2013 Starlight Tornado

City of

Palm Coas

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Flagler County

Emergency

Management

U.S. Small

Business

Administratio

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State of Florida

•Division of Emergency Management

•DPBR•Workers’ Comp

American Red

Cross

Flagler

County

Sheriff’s

Office

And Others…•FPL•Waste Pro•Flagler Volunteer Services

•Property

Appraiser

Starlight

Tornado Respon

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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 ResponseFire 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 ResponseFirst 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

CleanupWednesday 7am

Clear canals of uprooted trees, debris

Throughout the week:

• Replace damaged street signs

• Cut down hazardous trees

• Cleaned up rights-of-way

• 36 employees

• 9 inmate labor

• 833 hours

Response and Cleanup

Equipment• Pickup trucks• Dump trucks• Wood chippers• Trailers

• 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

• Door-to-door in affected neighborhoods for insurance needs – with American Red Cross

• Call volume up significantly, mainly for debris issues

Customer Service

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 completed and documented by 2 pm Sunday

Final damage assessment values: o Partially damaged: 209 homes =

$4,774,194o Partially incapacitated: 25 homes =

$1,908,742o Destroyed: 7 homes = $587,781o Total: 241 homes =  $7,271,716 

Response and RebuildingDamage Assessment

• Storm damage emergency repair permits issued over-the-counter

• 97 permits for repair issued

o Roof o Screen enclosureso HVAC damageo Windows o Garage doorso Fences

Response and RebuildingExpedited Permitting

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 activityo Department of Business and

Professional Regulation o Division of Workers’ Compensation  

Response and RebuildingBusiness Enforcement

Response and RebuildingState/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

“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 RebuildingDisaster Reserve Fund

Public Works labor: $17,123.75Public Works equipment: $34,468.75Palm Coast debris: $15,180Waste Pro: $25,553.42FCSO: $89,254.75Flagler Emer. Man. staff: $2,697.87Flagler Emer. Man. equipment: $758.65Flagler Co. debris: $1,000Costs to date: $186,037.19

Response and RebuildingCosts

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