia County (Open)• 2 Shelters open in Baker County (Stand By)

• DCF crisis counselors on (Stand By)• DOE has identified local and university system

resources for mass sheltering• ESF 17 established 11am briefing call with

selected SART members• Released USDA commodities in various

effected counties

• No Unmet Needs

Human Services

• Future Operations

• Continue to monitor the situation and maintain response levels to meet the needs

• Identify resources for possible surge in sheltering and mass feeding operations

• Continue to document and coordinate shelter and mass feeding operations

Infrastructure

Up Next – Logistics

Infrastructure ESF – 1 & 3 Transportation

• Current Operations ESF – 1 & 3 (WildFire)

• Activate Traffic Counters• FDOT Gainesville Maintenance Provided

5,000 gal water truck in Hampton city fire vicinity

• On scene seven Variable Message Boards • Pre-staged 12 to Columbia County

substation area

• Unmet Needs• None at this time

Infrastructure ESF – 1 & 3 Transportation

• Future Ops ESF – 1 & 3 (WildFire)

• Providing additional advisory, detour or road closures signs as needed

• Identifying Florida Dept. of Transportation (FDOT) districts’ equipment & personnel to support Florida Division of Forestry (FDOF) & Florida Highway Patrol (FHP)

• Deploying Traffic Maintenance resources Variable Message Boards (VMB’s) & temp. warning “Smoke on Road” signs

• Supporting local traffic control and local potential evacuation needs

Infrastructure ESF – 2 Communications

• Current Operations ESF – 2 (WildFire)

• Monitor Communications support• Communication support for Stark Fl. Fire

Fighting command located at Keystone Air Park- installed.

• EDICS package deployed to Columbia County- ESF16-FDLE team- on scene

• Phones lines operational for DOF Unified Command at Betty Easley

• Partial EDWARDS package mobilized for deployment to Baker County (for DOF)

Unmet Needs ESF – 2 • None at this time

Infrastructure ESF – 2 Communications

• Future Operations ESF – 2 (WildFire)

• Bi-directional amplifier installation at Betty Easely. (rm 240) for DOF wireless

• Deploying partial EDWARDS package to Baker County

• Stand-up additional room for DOF Unified Command.

• Unmeet Needs ESF – 2 • None at this time

Infrastructure ESF – 12 Power

Up Next – Logistics

• Current Operations ESF – 12 (WildFire)

• Wildfires are not a threat to power grid.• Number of reported customer outages

linked to Wild Fires events are, at this time, no greater than a typical operations normal day’s service outage report

• Power providers working to reconnect customers with out power at this time

• Unmet Needs ESF – 12 • None at this time

Infrastructure ESF – 12 Power

Up Next – Logistics

• Future Operations ESF – 12 (WildFire)

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

Infrastructure ESF – 12 Fuel

• Current Operations ESF – 12 (WildFire)

• Monitor current operations• Retail fuel vendors polled report plenty of Motor

vehicle gas & diesel available• On Stand-by available 12 Hrs. status:

• 8 – 1,500 gal to 4,000 gal fuel tenders available (for gas & diesel)

• 17 – 9,000 gal fuel tenders available (for gas & diesel)- 1 deployed to Columbia County to support fire fighting operations

• Unmet Needs ESF – 12 • None at this time

Infrastructure ESF – 12 Fuel

Up Next – Logistics

• Future Operations ESF – 12 (WildFire)• Supporting SERT response operations • Continue polling retail fuel vendors to

determine Motor vehicle gas & diesel availability

• Unmet Needs ESF – 12 • None at this time

Logistics

Up Next – EMAC Mutual Aid

EMAC Mutual Aid

Up Next – Finance & Administration

Finance & Administration

Up Next – Public Information

Finance & AdminCurrent Issues

• Provide support for purchases and/or deployment• Meals - lunch & dinner (Saturday & Sunday and

Monday• State Agency Conf Call today – need to submit

costs daily by 3:00 p.m. • DEM’s costs approaching $100K

• Unmet Needs• None

Future Operations • Continue to track costs • Continue to provide purchasing and deployment

support.

Public Information

Up Next – Recovery

Recovery

Up Next – SERT Chief

RECOVERY

• Current Issues (20%)• Three CR Teams (30 reservist) on standby• Twelve DRC Managers on standby• Six housing staff deployed as SERT Liaisons

• Future Operations (80%)• Tracking Housing, Business & PA eligible damages• Continuing to monitor damages in preparation of

requesting a Joint PDA for a Presidential Declaration • Draft Presidential Declaration waiting on damage

preliminary assessment• Develop a operational plan to provide recovery

assistance without a Presidential Declaration.

SERT Chief

David Halstead

Next Briefing

May 13 1030 HrsBranch Briefing