SITUATION REPORT No. 3

Joint Field Office SITUATION REPORT No. 3 Ground-Hog Day Tornadoes The Florida State Emergency Response Team February 9, 2007 Operational Period: February 8, 2007-1000 hrs-February 9, 2007-1000 hrs ______CURRENT SITUATION:

The Joint Field Office (JFO) is at a Level 2 (Partial) activation.

Forward Command will remain operational through 9 February. Planning operations have been assumed by JFO planning staff with support from the SEOC. Public safety announcements are being successfully carried over major media routes.

SITREP and IAP will be operating on a 24 hour schedule. JFO IAP time is now 1400 daily in order to precede joint IAP with FEMA. SITREP will be distributed in the morning NLT 1000.

WEATHER: The weather for the impacted counties and the Forward team today will be sunny with a high in the low seventies, slight winds, and lows in the high forties.

CONSEQUENCES: 1. Fatalities – There are 20 confirmed fatalities as reported by the State Medical Examiners Office as of 02/04/07. 2. Sheltering – 1 general population shelter in Volusia County. Population: 3 (8 Feb 07)

COUNTY ACTIONS: Local EOC State of School County Status Emergen Closings cy Lake Full Yes No Volusia Monitoring Yes No Sumter Monitoring Yes No

Lake County will host “The Art in the Park” in Lady Lake on February 10th and 11th. A crowd in excess of 5000 is expected.

1 DAMAGES REPORTED: Affected Habitable Minor Major Destroyed Sumter Co. 105 219 253 68 Lake Co.- East 11 6 12 7 Lake Co.-Center 36 17 49 165 Lake Co.-East 2 16 8 37 Volusia Co.-Deland 122 113 75 126 Volusia Co.-New 7 13 38 22 Smyrna TOTALS: 283 371 456 434 Total number of households: 1544 Major Damage/Destroyed: 890

 Health Department Status

County Status Volusia County Health Department located at 1330 S. Woodland Blvd, Deland, FL 32724is closed due to damage. COOP plan activated.

The following Disaster Recovery Centers are open with hours of operation from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.:

DRC #1 – Sumter County Lady Lake The Villages Laurel Manor Recreation Center 1985 Laurel Manor Dr. Lady Lake, FL 32612 Served cumulative: 274

DRC #2 – Lake County Lake Mack 31039 Lake Mack Rd Lake Mack, FL 32720 Served cumulative: 101

DRC #3 – Volusia County New Smyrna Beach (Volusia County) Atlantic Coast Baptist Church 1212 Conrad New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169 Served cumulative: 54

DRC #4 – Volusia County DeLand Victoria Square 1706 S. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, FL 32720 Served cumulative: 277

DRC #5 – Lake County 2 Lady Lake 38521 Lake View Drive Lady Lake, FL 32159 Served cumulative: 277

DRC #6 – Lake County (opened 9 Feb 07) Wal-Mart 1699 N. Woodland Blvd DeLand, Fl 32720 POC: Maribel Martinez 813.326.0270 Served cumulative:

STATE ACTIONS:

 The SEOC is at level 2 and supporting JFO  The State Emergency Response Team (SERT) is staffed with appropriate Branch Directors and ESFs  Mobile Command Vehicle (MCV) and Green IMT team will demobilized today.  SERT staff deployed to support Joint Field operations in Orlando, with change over of key personnel anticipated by weekend, and staff rollover anticipated by day 14 (16 February)  Operations and Plans Sections staff are monitoring the current situation and providing updates as needed  5 Disaster Recovery Centers are operational and serving survivors in Lake, Sumter and Volusia Counties  Conference calls with counties conducted daily at 1115  American Red Cross has set up a website for persons and families affected by a disaster: disastersafe.redcross.org  For current information about volunteers and donations visit: www.volunteerflorida.org or call the Florida Volunteer and Donations Hotline at 1-800-FL-HELP-1 (1-800-354- 3571)  IAP conducted via conference call with SEOC/forward command participation at 1400 daily  Volunteer Reception Center (VRC) opening in Lake County 9 Feb 07, will be collocated with 200 person volunteer base camp. 1000+ affiliated volunteers have been registered. A Volunteer Reception Center is being established for un-affiliated volunteer registration in Leesburg, Lake County (33926 County rd 473) 1-800-FL-HELP1 (354-3571

Resources:

 One Point of Distribution (POD) is still operational at Lake Mack.  New DRC (number 6) being established.

Deployed Personnel:  Mobile Command Vehicle is demobilizing today.  Deputy Logistics Chief in Orange County for LSA operations

3 Executive Orders: Governor Crist has executed the following Executive Order(s): EXECUTIVE ORDERS EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER DATE SIGNED PURPOSE 06-277 12/26/06 State of Emergency for tornadoes 07-21 2/02/07 State of Emergency for tornadoes

FEDERAL ACTIONS:

DATE OF TYPE OF DECLARATION ACTI PURPOSE ON FEMA-1679-DR 02/03/07 Presidential Declaration DATE OF TYPE OF DECLARATION ACTI PURPOSE ON FEMA-1680-DR 8 Feb 07 Presidential Declaration FEMA-1679-DR. Federal Assistance has been approved for the counties: Individual Assistance – Lake, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia; Public Assistance (Category A and B) Lake, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia; all counties in the State are eligible to apply for assistance under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

FEMA-1680-DR. Federal assistance granted for Volusia County in the form of: Individual Assistance and continued eligibility to apply for assistance under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

Florida Division of Emergency Management Contact Information Planning Section E-Mail Address: [email protected]

4 NAME TITLE PHONE NUMBER(S) COMMAND STAFF Marcia Chircos Incident Commander/Deputy SCO 407-243-4010 Jon Myatt Public Information Officer 904-814-7994 / down stairs ext:4077 Nancy Brown Administrative Assistant 407-243-4012 Operations Section Russel Nanning Deputy IC/Operations Chief 850-519-8636 Gary Freerksen Public Assistance Branch Director 850-591-3814 Joshua Bedwell Public Assistance Coordinator 850-778-7113 Bruce French Public Assistance Coordinator 540-589-2994 Daniel Sanford Public Assistance Coordinator 407-506-9318 Tom Kollar Public Assistance Coordinator 407-903-3239/850-528-4847 Andrea Collier Public Assistance Coordinator 407-903-3261 Kim Broyles Public Assistance Coordinator 407-398-5155 Robert Carter Public Assistance Coordinator 407-398-5156 Richard Wise Public Assistance Coordinator 407-398-5231 Farai Quirindongo Public Assistance Coordinator 407-398-5168

Bart Frost Individual Assistance Branch Director 850-591-3811 Sylvia Hogan Unmet Needs 407-268-8656 Joseph Borras DRC Coordinator 850-519-4787 Cathy Register DRC Deputy Coordinator 813-486-3066 Rusty Cannon DRC Logistics 813-541-6768/850-445-3086

Roy Dunn Disaster Housing Branch Director Tom Smith Disaster Housing Operations 850-519-6734 Hector Montford Disaster Housing Planner 850-210-5877 Ted Keith Community Response Strike Tm Ldr 407-398-5269/407-275-4853 Terri Hoover CR Field Ops Coordinator 407-903-3247 Dee Giles CR Ops Coordinator 850-528-7521/407-275-4852 Leon Roy Deputy C Ops Coordinator 337-281-5353/407-275-4854 Regina Delgado CR Admin Ops Coordinator 407-398-5350 Bob Gibson CR Special Events Coordinator 407-398-5687/407-275-4855

Alex Amparo ESF 15 850-510-0801 Merrilee White ESF 15 850-528-9058 Philip Shaw Americorps 202-606-6697 Josh Smith Americorps 281-702-1383 Sarah Steinbach Americorps 214-789-6189 Sheree Fugate Volunteer Florida 850-414-2979 Plans Section Esther Johnson Plans Chief 813-326-0256 Daniel Hahn Deputy Plans Chief 850-393-9841 Brandon Knuth GIS 850-380-1608 Erin Hays Documentation 813-541-6747

Leroy Thompson Deputy CR Ops Coordinator 850-591-9947 Gordon Redmond Mitigation 540-589-2927 Richard Bento Mitigation 832-851-4007 Tom Lanese Mitigation 703-258-4017 Glen Gartner Mitigation 337-281-5563 Bob Johnson Mitigation 703-350-9593 Harold Colon Mitigation 703-967-0563 Elkin Segura Mitigation 703-965-2110 David Ugrekhelidze Mitigation 703-258-4000 John Pilsch Mitigation 443-928-1321 Logistics Section Jeff Milligen SERT Deputy Logistics Chief 850-519-5609(c) Finance Section Cherie Trainor Finance 850-528-8056 Jenene Helms Finance 850-519-9919(c) 5 6 JFO Organization 9 Feb 07

Recovery Incident Commander Marcia Chircos Public Information Officer Jon Mylatt Deputy Incident Commander/Operations Administrative Russell Manning Assistant Nancy Brown

Finance/Admin Operations Chief Plans Chief Logistics Chief Chief Russell Manning Esther Johnson Jeff Milligan Cherie Trainor

Public Assistance Individual Assistance Disaster Housing ESF 15 Deputy Plans Chief Branch Director Branch Director Branch Director Alex Amparo (County rep) Gary Feerksen Bart Frost Roy Dunn Merrilee White Daniel Hahn

Documentation Community Public Assistance DRC Unmet Needs Disaster Housing Disaster Housing Josh Smith Erin Hays Response (CR) Coordinators Coordinator Strike Tm Ldr Plans Operations Sarah Steinbach Strike Tm Ldr Joshua Bedwell Joe Borras Sylvia Hogan Hector Montford Tom Smith Philip Shaw Ted Keith Bruce French Sheree Fugate GIS Daniel Sanford DRC Deputy (County rep) CR Field CR Field Tom Kollar Coordinator Sumter/Lake Brandon Knuth Operations Operations Andrea Collier Cathy Register Housing Team Kim Broyles Coordinator Coordinator Seminole/Volusia Robert Carter Terri Hoover Dee Giles Housing Team Mitigation Director Richard Wise Logistics Runner Leroy Thompson Farai Quirindongo Rusty Cannon Deputy CR Ops CR Admin Coordinator Operations Leon Roy Coordinator Regina Delgado Mitigation Planner Mitigation Gordon Redmond John Pilsch CR Special Needs Richard Bento Bob Gibson Tom Lanese Harold Colon Elkin Segura David Ugrekhelidze Glen Gartner BobJohnson