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2007 Wildfires. UNIFIED COMMAND BRIEFING May 23, 2007. Silence All Phones and Pagers. Please move conversations into ESF rooms and busy out all phones. Thanks for your cooperation. Fire Medical Stress Severe Weather Parking. Safety Briefing. SEOC LEVEL 2 12 Hour Operations.
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2007 Wildfires UNIFIED COMMAND BRIEFING May 23, 2007
Silence All Phones and Pagers Please move conversations into ESF rooms and busy out all phones. Thanks for your cooperation.
Fire Medical Stress Severe Weather Parking Safety Briefing
EOC Staffing • STATE COORDINATING OFFICER – Craig Fugate • SERT CHIEF – David Halstead • OPERATIONS CHIEF – Leo Lachat • PLANS CHIEF – Capt Jeffrey Hancock • LOGISTICS CHIEF – Chuck Hagan • FINANCE & ADMIN CHIEF – Cherie Trainor • PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER – Mike Stone • RECOVERY – Marcia Chiricos
Coordinating Officers Craig Fugate Up Next – SERT Chief
SERT Chief David Halstead Up Next – Meteorology
Meteorology Amy Frank Up Next – Forestry
Wednesday Warnings, Watches and Advisories Red Flag Warning Lake Wind Advisory Small Craft Advisory Special Weather Statement (Smoke)
Forecast Wind Speed and Direction Forecast Wind Gusts
Panhandle & North Florida Red Flag (interior, Nature Coast) Lake Wind Advisory (NE coast) Smoke moves west and northwest High Transport Winds No rain until next week Central Florida Lake Wind Advisory (E coast) Red Flag (interior, West Coast) South Florida Rain (extreme S FL) Windy
Division of Forestry Up Next – Planning Up Next – Operations Up Next – Planning
Plans Esther Johnson Up Next – Operations
Plans • Planning Assumptions • Wildfires in SE US are limiting available mutual aid resources for suppression activities in Florida • Eastern winds 10-25MPH, with higher gusts; Chance of lighting induced wildfires in South Florida; Red Flag Warnings are in effect for all northern Florida and the western Peninsula • Frequent road closures on various roads in impacted area, including I-10/I-75; more road closures expected • Driving conditions remain dangerous in the effected areas; driving conditions can change rapidly. • Effects of drought may potentially impact fire suppression
Plans • Roadway Closures • (Per DOT, FHP and County Situation Reports) • Columbia County: US 441 from CR-246 to FL-GA state line • Open but Subject to Closure: US-441 from I-10 to SR-2 I-75 from GA/FL Border to Lake City I-10 from Live Oak to Sanderson Up Next – Operations
Operations Bob Howard Up Next – Operations Support
Operations Support Up Next – Emergency Services
Emergency Services Up Next – Human Services
Emergency Services • Current Issues • Fulfill resource requests • Continue to track deployed resources • Monitor potential road closures • Unmet Needs • None • Future Operations • Continue to fill and complete resource requests • Continue to demobilize resources • Continue to monitor complex fires and individual fires throughout state
Human Services Up Next – Infrastructure
HUMAN SERVICES • Current Situation • American Red Cross • 35 meals served by ARC 05-22-07 • 90 snack • 2 ERV’s • No Shelter Activity • Future Operations • Continue to monitor the situation • Support SERT Operations
Infrastructure Up Next – Logistics
Infrastructure ESF – 1 & 3 Transportation • Current Operations ESF – 1 & 3 (WildFire) • Maintain Activate Traffic Counters • Monitor FDOT maintenance vehicles and a 5,000 gal water truck deployed to support fire suppression strike teams • Monitor 35 Variable Message Boards • Mark areas of Temporary local traffic detours or road closures deploying cones to impacted counties
Infrastructure ESF – 1 & 3 Transportation • Future Ops ESF – 1 & 3 (WildFire) • Monitoring Traffic Maintenance resources Variable Message Boards (VMB’s) & temp. closure warning “Smoke on Road” signs • Maintaining Florida Dept. of Transportation (FDOT) resources, equipment & personnel to support Florida Division of Forestry (FDOF) & Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) • Providing road closure & detour advisory signage to FHP and ESF 16 • No unmeet needs at this time ESF – 1 & 3
Infrastructure ESF – 2 Communications • Current Operations ESF – 2 (WildFire) • Providing ongoing Communication support for Stark Fl. Fire Fighting command located at Keystone Air Park. • MA-FLA (mutual aid) channel Demobilized - the county keeps the FCC temporary use authority (expiring on 11/12/07) but request to activate the extra channel is cancelled • Demobilized (Partial) EDWARDS package deployed to Baker County for DOF
Infrastructure ESF – 2 Communications • Future Operations ESF – 2 (WildFire) • 23May - Standing-up Video conference link up for County EM’s Recovery Kick-off FMAGP grant briefing • No unmet needs at this time ESF – 2
Infrastructure ESF – 12 Power • Current Operations ESF – 12 (WildFire) • electric utility companies report the grid is not endangered by Wilfires, at this time • Electric Utilities providers have liaisons embedded within Division of Forestry Fire suppression strike teams.
Infrastructure ESF – 12 Power • Future Operations ESF – 12 (WildFire) • Proactive damage control “Barricade” Fire Blocking thermal protective gel-coating application continue on case by case basis • Continuing to monitor fire suppression activity, individual and business customer service impacts and restoration
Infrastructure ESF – 12 Fuel • Current Operations ESF – 12 (WildFire) • Demobilized 9,000 gallon 75:25 diesel/mogas split fuel tender at the Columbia Co. Fire Fighter’s staging area • Monitoring fire suppression efforts
Infrastructure ESF – 12 Fuel • Future Operations ESF – 12 (WildFire) • 4,000 gallon tanker on standby for quick deployment, if needed, for refueling the fire suppression strike team’s vehicles • 25 others gas & diesel tankers available • 8 – 1,500 gal to 4,000 gal fuel tenders available • 17 – 9,000 gal fuel tenders available • Unmet Needs ESF – 12 FUEL • None, at this time Up Next – Logistics
Logistics Up Next – EMAC Mutual Aid
EMAC Mutual Aid Up Next – Finance & Administration
Finance & Administration Up Next – Public Information Up Next – Public Information
Public Information Up Next – Recovery Up Next – Recovery
Recovery Up Next – SERT Chief Up Next – SERT Chief
SERT Chief David Halstead
Next Briefing May 24 1030 Hrs Branch Briefing