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NCEM-ECU Hurricane Workshop
3rd Annual NCEM-ECU Hurricane Workshop (2012)
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Ann Keyes.pdf (1.733Mb)
Ann Keyes, Washington County EM Coordinator, knew that something big was coming and hosted a pre-hurricane briefing with all her county emergency responders and private partners They have citizens that needed to be moved. Their biggest impacts were damages to infrastructure and mosquito problems in the aftermath of the storm. Communications were difficult due to internet being down. (73.19Mb)
Brad Thompson, North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services, explained that their agency had some challenges during Hurricane Irene. Many volunteers had signed up, but when called, they did not come forward. Many shelters were not prepared for special medical needs.The agency used community colleges, but found that needed to be changed. Gaps exist in nursing home hurricane plans that have been mandated, for example, many did not have a staffing back-up plan. (103.9Mb)
Don Aschbrenner, Disaster Recovery Manager for the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), described the impacts on NCDOT and the highways from Irene. He described the breaches of NC12 on the Outer Banks and the NCDOT response. They had a debris management plan and that worked well, but FEMA questioned it. To date expendiures were $39 million and FEMA provided $28 million. (77.51Mb)
Joe Stanton, NCEM Recovery Section Chief, overviewed the 38 counties that were affected by Hurricane Irene. The department distributed $29 million in funds. They implemented best practices and did a great job at documenting their costs and their outreach program worked very successfully. There was confusion about the emergency declaration and the relationship with FEMA was difficult. They were not prepared for the housing issues that occurred, especially since FEMA no longer uses their trailers and recovery planning needs some improvement. (56.58Mb)
Justin Gibbs.pdf (5.053Mb)
Justin Gibbs, Hyde County EM Coordinator, described his very rural county in which the principle communities are separated by 23 miles of water. They needed 24 hours to evacuate Ocracoke Island because access is only be ferry. He described their operational timeline, the number of people impacted and the numerous resources that assisted from as far away as the Greensboro Fire Department. (136.2Mb)
Lee Stocks, State Relations Disaster Liaison, American Red Cross, said that 58 of the 86 shelters that were opened during Hurricane Irene were Red Cross shelters. They have the on-going challenge of training people for managing shelters and they had a communications gaps about the feeding needed by communities. Their food supply chain, however, worked the best ever and they had good areas to set up their mobile kitchens. They want to do better by assigning liaisons for each county. (89.38Mb)
LTC Robert Lee Ezzell.pdf (91.53Kb)
LTC Robert Lee Ezzell, North Carolina National Guard, described theresponse of the military during Hurricane Irene. They pre-staged forces in North Carolina for the storm. Most personnel were deployed in eastern North Carolina. There were 33 life-saving missions conducted with local partners. The military hauled water and fuel to affected areas. They need to improve the coastal response evacuation plan and their people also need to know if they live in a flood zone. (108.5Mb)
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Author
Keyes, Ann
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Thompson, Brad
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Aschbrenner, Don
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Stanton, Joe
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Gibbs, Justin
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Stocks, Lee
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Ezzell, Robert Lee
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/1721
Subject
NCEM
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Hurricanes
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Emergency management
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Emergency disaster
Date
2012-05-23
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3rd Annual NCEM-ECU Hurricane Workshop
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