•Daily Operations Briefing December 21, 2012 As of 6:30 a.m. EST
1 Significant Activity: Dec 20 - 21 Significant Events: • Sandy/Nor’easter recovery • Severe storms – Southeast & Mid-Atlantic Significant Weather: • Winter storms moving out of Midwest/Great Lakes and into Mid-Atlantic /Northeast • Steady rain with higher elevation snow – Pacific Northwest and Upper Rockies • Critical Fire Weather: None • Red Flag Warnings: Alabama, & Florida • Space Weather: No space weather storms observed or predicted Tropical Activity: No significant tropical activity Earthquake Activity: No significant activity Declaration Activity: Appeal for Major Disaster Declaration for Florida
2 Sandy/Nor’easter Recovery Summary ▲ 5,283 (-69) FEMA personnel are deployed supporting Sandy-related recovery operations across 11 states and District of Columbia • 11 Major Disaster Declarations; 12 Emergency Declarations
New York (State EOC at Level III; Partial Activation) ▲ 4 shelters are open with 175 (-11) occupants (ESF-6, Dec 21) • 24 DRCs remain open • Debris removal approximately 70% complete (approx. 4.2 mil CY removed FEMA-4085-DR-New York of 6.01 mil CY total) = Individual and Public Assistance counties = Public Assistance county New Jersey (State EOC at Level II, Enhanced Ops) • 24 DRCs remain open • Debris removal approx. 30% complete (approx. 3 mil CY removed of 10 mil CY total) FEMA Response • FEMA Region II RRCC at Watch/Steady State • N-IMAT Blue is deployed to NY JFO • N-IMAT Red is deployed to NJ JFO • Regional IMATs deployed to NY: R-II, R-IV, R-VIII, R-IX and R-X • Regional IMATs deployed to NJ: R-IV and R-VII • FEMA HQ IMAT remains deployed to Staten Island, NY FEMA-4086-DR-New Jersey = Individual and Public Assistance counties 3 National Weather Forecast
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/noaa/noaad1.pdf
5 Active Watches/Warnings
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/largemap.php
6 Precipitation Forecast Days 1 - 3
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/d13_fill.gif
7 River Flood Outlook - 7 Day
http://water.weather.gov/ahps/forecasts.php?current_color=flood¤t_type=all&fcst_type=fcst&conus_map=d_map
8 Convective Outlook Days 1 – 3
Day 1 Day 2
Day 3
9 Critical Fire Weather Areas Days 1 – 8
Day 1 Day 2
Day 3-8
10 Hazard Outlook: December 23 - 27
MAP: http://origin.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/threats/hazards_d3_7.png
TEXT: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/threats/threats_ie.php
11 Drought Monitor as of December 18, 2012
http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/
13 Space Weather
NOAA Scales Activity Past 24 Hours Current Next 24 Hours Range 1 (minor)http://www.swpc.noaa.n/index.html to 5 (extreme) Space Weather Activity: None None None • Geomagnetic Storms None None None www.spaceweather.comhttp:// • Solar Radiation Storms None None None • Radio Blackouts None None None
HF Communications Impact Sunspot Activity
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/drap/global.html
14 Current NWS Winter Hazards 14 Winter Products ‐ each with a distinct policy for use
Winter Storm Watch Winter Storm Warning Winter Weather Advisory Freezing Rain Advisory Is the high level of specificity Ice Storm Warning working against clarity?? Blizzard Watch Blizzard Warning Lake Effect Snow Watch Lake Effect Snow Warning Lake Effect Snow Advisory Wind Chill Watch Wind Chill Warning Wind Chill Advisory Extreme Cold Warning A Proposed Alternative Approach Simplified Approach Using Plain English
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS FORECASTING WINTER STORM WATCH. THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING. WARNING FOR A DANGEROUS SNOW STORM.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ADVISES WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. CAUTION FOR SNOW.
16 Some Examples
Current Headline: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH…
Simplified Headline: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS FORECASTING THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM
Current Headline: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT.
Simplified Headline: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WARNING FOR DANGEROUSLY COLD AND WINDY CONDITIONS. CAUTION FOR SNOW CONTINUES TO BE ADVISED.
17 Winter Hazard Simplification Locations
18 Severe Weather – Southeast & Mid-Atlantic
Situation – Dec 19-20 • Strong storms moved through Southeast & Mid-Atlantic • Storms generated strong winds, three unconfirmed tornadoes & one confirmed EF1 tornado • Some damage reported; however, impacts primarily are downed trees & power lines • AL (Mobile Co): Approx. 115-120 structures damaged • AR (Sebastian Co): Confirmed EF-1 tornado; one mobile home destroyed • Elsewhere, no significant damage • Remaining power outages: • AL 10,700 (Peak: approx. 54,700) • AR 12,958 • MD 4,799 (Peak: approx. 70,000) • Power restoration continues; no long-term outages expected • All SEOCs are at normal operations • No FEMA assistance requested
21 Major Disaster Declaration Appeal - Florida
December 20, 2012 • Governor is appealing denial of a request for a Major Disaster Declaration • Request was a result of Hurricane Sandy beginning Oct 24, 2012, and continuing • The Governor is requesting PA for 7 counties and Hazard Mitigation statewide
Counties Requested
22 Disaster Requests & Declarations
Declaration Requests in Process Requests APPROVED Requests DENIED (since last report) (since last report) 1 Date Requested 0 0
FL – DR Hurricane Sandy (Appeal) December 20, 2012
23 OFDC Cadre Member Status Federal Coordinating Officer
Deployed Detailed Available Not Available Total
21211135
Total Available Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Type 4
11* 1* 6 2 2
* All Type 1 FCOs are available unless deployed to a Level 1 event
Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinator Positions On Board Available Deployed Pending Hire 10 5 0 5 5
As of:12/21/2012 25 Open Field Offices, as of December 21, 2012
26 Joint Preliminary Damage Assessments
Number of Counties Region State Event IA/PA Start – End Requested Ongoing Complete Severe Storms/High Winds VOH PA 1 1 0 12/18 – TBD October 29-30, 2012
27 MCOV Fleet / Deployment Status
MCOV FLEET STATUS MCOV DISASTER SUPPORT DEPLOYMENTS Units Available Deployed En Open Location PMC NMC DR-State OPCON Unit Prep Notes: Assigned FMC Committed Route Request DC Atlanta 21 11 7 0 3 DR‐4086‐NJ 2 0 0 DC Cumberland 10 5 4 0 1 DR‐4085‐NY 13 0 0 DC Ft Worth 14 10 4 0 000 0 DC Moffett 6 6 00 000 0 Holliston, MA 1 1 00 000 0 Denver, CO 2 2 00 000 0 Bothell, WA 2 2 00 000 0 (Note: NMC Cumberland unit and 1 NMC Atlanta unit at 000 0 MERS Frederick for Sat System Repairs.) TOTAL 56 37 15 0 4 TOTAL 15 0 0 0 Included in above totals, units 00 in route for turn‐in. 2
Fully Mission Capable 52 Partially Mission Capable 0 Non-Mission Capable 4 Total Not Deployed 41 Data as of: 12/21/12 @ 0700 28 Active IA Disasters - Referral Status & Awards
Active IA Disasters Total IHP Awards IHP Referral Status Total Awards: VT NH Approved: ‐ 410,365 WA 4022 4026 NY 4001 ME 409,747 MT ND Ineligible: ‐ 384,682 4085 MA Total Max Grants: OR MN 4031 4028 ID 4020 SD WI 8,006 Withdrawn: ‐ 38,113 WI RI WY IA PA 4030 CT 4089 NE 1998 IL IN OH 4025 4087 Pending (FEMA): ‐ 11,298 NV 4013 WV MD 1991 4058 DE 4023 UT 4071 VA CA CO KY NJ MO 4061 4042 MD KS 4057 4086 4012 4059 4091 Pending (Applicant): ‐ 73,811 4008 NC 4021 TN 4019 OK 4060 AZ 4078 AR NM 4000 SC MS AL GA 4081 4052 TX LA 4029 4080 PR FL 4040 Average IHP Awards 4068 4017
ONA ‐ $1,693 Legend # of DRs HA ‐ $4,889 5 Open Registration Period IHP ‐ $4,772 (60 days from Declaration, unless extended) Housing Asssistance: $216,691,776 31 IHP Active – IHP Assistance period remains open Other Needs Assistance: $1,735,500,564 (18 Months from Declaration) $0 $1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 $5,000 $6,000 Total Awards Amount: $1,952,192,340
36 Total IHP Active Disasters (All information on this slide reflects data for these disasters)
# Max Grants = Applicants awarded maximum IHP ($31,900 as of FY 2013) Data as of: 12/21/12 @ 0700 30 IA Registration Statistics
Hurricane Sandy - Cumulative as of December 21, 2012 @ 0700 Approved Total ONA DR # - State Registrations Total HA Approved Total IHP Approved Applicants Approved 4085 - NY 254,670 106,941 $723,415,999 $82,801,249 $806,217,248 4086 - NJ 247,483 54,565 $279,406,720 $32,640,385 $312,047,105 4087 - CT 11,137 2,521 $9,684,291 $623,379 $10,307,670 4089 - RI 448 84 $293,243 $19,268 $312,511 4091 - MD 605 131 $443,130 $55,236 $498,366 Totals 514,343 164,242 $1,013,243,383 $116,139,517 $1,129,382,900 24 hour change +1,855 +1,142 +$7,488,550 +$4,086,297 +$11,574,847
NPSC and IRS* Call Data for December 20, 2012 Total Calls Answered (Help Line + Registration Intake) 9,228 Average time to answer call 12 seconds
* Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents are currently assisting with IA Registration Intake calls 31 Housing Inspection Statistics
Hurricane Sandy – Inspection Data as of December 21, 2012 @ 0700 Inspections Inspections Inspection % Turnaround Time DR # - State Inspectors Assigned Completed Complete (Days) 4085 - NY 110 172,749 164,156 95.03% 5.56 4086 - NJ 70 117,202 111,919 95.49% 4.80 4087 - CT 6 5,930 5,597 94.38% 3.92 4089 - RI 1 189 173 91.53% 1.81 4091 - MD 10 516 236 45.74% 2.15 TOTAL 197 296,586 282,081 95.11% 5.2 24 Hour Change -21 +2,630 +1,885 -0.2% 0.0
32 IMAT Status National Teams Team Status Team Status Team Status
BLUE NYC WHITE RED NJ (East) (Central) (West) Regional Teams
Team Status Team Status Team Status
Region I RI Region V MD Region IX-1 NY
Region II NY Region VI-1 LA Region IX-2
Region III Region VI-2 VA Region X NY
Region IV-1 NJ Region VII NJ FEMA HQ NYC
Region IV-2 NY Region VIII NY
= Available/Mission Capable = Assigned/Deployed = Available/Partially Mission Capable = Out-of-Service 33 Urban Search & Rescue
INCIDENT SUPPORT TEAMS (Red-White-Blue) – Monthly On Call Rotation
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
WEST CENTRAL EAST Team Status Team Status Team Status CA-TF1 Available AZ-TF1 Available FL-TF1 Available CA-TF2 Available CO-TF1 Available FL-TF2 Available CA-TF3 Available IN-TF1 Available MA-TF1 Available CA-TF4 Available MO-TF1 Available MD-TF1 Available CA-TF5 Available NE-TF1 Available NY-TF1 Available
CA-TF6 Available NM-TF1 Non-operational PA-TF1 Conditionally Available
CA-TF7 Available NV-TF1 Conditionally Available VA-TF1 Available
CA-TF8 Available TN-TF1 Conditionally Available VA-TF2 Available WA-TF1 Available TX-TF1 Available OH-TF1 Available UT-TF1 Available
= Available/Mission Capable = Assigned/Deployed = Available/Partially Mission Capable = Out-of-Service 34 RRCC / Regional Watch Center Status
Region RRCC Regional Watch Center I Watch/Steady State Maynard MOC (24/7) II Watch/Steady State 24/7 III Watch/Steady State 24/7 IV Watch/Steady State 24/7 V Watch Steady State 24/7 VI Watch/Steady State Denton MOC (24/7) VII Watch/Steady State 24/7 VIII Watch/Steady State Denver MOC (24/7) IX Watch/Steady State 24/7 X Watch/Steady State Bothell MOC (24/7)
35 National Team Status
Team/Status Current Location Remarks
National Watch Center Washington, DC Watch/Steady State
NRCC Washington, DC Not Activated
HLT Miami, FL Not Activated
DEST Washington, DC Not Activated
Mission Capable Partially Mission Capable Not Mission Capable
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