Florida:
Tranportation Emergency Information Line: 1-800-342-3557
State of Florida
September 7, 2005
Disaster Recovery Centers In Florida
Panhandle Serve
Hurricane Victims
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The four Disaster Recovery Centers operating
in
Florida's Panhandle welcome Hurricane Dennis victims and Katrina
evacuees seeking disaster assistance information.
Those who have questions about disaster assistance may visit
any
recovery center now open to meet face-to-face with recovery specialists
associated with the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency
Management Agency and Florida State Emergency Response Team.
Representatives of local, state and federal agencies, as well as
voluntary agencies, will be on hand to provide program and service
information. U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) representatives
will be available to assist individuals and business owners with
low-interest disaster loan applications. Written materials about
various assistance programs are also available.
Anyone interested in information on mitigation, flood
insurance, or
related topics is welcome to come to the centers. Please note these
centers provide information only, they do not have emergency supplies
such as ice and water.
Panhandle Disaster Recovery Center Locations
Operating hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., daily, until further notice.
Escambia County
Area Field Office DRC
33 Brent Lane
Pensacola, FL 32503
Okaloosa County
CVS Pharmacy DRC
348 Racetrack Road
Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32548
Santa Rosa County
Midway Plaza Unit A-3 DRC
5660 Gulf Breeze Parkway
Gulf Breeze, FL 32561
County Administrator Office Building DRC
6495 Caroline Street (Hwy 90)
Milton, FL 32570
Additionally, SBA's Franklin County workshop will be open in
the
East Point Volunteer Fire Department located at 24 6th Street in East
Point, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., through close of
business Thursday, September 8.
September 7, 2005
The State of Florida has deployed personnel, equipment and
commodities to Mississippi to aid response and recovery from the
devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina. In the hours and days after
the catastrophic storm, Governor Jeb Bush pledged the support of
Florida to Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour. Resources from Florida
were mobilized through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, a
national organization that provides a structure to interstate mutual
aid and allows impacted states to request and receive assistance from
other member states quickly and efficiently. These efforts represent
Florida's largest state-to-state assistance in history.
Florida aid committed to neighboring states: $67.8 million to
date
Total Florida responders committed on the ground or mobilizing: 3,758
EMAC mission requests for personnel from Florida: 105
September 6, 2005
The State of Florida Situation Reports are the most comprehensive
situation reports available from the disaster area affected by
Hurricane Katrina by any State or Federal Agency. For this
reason
I have filed a Freedom of
Information Act
Request which seeks to force FEMA to produce this information
in
the public interest. -- The Disaster Center
September 5, 2005
From Situation
Report # 24
FUEL
Numerous fuel requests from Florida Counties, School boards, and
Municipalities
Per AAA, Escambia County has 100% stations w/o fuel and other panhandle
counties
have about 40% fuel and are running low, Leon county has about 58% out,
Duval Co and
South Fl has about 80% Fuel
MISSISSIPPI-
All Wal -Mart and Sam’s Clubs are operational with fuel
except Pass
Christian and
Waveland.
Fuel is available sporadically north of I-10 in Jackson, Stone and
George Counties upon
power restoration
September 4, 2005
Fatalities – Currently there are eleven (12) confirmed
fatalities in
Florida.
4. Boil Water Notices – Currently there are 6 notices - Santa
Rosa (1),
Gulf (1), Miami-Dade (4).
September 3, 2005 Urgent for Victims of
Hurricane Dennis
September 8 is the last day to apply for federal/state disaster
assistance for those who suffered losses from Hurricane
Dennis.
Individuals and business owners can apply online at www.fema.gov or call
1-800-621-FEMA
(3362). The TTY number for those with speech or hearing impairments is
1-800-462-7585. The Web site and toll-free numbers can be used to also
check on the status of an application or update applicant information.
Those who have access to the Internet are encouraged to use
the
online “Individual Assistance Center” at www.fema.gov
to alleviate congestion on the phone lines. The Web site is available
24/7. Applicants can review their application and update it with any
new information, whether they applied by phone or through the Web site.
Loan applications to the U.S. Small Business Administration
(SBA)
for disaster-related losses to real and personal property and
businesses of all sizes must also be submitted by the Sept. 8 deadline.
SBA officials encourage anyone who has received a disaster loan
application to turn it in as soon as possible. Failure to complete and
return your SBA home loan application will stop consideration for other
assistance programs, including additional grants. (return to top of page)
Type Personnel Location Of Deployment Personnel Deploying Deployment
Task Force I NE Florida Mississippi Number of Team Members (Harrison
County) 14 8/30/05
Tampa Bay Incident Management Team Mississippi Number of Team Members
(Hancock County) 12 8/30/05
Florida Sert Incident Management Team Mississippi Number of Team
Members 29 8/30/05
Search & Rescue Assets Mississippi Number of Team Members 295
8/30/05
Two Water Teams Mississippi Number of Team Members 41 8/30/05
Bridge Recovery Team Louisiana 6 9/02/05
One Mutual Aid Radio Cache Unit Mississippi Number of Team Members 5
8/30/05
Radio Communication Specialist Mississippi Number of Team Members 1
9/2/05
Department of Forestry (Blue Team) Mississippi Number of Team Members
37 8/30/05
Army Corp of Engineers (DTOC) Mississippi Number of Team Members 8
8/30/05
Department of Forestry(Gold Team) Mississippi Number of Team Members 34
8/31/05
FL Baptist Convention Disaster Relief Mississippi Number of Team
Members 63 8/31/05
Volunteer &Donations Mgmt Alabama Number of Team Members 25
9/02/05
MEDICAL UNITS
Seven 7 Special Needs Management Teams Mississippi Number of Team
Members 42 8/30/05
Two Advance Life Support Teams Mississippi Number of Team Members 102
8/30/05
Three Environmental Health Teams Mississippi Number of Team Members 25
8/31/05
Two Epidemiology Strike Teams Mississippi Number of Team Members 14
8/31/05
Health Coordination Team Mississippi Number of Team Members 8 9/01/05
Public Information Officer Mississippi Number of Team Members 1 8/31/05
September 3, 2005
Taskforce Florida -
FLORIDA LAUNCHES RECORD DISASTER RESPONSE AID TO MISSISSIPPI
~ Florida response efforts following Hurricane Katrina's second
landfall ~
The State of Florida has deployed personnel, equipment and commodities
to Mississippi to aid response and recovery from the devastating impact
of Hurricane Katrina. In the hours and days after the catastrophic
storm, Governor Jeb pledged the support of Florida to Mississippi
Governor Haley Barbour. Resources from Florida were mobilized through
the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, a national organization
that provides a structure to interstate mutual aid and allows impacted
states to request and receive assistance from other member states
quickly and efficiently. These efforts represent Florida's largest
state-to-state assistance in history.
Florida aid committed to neighboring states: $ 43 million to date
Total Florida responders committed: 3,052
EMAC mission requests completed by Florida: 44
September 3, 2005
The State's Katrina
media page continues to provide updates to its situation
reports.
The most recent of these Situation
Report # 19 contians information related to Florida's
response
efforts in Mississippi.
August 31, 2005
CONSEQUENCES:
1. Evacuation – Several counties have ongoing evacuation
orders (See
County Actions below).
2. Sheltering – There are 5 shelters open (468 evacuees).
(See County
Actions below).
3. Power Outages – Currently there are approximately 80,705
customers
without power.
4. Fatalities – Currently there are eleven (11) confirmed
fatalities.
5. Boil Water Notices – Currently 11 notices - Escambia (2)
and Gulf
(1) Santa Rosa (1) Miami-
Dade (7).
6. Escambia County- A curfew has been issued from 10:00PM to 4:00AM
(Central Time). (return
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August 30, 2005
CONSEQUENCES:
1. Evacuation – Several counties have ongoing evacuation
orders (See
County Actions below).
2. Sheltering – There are 19 shelters open (17 General and 2
Special
Needs ). Total Evacuees –
1,436 (All shelters). (See map for county breakdown).
1 3. School Closings – Several counties have issued school
closings.
4. Power Outages – Currently there are approximately 234,316
customers
without power.
5. Fatalities – Currently there are eleven (11) confirmed
fatalities.
6. Boil Water Notices – Currently 3 notices - Escambia (2)
and Gulf
(1).
7. Escambia County- A curfew has been issued from 10:00PM to 4:00AM
(Central Time).
8/30/05
Evacuation
Order
Mandatory evacuation of mobile homes and low-lying areas and
recommended evacuation of Perdido Key and Pensacola Beach
Evacuation for Navarre Bch thru Gulf Breeze and low-lying
areas
Mandatory for low lying areas and Barrier Islands Voluntary
evac
in coastal and lowlying areas, including RV’s and
mobile home
parks S. of Hwy 20 Mandatory evacuation for all residents from C-30B at
the Stumphole N. to the State Park. Recommended that all coastal and
low-lying areas and mobile homes also evacuate
Human Services Branch:
• ESF-6: Shelter Operations
• 39,696 Meals and 6,124 snacks have been served
• 16 shelters open with a population of 1315 evacuees
• County breakdown of current shelter operations
• Panhandle Operational Area: 15 Shelters with 1287 evacuees
• South FL Operational Area: 1 Shelters in Miami-Dade with 28
evacuees
• Shelters on standby in the Panhandle: 0
Federal & State roads clear, except for I-10 Escambia
Bay
Bridge, US 98 Okaloosa Island &
Pensacola Bay Bridge, SR30E Cape San Blas, US 10/US 90 White River
Bridge and SR20
Choctaw Beach
• District 3 Bridge Inspection Crews pre-staging
• Monitoring impact to communications infrastructures (trk#
42)
• Approx. 38,700 landline outages in south Florida
• 10% wireless coverage operational in south Florida
Escambia to Jackson County – 50% of stations report normal
fuel
supplies; 40% report shortages of lower octane and diesel fuels; and
10% report out of all grades (return
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August 29, 2005 evening
SITUATION REPORT No.10
Hurricane KATRINA
The Florida State Emergency Response Team
August 29, 2005 Published at 1900 Hours
State Emergency Operations Center Level: 1
Operational Period: August 29, 2005 0700 Hrs. – August 29,
2005 1900
Hrs.
CONSEQUENCES:
1. Evacuation – Several counties have ongoing evacuation
orders (See
County Actions below).
2. Sheltering – There are 19 shelters open (17 General and 1
Special
Needs and 1 Combined).
Total Evacuees – 2,269 (All shelters). (See map for county
breakdown).
3. School Closings – Several counties have issued school
closings for
Monday, August 29, 2005.
4. Power Outages – Currently there are approximately 382,849
customers
without power.
5. Fatalities – Currently there are eleven (11) confirmed
fatalities.
6. Boil Water Notices – Currently 8 notices - Miami-Dade (7)
and Gulf
(1).
Escambia County- A curfew has been issued from 10:00PM to
4:00AM
(Central Time).
August 29, 2005 morning
• Florida Emergency Information Line (FEIL) is
activated
1-800-342-3557
• The Volunteers and Donations Hotline has been activated
1-800-FLHELP-1
Federal Declarations:
Presidential FEMA-1602-DR 8/28/2005 Major Hurricane Katrina
Electricity: (source: ESF12 as of 0700 hrs on 8/29/05 tracker message #
40)
County Without Power % w/o Power
Miami-Dade 212,900 22%
Monroe 300 1%
Broward 101,100 11%
Escambia 11,500 8%
Santa Rosa 1,100 1%
Okaloosa 1,100 1%
:
Shelter Operations
• 26,147 Meals and 6,124 snacks have been served
• 21 shelters open with a population of 842 evacuees
• County breakdown of current shelter operations
• Panhandle Operational Area: 19 Shelters with 669 evacuees
• South FL Operational Area: 2 Shelters in Miami-Dade with 131
evacuees
• Shelters on standby in the Panhandle: 7
• 82 trucks of water and 92 trucks of ice have been sent to
South
Florida
• 24 trucks of water are staged at White Springs
• 2 trucks of water and 18 trucks of ice at Tallahassee
• Volunteers and Donations Hotline 1-800-FLHELP1 is Open
• Large animal assessment team continues to be on-scene in
Miami-Dade.
Continued
monitoring for pet food commodity needs
• Declaration has been granted: FEMA-1602-DR, Emergency, PA+
Mitigation
for Broward and Miami-Dade counties
• PDA for Individual Assistance (IA) continues in Miami-Dade
County,
reports are we have found some new major/destroyed damage
• SBA may be pursued for Monroe county
• PA PDA is essentially completed
August 28, 2005: afternoon
<>***The information below represents the best available
information at
the time of this release. Floridians are encouraged to
contact
their local authorities for additional information as it becomes
available.***
County Evacuations
The following evacuations are in effect:
<>• Escambia: Mandatory evacuation for Category
3 evacuation
zones.
• Santa Rosa: Mandatory evacuation for barrier islands.
• Okaloosa: Mandatory evacuation for barrier islands.
• Walton: Voluntary evacuation.<>
• Gulf: Mandatory evacuation of Cape San Blas. Voluntary
evacuation of
coastal areas, low-lying areas and less than standard housing.
• Franklin: Voluntary evacuation for coastal areas. (return
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August 27, 2005 - CONSEQUENCES:
1. Evacuation – Several counties have ongoing evacuation
orders (See
County Actions below).
2. Sheltering – There are 2 General shelters open (Total
Evacuees - 143
general. 1 combined
shelter with 7 General). (See map for county breakdown).
3. School Closings – Several counties have issued school
closings until
Monday, August 29,
2005.
4. Power Outages – Currently there are approximately 550,930
customers
without power.
5. Fatalities – Currently there are five (5) confirmed
fatalities.
6. Boil Water Notices – Currently 3 notices - Miami-Dade,
City of
Homestead, and the Seminole
Tribe.
7. Hospital Impact – Currently 2 counties (Broward and
Miami-Dade) have
reported some type of
impact at a hospital.
COUNTY
Florida Emergency Information Line (FEIL) is activated 1-800-342-3557
August 26, 2005 Florida Current Situation
CONSEQUENCES:
1. Evacuation – Several counties have issued some type of
evacuation
orders (See County
Actions below).
2. Sheltering – There are 33 shelters open with 2,001
evacuees and 7
Special Needs shelters
with 133 evacuees and 1 on standby. (See chart for county breakdown).
3. School Closings – Several counties have issued school
closings. (See
County Actions
below).
4. Power Outages – Currently there are approximately 1, 221,
500
customers without power.
August 25, 2005 - Post landfall updates:
Electrical: As of 7 AM
In Broward, Palm Beach, and Dade Counties 20 Shelters are open with
1,873 evacuees.
In Dade County 705,000 (approximately 72%) of homes are without power.
In Broward 489,000 (approximately 56%) of homes are without
power.
In Monroe 4,500 (approximately 7%) of homes are without power.
In Palm Beach 23,000 (approximately 3%) of homes are without power.
Electricity: (source: ESF12 as of 7:00 AM)
County # w/o Power % w/o Power
Miami-Dade 705,000 72%
Monroe 4,500 7%
Broward 489,000 56%
Palm Beach 23,000 3%
The Florida Highway Patrol confirms the collapse of a new construction
overpass at NW 97th Ave on to SR-836/Dolphin Expressway.
News
wire reports indicate four die as a result of Hurricane
Katrina,
1.3 million without power
August 26, 2005 CONSEQUENCES:
1. Evacuation – Several counties anticipate issuing
evacuation orders.
Currently, Palm Beach
evacuations will begin today at 1300 hours, Category 1 evacuation zone
for Broward county, and
mandatory Category 1 evacuation for Martin county including Barrier
Island, mobile homes and low
lying areas commencing at 2 PM, voluntary for mobile homes and low
lying areas for Miami-Dade
county.
2. Sheltering – Counties continue preparation for possible
sheltering
operations.
3. School Closings – The following schools will be closing in
Palm
Beach County: Elementary
school closing at 11:30 AM, middle school closing at 1:15 PM, and high
school closings closing at
12:30 PM.
COUNTY ACTIONS:
• Miami Dade- Medical and Special Needs evacuation in
progress.
Volunteer evacuation
orders in place for mobile homes and low-lying areas. EOC Level 2
(partial) activation
• Broward- Recommended evacuations for category 1 evacuation
zone. EOC
Level 3 (full)
activation
• Palm Beach- Mandatory evacuation planned for Level A
evacuation
(Lantana Road South).
EOC Level 3 (full) activation
• Martin- Mandatory Category 1 evacuation includes Barrier
Islands/mobile homes and low
lying areas commencing at 2 PM
• Collier- Shelter on standby for Immockolee area. Special
needs
handled on case by case
basis. EOC Level 2 (partial) activation
• Glades – EOC Level 2 (partial) activation
Governor Jeb Bush signed into
effect on August
24, 2005 Executive Order
Number 05-176.
The Executive Order declares that a State of Emergency exists in the
state of
Florida. (return
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Miami
August 26, 2005 Miami-Dade County,
FL) -- Miami
International Airport has reopened. Flights will be arriving
within the next hour. Passengers should contact their airline
before coming to the airport.
County government offices remain closed today, as well as the Port of
Miami. Currently, Metrobus, Metrorail and Metromover are not
operating – once debris is cleared and an assessment report
is
completed, services will resume.
Florida Power & Light is reporting 705,000 customers
in
Miami-Dade County without power. Approximately 11,000 crews
are
working to restore power, including 4,000 crews from
out-of-state. FP&L reports that an assessment is
underway and
residents should know within 24 hours when their power will be restored.
Last
night an overpass under
construction on the Dolphin Expressway 836 near 97th Avenue
collapsed. No one was hurt, but 836 is closed in both
directions
from the Palmetto Expressway to the Turnpike.
August 25, 2005 The Miami-Dade
County Answer
Center is currently open, and will remain
open until further notice. English, Spanish and Creole speaking
operators are available to answer any questions from county residents
regarding Tropical Storm Katrina. Residents can call the Miami-Dade
Answer Center at (305) 468-5900 or TDD: (305) 468-5402.
Advisory
Situation Reports from The HSUS Disaster Center
