tropical storm ernesto branch briefing august 28, 2006
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SEOC LEVEL
124-Hour Operations
EOC Staffing
• STATE COORDINATING OFFICER – Craig Fugate• SERT CHIEF – Dave Halstead• OPERATIONS CHIEF – Leo Lachat• PLANS CHIEF – Carla Boyce• LOGISTICS CHIEF – Chuck Hagan• FINANCE & ADMIN CHIEF – Cherie Trainor• PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER – Mike Stone• RECOVERY – Jim Hampton
Tropical Storm Ernesto – 45 mph
Hurricane Hunter Fixes
Tropical Storm Ernesto – 45 mph
Steering Currents
Wind Shear
Information & Planning
• Lead Planners have been embedded in Emergency Services & Human Services to facilitate communications and planning within the SERT and external partners
– Coordinate IAP, Branch/Section specialty plans, ESF/Branch
– Communicate needs, accomplishments, movements, information
Common Operational Picture
Planning Assumptions
• Vulnerable population estimated at 1.6 Million– From Monroe to Flagler and includes populations
living in coastal surge zones, low lying areas and manufactured housing
• Planning for a paralleling category 1/2 storm
• Track & intensity are still uncertain
• Watches have been issued from Deerfield Beach (Broward) along the east coast to Chokoloskee (Monroe) on the west coast
Planning Assumptions
• Occupied temporary housing – 3,568 within the area of interest
• Evacuation of SpNS residents & FL Keys patients began this morning @ 6am
• All NPP (Turkey Point, Crystal River & St. Lucie) are within the 3 day error cone
Up Next – Operations
General Operating Objectives
1. Evaluate vulnerable populations and the demographics/impacts of/to those populations (i.e. special needs, economics, ethnicity)
2. Determine potential impacts or consequences
3. Determine affects on early elections already underway
4. Establish staffing and deployment plans
5. Support Evacuations
6. Prepare for Impacts from Ernesto
7. Continue financial management of operations
8. Initiate Primary Response Operations
General Operating Objectives
Next Briefing
August 28 at 1830ESF Briefing