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2013 Starlight Tornado. Starlight Tornado Response. Emergency Response. Saturday, December 14, 2013 Storm Alert received via cell phones & decision to end parade/shelter as needed National Weather Service Jacksonville issues Tornado Warning Code Red issued via National Weather Service
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Emergency Response Saturday, December 14, 2013 Storm Alert received via cell phones & decision to end parade/shelter as needed National Weather Service Jacksonville issues Tornado Warning Code Red issued via National Weather Service 911 Center begins receiving phone calls Fire Department & FCSO arrive on scene
Emergency Response Fire Chief contacts Florida Power & Light City Manager notifies Public Works and Community Development directors, and those departments respond within 5 minutes Flagler County Emergency Services personnel arrive to assist MANY sightseers and media on scene Library designated as staging area for emergency services Communications & Marketing Division work with media at Library
Public Works Response First Push: 7:45 pm Sat.-3:30 am Sun. • Respond to inoperable traffic signals with generators at Belle Terre and Palm Coast Parkways • Remove debris from roads • Remove debris from sidewalks / trails • Remove trees that could potentially cause additional damage • Place temporary stop signs • Tank-trucked sewer from pump stations without power until portable generators set up
Assessment Sunday 9am • Evaluate damage • Establish proper equipment and manpower • Establish debris removal schedule
Cleanup Monday 7am
Cleanup Wednesday 7am Clear canals of uprooted trees, debris
Response and Cleanup • Throughout the week: • Replace damaged street signs • Cut down hazardous trees • Cleaned up rights-of-way • 36 employees • 9 inmate labor • 833 hours
Equipment • Pickup trucks • Dump trucks • Wood chippers • Trailers • Excavators • Front-end loaders • Skid steer • Back hoe • Boats • Chain saws • Blowers • Debris removed: • Public Works crews – Collected 302 cubic yards of loose debris and 204 cubic yards of chip-up debris (equivalent to 151.8 tons) • Waste Pro – 30 loads = 196.74 tons of debris • Total: approx. 348.54 tons, or 697,080 pounds
Customer Service • Door-to-door in affected neighborhoods for insurance needs – with American Red Cross • Call volume up significantly, mainly for debris issues
Response and Rebuilding Damage Assessment • Key damage assessment personnel visit affected areas within first hour • Damage assessment teams dispatched early Sunday to areas identified by Fire Department • Initial damage assessment completed and documented by 2 pm Sunday • Final damage assessment values: • Partially damaged: 209 homes = $4,774,194 • Partially incapacitated: 25 homes = $1,908,742 • Destroyed: 7 homes = $587,781 • Total: 241 homes =$7,271,716
Response and Rebuilding Expedited Permitting • Storm damage emergency repair permits issued over-the-counter • 97 permits for repair issued • Roof • Screen enclosures • HVAC damage • Windows • Garage doors • Fences
Response and Rebuilding Business Enforcement • Combined efforts with State agencies • State of Florida departments were contacted to assist with public education, awareness and monitoring, and enforcement of possible unlicensed and scammer activity • Department of Business and Professional Regulation • Division of Workers’ Compensation
Response and Rebuilding State/Federal Coordination Florida State Statute 252 City – Local Declaration to County County Resolution of Support and/or Declaration – Threshold = $334,936 State Declaration – $26,133,821 Federal Declaration on recommendation from FEMA Director
Response and Rebuilding Disaster Reserve Fund “To address unanticipated expenditures arising out of a hurricane, tornado, other major weather related events, and/or other massive infrastructure failures or other disasters, whether man-made or caused by nature” The balance at year end will be at least two one hundredths percent (0.02%) of the just value of all property in the City on July 1 of that year. FY 14 Opening Balance: $2.2 million
Response and Rebuilding Costs Public Works labor: $17,123.75 Public Works equipment: $34,468.75 Palm Coast debris: $15,180 Waste Pro: $25,553.42 FCSO: $89,254.75 Flagler Emer. Man. staff: $2,697.87 Flagler Emer. Man. equipment: $758.65 Flagler Co. debris: $1,000 Costs to date: $186,037.19