CPRA Response ActivitiesHurricane Isaac

CPRA Board Meeting September 19, 2012

CPRA ResponseAs the lead ESF 3 agency, CPRA worked with

other state agencies and local entitiescoordinate pre-storm preparationsprovide equipment, materials and emergency

response during and after the stormDuring this span of time CPRA provided

approximately 60 employees and 2,400 man hours for these efforts

As of this report, post-storm assessments and operations are still ongoing.

CPRA ResponsePRE-STORMCPRA working with state & local officials to assess

infrastructure resiliency, identify deficiencies in potential material and equipment needs 

CPRA began exercising pre-existing contracts and memoranda of understanding for supplies, pumps, equipment, sand, sandbags and response and resilient protective measures  

CPRA began delivering pumps to areas of anticipated need, and staging supplies, material and equipment for deployment to any and all other areas as need arose.

CPRA ResponseSTORM IMPACTS (During & after landfall)CPRA personnel operated and reported from:

GOHSEPCPRA offices in Baton Rouge, Thibodeaux and

New OrleansVarious embedded locations in the impacted

areas CPRA along with Levee Districts and local

officials continuously assessed the situation in order to prioritized the allocation of resources.

CPRA ResponseSTORM IMPACTS (During & after landfall) CPRA provided support and on-scene assessments

potential dam failures in the state of Mississippi and in Tangipahoa Parish potential lock failure along the Pearl River Navigation Canal in

St. Tammany Parish. 

CPRA sent personnel and airboats in support of efforts along with the U.S. Corps of Engineers, local levee districts and other local entities on-scene assessments of area flooding determine pumping needs in affected parishes

including assessment of potential threats to existing pumps and the infrastructure protecting them

Assisted locals shore up flood protection structures and to protect pumping infrastructure 6,000 linear feet of Hesco baskets sand and sandbags

CPRA Response

ParishPumps

providedby CPRA

Plaquemines Parish 10

Lafourche Parish 6

St. Charles Parish 1

St. John Parish 4

Jefferson Parish 7

St. James Parish 1

St. Tammany 6

CPRA provided assistance for de-watering activities in affected parishes, including the allocation of pumps to:

CPRA ResponseCPRA had additional pumping capacity

St. MaryTerrebonneThough circumstances did not necessitate their mobilization in these areas 

In all affected areas, CPRA, DOTD, Corps, and Levee Districtsworked to increase the resiliency of pumps increase total pumping capacity in areas of greatest need

St. John the Baptist Parish St. Charles Parish Plaquemines Parish

Braithwaite and Scarsdale communities

CPRA allocated and re-allocated pumps on a continual basis, deploying pumps as they became available to areas of continuing need.

CPRA Future ResponsePerfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. Vince Lombardi

Always live up to your standards - by lowering them, if necessary. 

Reggie Dupre

Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966

CPRA Future ResponseStrategic Location of Pre-Storm Resources

SandSandbags and EquipmentResilient Measures

Hesco Baskets, wave fences, etc.

Pumps/Pumping CapacityDewatering PlansIncrease Contractual CapacityCommunications