Transcript Starlight Tornado Response

2013 Starlight Tornado
Flagler County
Emergency
Management
And Others…
U.S. Small
•FPL
•Waste Pro
•Flagler Volunteer
Services
Business
Administration
•Property Appraiser
City of
Palm
Coast
State of Florida
•Division of
Emergency
Management
Flagler County
Sheriff’s Office
•DPBR
•Workers’ Comp
American Red
Cross
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
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
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Pickup trucks
Dump trucks
Wood chippers
Trailers
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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
documented by 2 pm Sunday
completed
and
 Final damage assessment values:
o Partially damaged: 209 homes = $4,774,194
o Partially incapacitated: 25 homes =
$1,908,742
o Destroyed: 7 homes = $587,781
o Total: 241 homes = $7,271,716
Response and Rebuilding
Expedited Permitting
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Storm damage emergency repair
permits issued over-the-counter
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97 permits for repair issued
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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
o Department of Business and Professional
Regulation
o 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
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