1. Tropical Storm Ernesto Branch Briefing August 28, 2006

2. Please move conversations into ESF rooms and busy out all phones. Thanks for your cooperation. Silence All Phones and Pagers

3. Safety Briefing Fire Medical Stress Severe Weather Parking

4. SEOC LEVEL 1 24-Hour Operations

5. EOC Staffing STATE COORDINATING OFFICER – Craig Fugate SERT CHIEF – Dave Halstead OPERATIONS CHIEF – Leo Lachat PLANS CHIEF – Carla Boyce LOGISTICS CHIEF – Chuck Hagan FINANCE & ADMIN CHIEF – Cherie Trainor PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER – Mike Stone RECOVERY – Jim Hampton

6. State Coordinating Officer Craig Fugate Up Next – SERT Chief

7. David Halstead Up Next – Meteorology SERT Chief

8. Meteorology Ben Nelson

9. Tropical Storm Alberto – 65 Miles West of Cedar Key

10. Tropical Storm Ernesto – 45 mph

11. Hurricane Hunter Fixes

12. Tropical Storm Ernesto – 45 mph

13. Steering Currents

14. Wind Shear

15. Dry Air Overtook Alberto’s Center

16. Radar Imagery – 7:46 AM EDT

17. 24 Hour Radar Estimated Rainfall Totals

18. Tropical Storm Alberto’s Wind Field

19. Storm Surge this Afternoon

20. Forecast Exit of Tropical Storm Force Winds

21. Tornado Watch through 2 PM

22. Rainfall Forecast – 8 AM Tues to 8 AM Fri Up Next – Information & Planning

23. Carla Boyce Information & Planning Up Next – Operations

24. Information & Planning Lead Planners have been embedded in Emergency Services & Human Services to facilitate communications and planning within the SERT and external partners –Coordinate IAP, Branch/Section specialty plans, ESF/Branch –Communicate needs, accomplishments, movements, information Common Operational Picture

25. Planning Assumptions Vulnerable population estimated at 1.6 Million –From Monroe to Flagler and includes populations living in coastal surge zones, low lying areas and manufactured housing Planning for a paralleling category 1/2 storm Track & intensity are still uncertain Watches have been issued from Deerfield Beach (Broward) along the east coast to Chokoloskee (Monroe) on the west coast

26. Planning Assumptions Occupied temporary housing – 3,568 within the area of interest Evacuation of SpNS residents & FL Keys patients began this morning @ 6am All NPP (Turkey Point, Crystal River & St. Lucie) are within the 3 day error cone Up Next – Operations

28. Leo Lachat Operations Up Next – Emergency Services

29. General Operating Objectives 1.Evaluate vulnerable populations and the demographics/impacts of/to those populations (i.e. special needs, economics, ethnicity) 2.Determine potential impacts or consequences 3.Determine affects on early elections already underway 4.Establish staffing and deployment plans

30. 5.Support Evacuations 6.Prepare for Impacts from Ernesto 7.Continue financial management of operations 8.Initiate Primary Response Operations General Operating Objectives

31. Operations Support Up Next – Human Services

32. Emergency Services Up Next – Human Services

33. Human Services Up Next – Infrastructure

34. Infrastructure Up Next – Military Support

35. Military Support Up Next – Logistics

36. Logistics Up Next – EMAC Mutual Aid

37. EMAC Mutual Aid Up Next – Finance & Administration

38. Finance & Administration Up Next – Public Information

39. Public Information Up Next – Recovery

40. Recovery Up Next – SERT Chief

41. SERT Chief David Halstead

42. Next Briefing August 28 at 1830 ESF Briefing