Lee County
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Location: SWFL
Population: 660,000
Land area: 784 sq miles
Significant challenges:
– Storm surge
– Shelter deficit
– Evacuation
Claim to Fame!
Daily EM Organization
• Department within County Public Safety
• 11 Full Time Staff
– Operations
• Shelter/Volunteer
• Logistics
- Planning
• Health Care CEMP/Training
• Special Needs/Social Media
• Long Term Recovery
Declaration/EOC Activation
• State of Local Emergency
– Recommended by Emergency Management,
approved by BOCC
– Duration of 7 days; may extend
• EOC Activation
– Determined by EM Director and County Manager
– Action Levels
• 3 (Normal); 2 (Partial); 1 (Full)
Lee County EOC
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Opened March 2013
Building - 29,292 sq ft (4,200 sq ft Sit Room)
Elevated 10 ft above grade (31 ft)
200 mph wind design
7 day independent operation
– Three 1,250 KW generators (36,000 gallons fuel)
– 14,000 gallons of potable water
EOC Staffing
• Notifications
– CodeRED and Phone Calls
• EOC Responders
– County Employees
– Municipal Liaisons
– Agency Reps (NGOs, State, Federal)
– Private Businesses
EOC Organization
• Incident Command System (ICS)
• FLOP with Assisting Agencies as additional
Section reporting to IC
• Operations: Law Enforcement, Fire,
Health/Medical, Mass Care, Infrastructure
• Planning: Message Center, United Way 211
Hotline, SMEs
EOC Layout
Geographic Divisions
EOC Activation Portal
Planning Process
• Planning Documents
– Situation Reports
– Modified Incident Action Plan (IAP)
– Time Delineated Schedules for response and
recovery
• Visitor and Convention Bureau, Economic
Development Office, Public – Private Partners
• GIS - Arm 360 Damage Assessments
Resource Management
• Open purchase order list for
vendors
• Protection of responder
equipment and vehicles
• Resources ordered through
EOC Activation Portal;
filled/tracked by Logistics
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