Hurricane Ivan UPDATE # 6

14 September 2004

1915 Hours (EST)

 

 

Hurricane Ivan UPDATE #6 - Long-term Care Bed Assistance

 

EOC-Tallahassee - The FHA has been in touch with the nursing home association to discuss the need for nursing home beds for patients. Florida Health Care Association has surveyed its members regarding nursing home bed availability throughout the state following Charley and Frances and in preparation for Ivan. Many nursing homes have left beds open for increased hospital admissions due to the frailties of citizens in the community. If hospitals are caring for persons who are in need of nursing home placement and would like more information about bed availability in their area, they can contact Debbie Afasano at FHCA, 850-224-3907, or dafasano@fhca.org

 

For those health care businesses/hospitals impacted by Hurricane Charley, the Small Business Association provides disaster assistance loans at 2.9% interest to those entities that are unable to obtain credit through commercial lenders. Information on disaster loans is available at http://www.sba.gov/disasterarea2/Fact-Sht-FL-3620-Amended-090704.pdf

 

 

 

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THE STATE OF FLORIDA

State Emergency Response Team

www.FloridaDisaster.org

Jeb Bush                                       Craig Fugate

Governor                                                                                             State Coordinating Officer

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                        CONTACT: Public Information-ESF14

September 14, 2004                                                                                               (850) 921-0384

                                                           

 

**REVISED**

HURRICANE

STATEWIDE RESPONSE BRIEFING SHEET

As of 4:00 p.m., September 14, 2004

 

***The information below represents the best available information at the time of this release. Floridians are encouraged to contact their local authorities for additional information, as it becomes available.***

 

Evacuations

For information pertaining to county evacuations please contact the local county emergency operations center.

 

Shelters

General Shelters: 16; Population: 1,088

Special Needs Shelters: 6; Population: 154

 

Hotel Availability

Duval County has announced that they have hotel availability. For the State of Georgia hotel availability, log onto http://www2.state.ga.us/GEMA/

 

Food, Water and Ice

Food:             Over 6.5 million meals:

•      State- 3.1 million meals

•      Salvation Army- 1.1 million meals

•      American Red Cross- 2.3 million meals served

Water:            Over 2.8 million gallons of water:

•      State- 2.3 million gallons of water

•      Salvation Army- 576,369 gallons of water

Ice:                  Over 18.9 million pounds of ice

•      State- 17 million pounds of ice

•      Salvation Army- 1.9 million pounds of ice

 

Hospitals

 

Trauma Centers (Level I, Level II, and Pediatric):

•      All 20 are open.

 

Evacuations

Charlotte County:

• Fawcett Memorial Hospital
• Charlotte Regional Medical Center (Punta Gorda) - critical care patients only.

 

Re-openings:

Monroe County:

•      Mariner's Hospital Emergency Room open.

• Fishermen's Hospital scheduled to open today.
• Lower Keys Medical Center on College Rd. will open 9/15.
• Lower Keys Medical Center on Kennedy Dr. will open 9/15.

 

Emergency Rooms and acute care facilities

•      All open except those hospital emergency rooms listed above.

 

Law Enforcement and Military Support

Law Enforcement Officers: 435

Florida National Guard: 4,953 Florida National Guard (1,053 serving with law enforcement).

 

Fuel

Distribution: 1,242 trucks

Bulk Storage: 121 million gallons being distributed

Orlando Tank Farm: 12.7 million gallons

3 Major Ports: 108.3 million gallons

Tankers: 36 ships scheduled over the next 9 days, potential of over 211.9 million gallons

•       Atlantic: 20 ships, 95.1 million gallons

•       Gulf of Mexico: 16 ships, 116.8 million gallons

 

Telephone

Wire Line

• 234,734 customers OUT OF SERVICE in the areas impacted by Hurricane Frances

Wireless

• Average of 97.83% CAPACITY AVAILABLE in the areas impacted by Hurricane Frances

 

Transportation

 

Interstates

•      I-10, I-75, I-95 and I-4 are open.

 

Turnpike

•      The Turnpike is open.

 

Tolls

Tolls suspended:

Effective 8:00 a.m. Central Time today:

•      Garcon Point Bridge (South of Milton)

•      Mid Bay Bridge (Choctawhatchee Bay)

 

Tolls reinstated:

Effective at 6 a.m. Today:

•      Florida's Turnpike, NORTHBOUND ONLY, from milepost 0 in Florida City

to the Interstate 75 interchange at milepost 309 in Wildwood

•      Sawgrass Expressway (Toll Road 869), NORTHBOUND ONLY, in Broward

County

•      East-West Expressway (State Road 408) in the Orlando area (OOCEA)

•      Central Florida GreeneWay (State Road 417) in the Orlando area (OOCEA)

•      Western Expressway (State Road 429) in the Orlando area (OOCEA)

•      Osceola Parkway in the Orlando area

•      Bee Line Expressway (State Road 528) in the Orlando area (OOCEA)

Effective at 6 a.m. Wednesday morning, Sept. 15:

•      Florida's Turnpike, SOUTHBOUND ONLY, from the Interstate 75 interchange at

  milepost 309 in Wildwood to milepost 0 in Florida City

•      Interstate 75 (Alligator Alley)

•      Sawgrass Expressway (Toll Road 869), SOUTHBOUND ONLY, in Broward

County

•      Polk Parkway in Lakeland (Toll Road 570)

•      Veterans Expressway (Toll Road 589)

•      Suncoast Parkway (Toll Road 589)

•      Selmon Crosstown Expressway (Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Auth.)

•      Sunshine Skyway Bridge

•      Pinellas Bayway in the Tampa Bay area

 

Status of Other Roads: http://www.eoconline.org/EM_Live/roadstat.nsf

 

Airports

All public airports in Florida are OPEN except:

•      George T. Lewis Airport (CDK) in Cedar Key, Levy County

 

Educational Facilities (as of 2PM, Tuesday, Sept. 14)

 

K12 Public Schools

•      Classes for Wednesday, Sept. 15 scheduled in 54 school districts, all lab schools, virtual schools, and the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind

•      Schools in the following 13 counties plan to be CLOSED on Wednesday, September 15: Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, St. Lucie, Walton, and Washington

•      Of the 54 school districts that were closed following Hurricane Frances, only one will be closed on Wednesday, Sept. 15 (St. Lucie - which plans to reopen on Thursday, Sept. 16) - all other closures are in preparation for Hurricane Ivan

 

Community Colleges

•      Closed, Wednesday, Sept. 15 (in preparation for Ivan): Chipola, Gulf Coast, Okaloosa-Walton, and Pensacola

•      Four recovery funds have been established to help hurricane victims (students and staff) at our community colleges. Donations may be sent to:

•      Indian River Community College Foundation, 3209 Virginia Ave, Fort Pierce, FL 34981

•      Central Florida Community College Foundation, 3001SW College Road, Ocala, FL 34474

•      Brevard Community College Foundation, 1519 Clearlake Road, Cocoa, FL 32922

•      The Florida Association of Community Colleges, 816 S. Martin Luther King Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32301

 

State Universities

•      Closed, Wednesday, Sept. 15 (in preparation for Ivan): Panama City Campus of Florida State University and University of West Florida

 

Boil Water Notices

Communities in 14 counties, including Alachua, Brevard, Broward, Citrus, Dixie, Indian River, Levy, Lake, Marion, Osceola, Palm Beach, Polk, Putnam, and Seminole (for additional information visit floridadisaster.org).

 

Fatalities Confirmed by Medical Examiner

Total Statewide: 28; Alachua: 3; Broward: 1; Collier: 1; Flagler: 1; Highlands: 1; Hillsborough: 2; Indian River: 1; Lee: 1; Marion: 3; Martin: 1; Palm Beach 3; Polk: 4; Putnam: 1; Seminole: 1; Volusia: 4

 

Power Company Contact Information

•      Florida Power and Light Hotline: 1-800-4-OUTAGE

•      Progress Energy: 1-800-228-8485

•      TECO: 1-888-223-0800

 

Hotlines for Emergency Relief

•      Florida Emergency Information Line: (FEIL)-1-800-342-3557

•      Volunteer and Donations Hotline: 1-800-FLHELP1

•      American Red Cross Donations Hotline: 1-866-HELP-NOW or visit www.redcross.org

•      American Red Cross Information Hotline: 1-866-GET-INFO or 1-866-438-4636

•      Salvation Army Donation Hotline: 1-800-996-2769

•      Salvation Army Prayer and Spiritual Support Hotline: 1-888-363-2769

•      Elder Services Hotline: 1-800-963-5337

 

Hotlines for Financial and Recovery Assistance

•      FEMA Disaster Assistance Hotline: 1-800-621-FEMA or 1-800-621-3362

•      Unemployment Compensation Claims: 1-800-204-2418

•      Also the Website for Employment/Unemployment questions is www.floridajobs.org

•      To verify contractor licensure please visit: www.myfloridalicense.com or call

1-850-487-1395

•      To report unlicensed activity please call: 1-850-488-6603

•      To report price gouging call 1-800-646-0444 or 1-800-435-7352 or visit www.MyFlorida.com to register a complaint online.

 

Insurance Numbers

•      AIG Insurance Co. Disaster Claims-personal: (800)562-2208, business: (877)366-8423

•      Allstate Insurance Co. Disaster Claims: (800)547-8676

•      Colonial Penn Insurance Co. Disaster Claims: (800)523-4040

•      Hartford Casualty Insurance Co. Disaster Claims-personal: (800)243-5860, business: (800) 327-3636

•      Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. Disaster Claims: (800)526-1547 

•      Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. Disaster Claims: (800)421-3535  

•      State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. Disaster Claims: (800)732-5246 

•      For questions about insurance or financial assistance, please call the Department of Financial Services Hurricane Assistance Line: 1-800-22-STORM 

 

Additional Hotlines

•      Florida Volunteer and Donation Hotline: 1-800-FL-HELP1

•      For tips on reading with children, please visit www.justreadflorida.com or call the Department of Education's Hurricane Information Line at 1-866-227-7808.

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