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Restoration A Multi-Agency Effort Bringing ITS Back Online After Hurricane Wilma Slide 2 Who is District 4? 1 of 8 FDOT Districts Based in Ft. Laud 28 Road Rangers ITS Devices 91 DMS 38 CCTV 45 Miles of Fiber Optics 47 Miles of Wireless TMC and Interim TMC Slide 3 Hurricane Wilma Statistics 9 a.m., Oct. 24, 2005 Cat 2 - 70 mile dia. Eye M.S.W. 103 mph 4.4 Million people effected in Tri-County $$Billions in Damages Effect to Area Power loss Communications Curfews Potable water All businesses closed for 1 week min. All traffic signals lost or damaged Widespread debris Slide 4 Disaster Preparedness Building Generator Fiber connection to District 6 Process of creating loops throughout SE Florida Backup Communications Highland Wireless Miami System Nextel Servers Slide 5 Overview Pre-Storm Preparedness Our Story Events Failures Assessment Decisions Outside Influences Dedication Post-Storm events Accomplishments Return on Investment Lessons Learned Credits We are (under) here Slide 6 Wilma Preparedness Road Rangers Ten (10) Placed at Multiple Facilities Meal Provisions Generator at Base Sleeping Bags at TMC Numerous Inter-Agency Coordination Meetings Possible Contra Flow on I-75 SEFRTOC SOGs - 6 Agencies Determined Road Ranger Schedule Slide 7 During the Storm Road Rangers Safe Conditions Provided Close to Dispatchers Available for Immediate Return SMART SunGuide TMC Operations and IT Staff Remained at Facility All In-House Systems Functioned Building Lost Power, but Remained Online Nextel Phone Service Intermittent Slide 8 As the Storm Cleared Road Rangers Surveyed Road and Cleared Debris with FHP and FDOT Resumed normal operating levels during daytime hours only 8 remained operational until 3 a.m. with FHP officer to accompany on site for safety 10 placed at FHP locations at night Communication Difficulties Highland Wireless Broward System -- Completely offline Nextel Service -- Rarely worked Backup Highland Wireless Miami System -- Used, but provided poor coverage FDOT D6 95 Bravo system -- Limited to vehicle-to-vehicle operations only. Slide 9 As the Storm Cleared (Cont.) SMART SunGuide TMC Unable to communicate with Field Devices Phone, Fax, and Internet unavailable Majority of in-house systems powered down to conserve battery life Fuel availability was major concern Severe Incident Response Vehicle (SIRV) resumed duties at 2 p.m. post-storm Field inspections began for damage assessment TMC closed at 6 p.m. due to curfew Slide 10 What Failed? / What Worked? What Failed? Communications Power What Worked? Critical DMS & CCTV TMCs D4 HQ Slide 11 Critical Systems / Sites Ten (10) Critical DMS sites selected Eight (8) Sites required generator hook up Additional sites sharing DMS and CCTV also chosen for generators Slide 12 Howd we do it??? TOTAL TEAM EFFORT! Whatever it took in a controlled environment D4 Maintenance opened fuel pumps H-contracts to get necessary hardware and services for recovery Interdepartmental Contracts HAVE A PLAN STICK TO IT!!! Slide 13 Effect on Staff Work vs. Home balance People assessment Travel, Utilities, Food & Water Offered Generators SIRV Operator drove to employee homes to check on them Changed Schedules due to Curfew Slide 14 Dedication Managements Commitment to Staff Operations and IT Staff on duty throughout Road Rangers 10 on duty during Storm Full Staff all weekend prior and shortly after storm Slide 15 The Days which Followed SMART SunGuide TMC Fuel commitments obtained for TMC generator Telephone, fax, and internet restored Nextel gradually improved Highland Wireless placed equipment on Broward Sheriffs Office (BSO) tower. 24 hour operations (with 12-hr. shifts) Bought Cingular phone to communicate with FHP Slide 16 The Days which Followed (Cont.) Road Rangers Trucks dispatched from TMC Trucks operating at night with FHP escort for safety ITS Maintenance Full inspections of ITS devices began Connected temporary generator power to DMSs Generators placed on catwalks for security Generators refueled approx. every twelve (12) hours Slide 17 The Days which Followed (Cont.) Slide 18 Accomplishments Minimal damage to ITS Infrastructure Critical DMS Sites displaying messages Securing Fuel for TMC, Road Rangers, DOT Vehicles, and generators Partnering with BSO enabled Highland Wireless to add equipment Coordination with TMC collocated partner Broward County Traffic Engineering Div. Slide 19 Return on Investment Buried Fiber & Sturdiness of ITS Infrastructure Focus became return to service, not renovation of infrastructure Fiber Connection to D6 Connectivity between D4 Buildings TIM Participation led to better Agency partnering Road Rangers, FHP, BSO Slide 20 Lessons Learned NOT IF, BUT WHEN Owning, Maintaining, and Operating own systems affords option for reliability or redundancy Effects on motorists RRs less available DMS unavailable to display critical messages Always Available Utilities are taken for granted TMC was not a Priority for FPL Expectations from Others Slide 21 Lessons Learned (Cont.) FUEL Dangers of Road Rangers carrying fuel 1000 gallons of diesel fuel daily to operate TMC generator Size UPS large enough PREPLAN! Emergency conditions causes price escalations, which seem to all relate back to fuel costs. Slide 22 CREDITS 64 5-Gal. Gas Containers 2500 Bottles of Water 2000 Lbs. of Ice Gallons of Diesel 10500 for TMCs 8750 for Road Rangers Gallons of Gas 2100 to Motorists 500 for Field Generators 12 Generators 4 Emergency H-Contracts 135 People 1 Emergency Radio System = Back to Normal Conditions Hesham Ali David Ashton Jorge Balboa Josue Benitez Kendra Blackford Butch Bray John Brozic Jason Bryant Ted Burdusi Michael Cartagena Dong Chen Diane Christie Cesar Cintron Harry Combs Maria Connelly Steve Corbin Jerry Cosme Jan Dabrowski Renee Daniels Christopher Davis Felix Delgado William Delgado Tom Dickson Manuel Diez Shernette Sharpe Dodd Kendrick Edwards Jihad El Eid Arturo Espinosa Andres Felix Lt. Bill Ferrell Donnatt Forrester Guy Francese Ed Garibaldi Ricky Gerard Michael Grant Scott Gross Major Miguel Guzman Jennifer Locovozzi Franklin Irizarri Jodie Jaques Walkins Jeanlouis Chefrun Joiner Joe King Henk Koornstra Juan Kuthy Jose Leal Fred Levinson Steve Littlefield Julio Lopez Ramiro Luna Mike Mairunteregger Alexandra Martinez Jesus Martinez Camilo Martinez Jairo Martinez Dee McTague Tony Mendoza Bob Murphy Sylvia Myint Julio Natareno Pete Nissen Andre Norisma Oriol Nunez Luis Ortiz Cesar Padilla Miguel Paiz Cheryl Peterson Jorge Pineda Mark Plass Captain Luis Ramil Gabriel Ramirez Alex Ramos Maggie Ramos Jocelyn Raphael David Reese Kevin Richmond Captain John Roberts Roy Rosales Bryan Royer Keisha Rubaine Hank Sanchez Daina Sanders John Scarpellino Leon Sewell Karl Shand Carl Smith John Sparks Hugh Stetter Craig Vahle Andrew Valentin Emily Vasquez Leonard Waltermire Helena White Kyle Widemer Xavier Williams Wanda Williams Rick Winakur Ranzy Witicker James Wolfe William Wynn Agencies Involved BSO BCTED DMJM Harris FDOT D3 FDOT D4 ITS FDOT D4 Mngmt FDOT D4 OIS FDOT Vehicle Maintenance FDOT D4 Contract Services FDOT D6 ITS FDOT D6 OIS FHP Floridas Turnpike Highland Wireless IBI PB ITMS PB Farradyne / Mastec Smart Route 511 Sunshine Towing System Integrators TransCore Slide 23 CREDITS 64 5-Gal. Gas Containers 2500 Bottles of Water 2000 Lbs. of Ice Gallons of Diesel 10500 for TMCs 8750 for Road Rangers Gallons of Gas 2100 to Motorists 500 for Field Generators 12 Generators 4 Emergency H-Contracts 135 People 1 Emergency Radio System = Back to Normal Conditions Hesham Ali David Ashton Jorge Balboa Josue Benitez Kendra Blackford Butch Bray John Brozic Jason Bryant Ted Burdusi Michael Cartagena Dong Chen Diane Christie Cesar Cintron Harry Combs Maria Connelly Steve Corbin Jerry Cosme Jan Dabrowski Renee Daniels Christopher Davis Felix Delgado William Delgado Tom Dickson Manuel Diez Shernette Sharpe Dodd Kendrick Edwards Jihad El Eid Arturo Espinosa Andres Felix Lt. Bill Ferrell Donnatt Forrester Guy Francese Ed Garibaldi Ricky Gerard Michael Grant Scott Gross Major Miguel Guzman Jennifer Locovozzi Franklin Irizarri Jodie Jaques Walkins Jeanlouis Chefrun Joiner Joe King Henk Koornstra Juan Kuthy Jose Leal Fred Levinson Steve Littlefield Julio Lopez Ramiro Luna Mike Mairunteregger Alexandra Martinez Jesus Martinez Camilo Martinez Jairo Martinez Dee McTague Tony Mendoza Bob Murphy Sylvia Myint Julio Natareno Pete Nissen Andre Norisma Oriol Nunez Luis Ortiz Cesar Padilla Miguel Paiz Cheryl Peterson Jorge Pineda Mark Plass Captain Luis Ramil Gabriel Ramirez Alex Ramos Maggie Ramos Jocelyn Raphael David Reese Kevin Richmond Captain John Roberts Roy Rosales Bryan Royer Keisha Rubaine Hank Sanchez Daina Sanders John Scarpellino Leon Sewell Karl Shand Carl Smith John Sparks Hugh Stetter Craig Vahle Andrew Valentin Emily Vasquez Leonard Waltermire Helena White Kyle Widemer Xavier Williams Wanda Williams Rick Winakur Ranzy Witicker James Wolfe William Wynn Agencies Involved BSO BCTED DMJM Harris FDOT D3 FDOT D4 ITS FDOT D4 Mngmt FDOT D4 OIS FDOT Vehicle Maintenance FDOT D4 Contract Services FDOT D6 ITS FDOT D6 OIS FHP Floridas Turnpike Highland Wireless IBI PB ITMS PB Farradyne / Mastec Smart Route 511 Sunshine Towing System Integrators TransCore Slide 24 CREDITS 64 5-Gal. Gas Containers 2500 Bottles of Water 2000 Lbs. of Ice Gallons of Diesel 10500 for TMCs 8750 for Road Rangers Gallons of Gas 2100 to Motorists 500 for Field Generators 12 Generators 4 Emergency H-Contracts 135 People 1 Emergency Radio System = Back to Normal Conditions Hesham Ali David Ashton Jorge Balboa Josue Benitez Kendra Blackford Butch Bray John Brozic Jason Bryant Ted Burdusi Michael Cartagena Dong Chen Diane Christie Cesar Cintron Harry Combs Maria Connelly Steve Corbin Jerry Cosme Jan Dabrowski Renee Daniels Christopher Davis Felix Delgado William Delgado Tom Dickson Manuel Diez Shernette Sharpe Dodd Kendrick Edwards Jihad El Eid Arturo Espinosa Andres Felix Lt. Bill Ferrell Donnatt Forrester Guy Francese Ed Garibaldi Ricky Gerard Michael Grant Scott Gross Major Miguel Guzman Jennifer Locovozzi Franklin Irizarri Jodie Jaques Walkins Jeanlouis Chefrun Joiner Joe King Henk Koornstra Juan Kuthy Jose Leal Fred Levinson Steve Littlefield Julio Lopez Ramiro Luna Mike Mairunteregger Alexandra Martinez Jesus Martinez Camilo Martinez Jairo Martinez Dee McTague Tony Mendoza Bob Murphy Sylvia Myint Julio Natareno Pete Nissen Andre Norisma Oriol Nunez Luis Ortiz Cesar Padilla Miguel Paiz Cheryl Peterson Jorge Pineda Mark Plass Captain Luis Ramil Gabriel Ramirez Alex Ramos Maggie Ramos Jocelyn Raphael David Reese Kevin Richmond Captain John Roberts Roy Rosales Bryan Royer Keisha Rubaine Hank Sanchez Daina Sanders John Scarpellino Leon Sewell Karl Shand Carl Smith John Sparks Hugh Stetter Craig Vahle Andrew Valentin Emily Vasquez Leonard Waltermire Helena White Kyle Widemer Xavier Williams Wanda Williams Rick Winakur Ranzy Witicker James Wolfe William Wynn Agencies Involved BSO BCTED DMJM Harris FDOT D3 FDOT D4 ITS FDOT D4 Mngmt FDOT D4 OIS FDOT Vehicle Maintenance FDOT D4 Contract Services FDOT D6 ITS FDOT D6 OIS FHP Floridas Turnpike Highland Wireless IBI PB ITMS PB Farradyne / Mastec Smart Route 511 Sunshine Towing System Integrators TransCore Slide 25 CREDITS 64 5-Gal. Gas Containers 2500 Bottles of Water 2000 Lbs. of Ice Gallons of Diesel 10500 for TMCs 8750 for Road Rangers Gallons of Gas 2100 to Motorists 500 for Field Generators 12 Generators 4 Emergency H-Contracts 135 People 1 Emergency Radio System = Back to Normal Conditions Hesham Ali David Ashton Jorge Balboa Josue Benitez Kendra Blackford Butch Bray John Brozic Jason Bryant Ted Burdusi Michael Cartagena Dong Chen Diane Christie Cesar Cintron Harry Combs Maria Connelly Steve Corbin Jerry Cosme Jan Dabrowski Renee Daniels Christopher Davis Felix Delgado William Delgado Tom Dickson Manuel Diez Shernette Sharpe Dodd Kendrick Edwards Jihad El Eid Arturo Espinosa Andres Felix Lt. Bill Ferrell Donnatt Forrester Guy Francese Ed Garibaldi Ricky Gerard Michael Grant Scott Gross Major Miguel Guzman Jennifer Locovozzi Franklin Irizarri Jodie Jaques Walkins Jeanlouis Chefrun Joiner Joe King Henk Koornstra Juan Kuthy Jose Leal Fred Levinson Steve Littlefield Julio Lopez Ramiro Luna Mike Mairunteregger Alexandra Martinez Jesus Martinez Camilo Martinez Jairo Martinez Dee McTague Tony Mendoza Bob Murphy Sylvia Myint Julio Natareno Pete Nissen Andre Norisma Oriol Nunez Luis Ortiz Cesar Padilla Miguel Paiz Cheryl Peterson Jorge Pineda Mark Plass Captain Luis Ramil Gabriel Ramirez Alex Ramos Maggie Ramos Jocelyn Raphael David Reese Kevin Richmond Captain John Roberts Roy Rosales Bryan Royer Keisha Rubaine Hank Sanchez Daina Sanders John Scarpellino Leon Sewell Karl Shand Carl Smith John Sparks Hugh Stetter Craig Vahle Andrew Valentin Emily Vasquez Leonard Waltermire Helena White Kyle Widemer Xavier Williams Wanda Williams Rick Winakur Ranzy Witicker James Wolfe William Wynn Agencies Involved BSO BCTED DMJM Harris FDOT D3 FDOT D4 ITS FDOT D4 Mngmt FDOT D4 OIS FDOT Vehicle Maintenance FDOT D4 Contract Services FDOT D6 ITS FDOT D6 OIS FHP Floridas Turnpike Highland Wireless IBI PB ITMS PB Farradyne / Mastec Smart Route 511 Sunshine Towing System Integrators TransCore Slide 26 CREDITS 64 5-Gal. Gas Containers 2500 Bottles of Water 2000 Lbs. of Ice Gallons of Diesel 10500 for TMCs 8750 for Road Rangers Gallons of Gas 2100 to Motorists 500 for Field Generators 12 Generators 4 Emergency H-Contracts 135 People 1 Emergency Radio System = Back to Normal Conditions Hesham Ali David Ashton Jorge Balboa Josue Benitez Kendra Blackford Butch Bray John Brozic Jason Bryant Ted Burdusi Michael Cartagena Dong Chen Diane Christie Cesar Cintron Harry Combs Maria Connelly Steve Corbin Jerry Cosme Jan Dabrowski Renee Daniels Christopher Davis Felix Delgado William Delgado Tom Dickson Manuel Diez Shernette Sharpe Dodd Kendrick Edwards Jihad El Eid Arturo Espinosa Andres Felix Lt. Bill Ferrell Donnatt Forrester Guy Francese Ed Garibaldi Ricky Gerard Michael Grant Scott Gross Major Miguel Guzman Jennifer Locovozzi Franklin Irizarri Jodie Jaques Walkins Jeanlouis Chefrun Joiner Joe King Henk Koornstra Juan Kuthy Jose Leal Fred Levinson Steve Littlefield Julio Lopez Ramiro Luna Mike Mairunteregger Alexandra Martinez Jesus Martinez Camilo Martinez Jairo Martinez Dee McTague Tony Mendoza Bob Murphy Sylvia Myint Julio Natareno Pete Nissen Andre Norisma Oriol Nunez Luis Ortiz Cesar Padilla Miguel Paiz Cheryl Peterson Jorge Pineda Mark Plass Captain Luis Ramil Gabriel Ramirez Alex Ramos Maggie Ramos Jocelyn Raphael David Reese Kevin Richmond Captain John Roberts Roy Rosales Bryan Royer Keisha Rubaine Hank Sanchez Daina Sanders John Scarpellino Leon Sewell Karl Shand Carl Smith John Sparks Hugh Stetter Craig Vahle Andrew Valentin Emily Vasquez Leonard Waltermire Helena White Kyle Widemer Xavier Williams Wanda Williams Rick Winakur Ranzy Witicker James Wolfe William Wynn Agencies Involved BSO BCTED DMJM Harris FDOT D3 FDOT D4 ITS FDOT D4 Mngmt FDOT D4 OIS FDOT Vehicle Maintenance FDOT D4 Contract Services FDOT D6 ITS FDOT D6 OIS FHP Floridas Turnpike Highland Wireless IBI PB ITMS PB Farradyne / Mastec Smart Route 511 Sunshine Towing System Integrators TransCore