Evacuation Overview

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Evacuation Overview
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Summary of Virginia Evacuation Planning
State Hurricane Response Plan

• Volume 5 to the Virginia Emergency Operations Plan

• Addresses evacuation and sheltering

• Establishes hurricane specific concepts policies

• Serves as basis of local hurricane plans

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Summary of Virginia Evacuation Planning
Virginia Hurricane Evacuation Study

• Hazards Analysis

• Vulnerability Analysis

• Transportation Analysis

• Shelter Analysis

• Behavioral Analysis

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Summary of Virginia Evacuation Planning

• Hampton Roads Evacuation

• Preceded by Governors Executive Order

• First phase most at risk

• Second phase remainder

• 400,000 potentially could leave area

• Could be supplemented by reversal of I-64

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Summary of Virginia Evacuation Planning
Inland Sheltering

• Anticipate up to 40,000 could need shelter

• Local inland host sheltering

• Supplemented by state facilities

• All hazards

• Sites will be accessible

• Staffed by state resources

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Summary of Virginia Evacuation Planning

• Northern Virginia Evacuation

• State Concept in development process

• Scenario different from hurricane evacuation

• Lacks planning analyses

• Immediate response

• Many are residents outside of NOVA

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Summary of Virginia Evacuation Planning
Evacuation impact to Southwest Virginia

• Hurricanes evacuees are unlikely to come to the
  Southwest

• But, rain from hurricanes could cause flooding in
  low-lying areas in the Southwest, creating a need
  for localized evacuation and sheltering

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Summary of Virginia Evacuation Planning

• State Exercises

• VERTEX April 07

• Deployment exercise
• May 07

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Summary of Virginia Evacuation Planning
Preparedness Activities

• Understand your vulnerabilities

• Ensure means of receiving information

• Develop family disaster plan

• Establish evacuation destination

• Include means of transportation

• Communications plan

• Consider installing generator if dependent on
  electricity

• Develop disaster supply kit