SUMTER COUNTY
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Emergency Management Daily Local Situation Notifications Depending on how fast the storms is moving and whether the storm path is switching, County Emergency Management will began notifying County Departments, City and Town management, Utilities, Volunteer Agencies, and others. This may start as early as five days from landfall. The National Weather Service (NWS) will present their latest report and from that information along with State EOC Input, the County Emergency Management will issue their report about 9 AM. Once Sumter ARES has received this report it will be forward to members. As landfall gets closer, the report will be more specific with an additional report in the afternoon, and just be, a third one in the evening. The format of the report will be:
Countdown There are suggested actions that you might take to assure that you and your family are prepared. These are suggested and you can develop your own to add/delete or put in a different order to fit the needs of your family:
Notification: Standby, Activated At some point in the above countdown, the ARES leaders and the Agency (Hospital, Red, Cross, Salvation Army, etc.) will be communicating and finalizing plans. The complete staffing of the EOC (Level 1) and storm shelters will be key events and may impact the schedule. Mobilization Questions To Ask if You Don't Already Have the Answers
The first shift (during the storm, a rotating runner and radio operator positions) will be designated and information provided to them as to times to set up and other information. Our backup support role of primary communications will be between TVRH (Villages Hospital), LMRH (Leesburg Hospital) and the Sumter EOC via their Emergency Ops Net (147.925). Secondary communications may include the Lake EOC and hospitals in surrounding counties. The key person at the EOC will be the Florida Public Health person which the Hospital Incident Command person will be communicating. This will be a long shift which starts before the winds climb and ends after the winds stop. No one should travel once the winds reach 45 mph (all Fire, EMT, and police response stops). As the hospital radio can receive only on two frequencies there may be a need for one or more people at home. Frequencies used during the emergency may be the following during a storm:
And after the storm
The frequency assignments are being discussed. During daylight hours, the SKYWARN Net will be operational and spotters desired (147.030) A second shift (after the storm, rotating runner and radio operator positions) will be also designed to relieve the first shift. Other than the possibility of the Sumter EOC discontinuing the Ops Net, the other communications will remain the same and the Red Cross and/or Salvation Army communications may be added. The storm shelters in the schools will be closed and the remaining residents moved to the Fairgrounds which may remain open as needed. It may be staffed by the County or the American Red Cross. The Special Needs shelter will continue operating as needed. It will be Florida Public Health and the Medical Reserve Corp. A third, fourth, etc. shifts and assignments will depend on the Agency(s) needs. Some of the assignments being discussed are windshield assessments after the storm, evacuation transportation communications, Red Cross feeding trucks, Salvation Army feeding vehicles.
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Last Update: 07/03/2018 © Copyright Sumter County ARES. All Rights Reserved. |