Volusia County Emergency Management Division

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Volusia County Emergency Management Division
WELCOME Citizens Academy September September
9, 2008

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Vision Statement The Volusia County Emergency
Management Program will continue as the premier
program in the State based upon community-wide,
integrated partnerships that provide
comprehensive public protection services and
promote Volusia County as a disaster-resistant
community.
Mission Statement Volusia County Emergency
Management Division provides comprehensive
program leadership responsive to the diverse
preparedness needs of our community to reduce
loss of life, property damage, and lessen the
economic impact of emergencies and disasters
through pro-active, preventative planning and
mitigative actions in order to provide
coordinated preparedness, response, and recovery
operations.
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Emergency Management Operations
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RESPONSE
Radio Communications System
GIS Integration
County Warning Point
System Interoperability
E911 Coordination
Incident Command System
Dispatch Operation
Mutual Aid Agreements
Continuity of Government Operation
Integrated First Responder Training
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

• Emergency Management is an established system to
  prepare for, respond to, recover from and
  mitigate the consequences of disasters.
• Doesnt have fire trucks, special operations
  units, bulldozers, guns or generators
• Cant effectively serve its community if not
  continuously involved with systems that support
  first response agencies
• Must be viewed as an integrated system through
  which a jurisdictions emergencies are managed
• --Small or Large
• --Simple or Complex
• --Limited or Extended Duration
• Facilitates cooperation, coordination, and unity

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Hazards
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Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricane Floyd September 1999
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Photo courtesy of AP
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Florida Tsunamis?
(soo-NAH-mee
the word tsunami is Japanese meaning harbor
wave)
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Tsunami Risk by Region1848-1998
of Tsunamis 6 5 2 8
OLoughlin Lander
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Puerto Rico Trench
Michael Count
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Special Events
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Bike Week
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BCR
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Speed Weeks
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Planning
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• CEMP COOP Review Update
• Evacuation Planning
• Shelter Planning
• Community Health Incidents
• Multiple Casualty Incidents
• People with Special Needs
• Terrorism Response Integration with Domestic
  Security Task Force
• Recovery Planning
• Communications / Information / GIS Systems
  Integration
• Communications / Dispatch Center Coordination
• Hazardous Materials Incidents
• NFIP/CRS
• Chemical, Biological, Radiological Incidents
• Mitigation Planning

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Residential Health Care Facilities People With
Special Needs
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Storm Tracks 1886 - 2007
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Frequency of Events 1886 2008 161 Hurricanes
276 Tropical Storms 437 Events (15 x 437
65.9/122) 1event every other year
(/-) Magnitude Since 1886, no record of a
Category 3 or gt Hurricane making landfall in
Volusia County
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Hurricanes 2004 after Charley and Frances,
who needed Jeanne? The Volusia County Experience
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Wind Field Data
Hurricane Charley
Hurricane Frances
Hurricane Jeanne
SUSTAINED WIND (2-MINUTE AVERAGE) VOLUSIA.......
DAYTONA BEACH 200/58......08/14/04..0353Z
VOLUSIA.......ORMOND BEACH 100/71......08/14/04
..0315Z PEAK GUST VOLUSIA.......DAYTONA BEACH
200/86......08/14/04..0353Z VOLUSIA.......ORMON
D BEACH 100/91......08/14/04..0315Z NOTE DAB
SITE FAILED DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM AND
NOT ALL DATA IS COMPLETE.
SUSTAINED WIND (2-MINUTE AVERAGE)
VOLUSIA.......DAYTONA BEACH 060/59......09/05/04
..1000Z PEAK GUST VOLUSIA.......DAYTONA BEACH
060/78......09/05/04..1134Z
SUSTAINED WIND (2-MINUTE AVERAGE) VOLUSIA......D
AYTONA BEACH 060/54......09/26/04..1520Z PEAK
GUST VOLUSIA......DAYTONA BEACH
070/66......09/26/04..1520Z
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FORECAST TRACK
ACTUAL TRACK
September 13, 1999 900 p.m.
Actual Track
Forecast Track
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• Shelter Operations
• Hurricane Charley
• 25 Shelters opened
• 2,386 General Population
• 675 PSN Population
• 4 days of shelter operations
• Hurricane Frances
• 29 Shelters opened
• 5,679 General Population
• 850 PSN Population
• 11 days of shelter operations
• Hurricane Jeanne
• 25 Shelters opened
• 3,474 General Population
• 494 PSN Population
• 3 days of shelter operations

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• Commercial/Residential/Agricultural
• gt32,000 commercial and improved residential
  properties received damage (15 total improved
  parcels in Volusia County).
• gt200 homes uninhabitable (wind, rain, flooding)
• Approx 3,900 (35) of hotel/motel rooms
  (eastside) damaged/needed repair
• Total residential and commercial damage
  388,700,000 (est).
• Agriculture damage estimated at
• 100.M (citrus and fernery).

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Global Warming
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Climatology will eventually right itself and we
must expect a great increase in land-falling
major hurricanes and hurricane spawned
destruction in coming decades on a scale many
times greater than what we have seen in the
past. --Dr. William Gray
December 6, 2003
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