Florida Catastrophic Planning
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Planning Scenario
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Catastrophic Planning
Requires fundamental shift in traditional methods
Requires cultural changes
Requires an honest assessment of polices & law that hinder a coordinated & expedient response
Promotes “cross-walking” various risks/hazards to verify key concepts
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Scenario-Driven Planning
Utilizes a realistic and comprehensive set of consequences for ALL stakeholders
Response and recovery actions will be based on the same planning assumptions & projected consequences
Allows ALL stakeholders to assess their existing and future plans in context of each other (Local, State and Federal)
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Standing Operational Workgroups
Unified Command
Animal Issues
Debris
Disaster Housing
Economic Stabilization & Redevelopment
Environmental Protection
Fire / Search and Rescue
Fuels
Health & Medical
Host Communities
Inland Counties and Tribe
Security/Law Enforcement
Logistics
Mass Care: Feeding and Sheltering
Mass Care: Health and Welfare
Post-Event Relocation
Public Information & Outreach
Volunteers and Donations Management
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Core Planning Areas
Health/Medical
Fire/SAR
Food/Shelter/Welfare
Security/Law Enforcement
Post Event Relocation
Volunteers & Donations
Host Communities
Education
Required Resources, Capabilities& Resource Shortfalls
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Resource Planning & Decision Tool Development
Planning Method that can be applied to all-hazards regardless of size, geography, discipline or jurisdiction
Formulas & calculations can usually be best expressed in the form of decision matrices
Tools can be utilized in both planning real-world events to provide rapid determination of baseline estimates for resource needs & identify possible shortfalls for various events
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Required Resource Planning
Define Required Capabilities• Modeled or Actual Event
Assess Available Capability• Locally, Regionally, Nationally
Determine the Shortfall• Actionable Information
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Decision Matrices
Structures per Strike Teams per Op Period 500 County Structures
Strike Teams
Personnel
Hours per Day 12 Miami-Dade 352,332 940 18,800
Structures per Strike Team per Day 500 Broward 335,252 895 17,900
Palm Beach 293,881 784 15,680
Hours Allowed 24 Martin 8,368 23 460
Deployment Time 6 Okeechobee 6,185 17 340
Hours Available 18 Hendry 5,916 16 320
Glades 3,134 9 180
Lee 408 2 40
Monroe 50 1 20
7.2 Total 1,005,526 2,687 53,740
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Example – Search and Rescue
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Update – Past 4 months
Local Planning Efforts• Miami-Dade
• Broward
• Palm Beach
Recent Activation• County (Fay, Ike)
• Local/State/Federal (Ike)
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Ike - FLCP
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Next Steps
State/Federal Workgroup Leads +• FEMA Region IV Points of Contact
Key Focus Areas• Education
• Volunteers and Donations
• Logistics
• Host Communities
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Host Communities
Catastrophic consequences outside of the impact area
Population increases to host communities
Impacts to infrastructure and education systems
Incorporation of Survivors
Policy issues/constrations
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Contacts & Information
www.FloridaDisaster.org/CatastrophicPlanning
Lee Mayfield – FDEM• [email protected]
Rand Napoli, Lead Planner – IEM• [email protected]
Carla Boyce, Associate Manager – IEM• [email protected]