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1 2010 Hurricane Awareness City of Los Fresnos Emergency Management

2 Preparing Texas Today City Evacuation May 24, 2010 for Tomorrow s Challenges

3 City Evacuation All Los Fresnos Citizens should prepare themselves now to be able to selfevacuate

4 Preparing Los Fresnos Today H 120 Activation of EOC On CAT-3,4,5 Storms H 72 Activation of City Staging Area (Los Cuates Middle School Hwy 100 FM 1575) H 72 Activation of Ground Evacuation Hubs H 72 Start considering mandatory evacuation (Based on Situation) H 0 General Population Out: The Goal

5 City Evacuation Stage 1. The LFCISD will provide school busses. 2. Citizens needing assistance in evacuation will be transported to State Evacuation Hub located at the San Benito HighSchool. 3. Citizens will be able to bring one bag per person. 4. No matter what Citizen legal status is all will be evacuated and be able to return. 5. First 5000 Citizens will be transported to Laredo,

6 City Evacuation Stage cont Itemsthatwillnot that beallowedon on Busses 1. No guns!!!!!!!! 2. Any Citizen that sees someone with a firearm should report it immediately to law enforcement. 3. No alcohol.

7 City Evacuation Stage cont Itemsthat that should be brought with you. 1. Medication 2. Personal Documentation 3. Cash 4. Clothing for 7 days 5. Items to keep kids amused (IPod, game boy ect.).

8 Pets Remember: Pet owners are responsible for a pet s health and behavior!!!! 1. Pets should remain in a crate or leash at all times. 2. Please do not feed animals when the wheels are rolling. 3. Provide water only at the rest stops. 4. Separate the cats from the dogs. 5. Large dogs will be loaded last and kept close to the exit

9 Pets cont Cleanup for hygiene 1. Owners are responsible for cleaning up after their pets. 2. Do not pet someone else s animal. 3. Please do not stick your fingers into a crate or carrier. 4. Be quiet and calm; strange people and noises can be especially stressful for animals.

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11 Valley Timeline H 120 Activation of DDC/MACC/EOCs H 84 Activation of State Staging Area (Edinburg Airport) H 72 Activation of Ground Evacuation Hubs H 36 Contra flow/special Needs Out: TheGoal H 24 Search & Rescue H 0 General Population Out: The Goal

12 Preparing Texas Today Valley Evacuation May 24, 2010 for Tomorrow s Challenges

13 Preparing Texas Today Special Needs Population for Tomorrow s Challenges

14 Transportation Assistance Registry (TAR) County Need Transportation Self Transportation Entries People Pets Entries People Pets WILLACY HIDALGO CAMERON

15 Transportation Assistance Registry (TAR) Special Need Level Level 0 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level X Willacy Hidalgo Cameron

16 Transportation Assistance Registry (TAR) Entries + People Total Lvl 3-5 Lvl3-5+X Willacy Hidalgo Cameron ,936 7,701 8,994

17 Level 0: Persons who have no medical needs but require transportation assistance for evacuation. Level 1: Persons dependent on others or in need of others for routine care (eating, walking, toileting, ti etc.) and children under 18 without adult supervision. Level 2: Persons with physical or developmental disabilities such as blindness, significant hearing impairment, amputation, deaf/blind and mental retardation.

18 Level 3: Persons requiring assistance with medical care administration, monitoring by a nurse, dependent on equipment (including dialysis), assistance with medications, and mental health disorders. Level 4: Persons outside an institutional facility care setting who require extensive medical oversight (i.e. IV chemotherapy, ventilator, t life support equipment, hospital bed and total care, morbidly obese). Level 5: Persons in institutional settings such as hospitals, long term care facilities and state supported living centers who require 24 hour care.

19 Special needs or medical special needs individuals are encouraged to pre register for evacuation assistance through the Transportation Assistance Registry (TAR) by calling Texas is also the state designated disaster information helpline.

20 Overlaid Ground Evacuation Operations Poteet BP Bus Fuel Point Hebbronville Falfurrias 285 Ground devacuation Hub Encino SSA State Staging Area (Busses) Edinburg 186 SSA McAllen Raymondville San Benito

21 Ground Evacuation Hub San Benito High School N Personnel processing And loading AS OF: 16 July 2006

22 Ground Evacuation Hub McAllen Convention Center

23 Point of Embarkation Check In Process RFID Wristband Step 1: Evacuees go to check in stations which have been equipped with laptop with wireless data card, magnetic card reader and barcode reader. (LAN equipment may be required) Check in personnel swipe TxDL or type in pertinent information and link to an RFID wristband. Information is linked to a database record via wireless card in the laptop. Wristband is placed on evacuee wrist. Step 2: Evacuees go to a bus and board Evacuees RFID/barcode wristband is read when they enter bus by and evacuation official with a handheld reader Step 3: Evacuee Roster is generated and matched dto a code that t has been assigned to the bus itself. Evacuee Roster is linked to database via wireless data card via a handheld reader.

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25 Air Evacuation Operations (Harlingen) Medical Air Evac HUB Up to 4 C 130 on ground at one time, 60 sorties needed Air Evacuation of General Population Citizens Main Terminal

26 Air Medical Evacuation Operations (Brownsville) Medical Air Evac HUB Up to 4 C 130 on ground at one time, 35 sorties needed Main Terminal AS OF: 16 July 2006

27 Air Evacuation Operations (McAllen) Medical Air Evac HUB Up to 2 C 130 on ground at one time, 109 sorties needed Air Evacuation of General Population Citizens Main Terminal AS OF: 16 July 2006

28 Preparing Texas Today Why Leave? for Tomorrow s Challenges

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40 Los Fresnos Emergency Evacuation Plan CATASTROPHIC EVENT

41 Valley Study Area

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43 Evacuation Routes State Evacuation Routes All FM roads will feed into the state evacuation routes

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46 Do not do before a Hurricane 1.Tree Trimming Ti i 2.Garage Cleanup. 3.Yard clean out.

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