STATE EMERGENCY OPERTIONS CENTER ESF17 SITREP 10/31/05

THIS WILL BE LAST ESF17 SITREP FOR HURRICANE WILMA UNLESS ADDITIONAL SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE ACTIVITIES OCCUR

  Melissa Forberg and Debra Drake, HSUS, visit with dog that first survived Hurricane Katrina in MS, then was fostered to the Key West Animal Shelter where it survived Hurricane Wilma.

CURRENT SITUATION:

1. The State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) is at a Level One activation in response to Hurricane Wilma..

2. Contact information provided below:

State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) ESF17 Ready Room - Phone: (850) 921-0326 /(850) 922-7087, FAX: (850) 414-0962, E-mail: ESF17@fleoc.org
SEOC ESF17 Contacts - Dr. Greg Christy (850) 251-2841, Dr. Sam Lamb (850) 251-2398
SEOC State Warning Point phone number - (850) 413-9900
Division of Emergency Management web site - www.floridadisaster.com

CURRENT OPERATIONS:

1. ESF17 Incident Command Post in Kissimmee will demobilize tonight.

2. Command and Control of ESF17 field response transferred to FDACS, Division of Animal Industry District Offices

3. 415 site assessments of plant, animal and aquaculture facilities, veterinary hospitals, equine facilities, feed stores and animal shelters completed

4. 225 site assessments of captive wildlife/exotic animal facilities being completed

5. 350 phone surveys of impacted industry and counties completed

6. CSX continues rail car switching to feed mills today in Okeechobee area.

7. Fuel shortages continue in Palm Beach and Broward counties

8. FDACS, Agriculture Environmental Services evaluating mosquito spraying missions

9. Monitoring Tracker for information and resource requests

See SITREP 10/26/05 for further contact information.