[FLARES] **ECOMM MESSAGE** 08/11/04-B

[Chris Myers]

**ECOMM MESSAGE**

Indian River County Auxiliary Communication Services “ACS” is at Level One
Alert as of 17:30 hours Wednesday, August 11, 2004.
Level One Alert: Computer Models Indicate A Possible Threat to the Operation
Area
 Continue Monitoring


 EVENT INFORMATION:
** RELEASE INFORMATION FROM IRCEOC**
Tropical Storm Charley was upgraded to a hurricane this afternoon.  Now with
sustained winds of 75mph.  The hurricane force winds extend 30 miles and the
tropical storm force winds extend 115 miles.  The forecast track is a little
more to the west than this morning.  Some of the models are accounting for
the short southerly jog this morning.  We are still within the wind field,
but the wind field is not extending.  Hurricane Watches have now been
extended to southwest Florida from Flamingo northward to Bonita Beach.  No
watches or warnings for Indian River County.

There is not much more to report at this time as far as the forecast.  So, I
will spare everyone all the pictures and narrative
The next update will be tomorrow morning.

Nathan McCollum
Indian River County Emergency Management
** END OF RELEASE**
ACS:
08/11/03 11:00hrs    Alert Level 1 ACS Staff on alert
begin notification of
teams
08/11/03 17:30hrs    Alert Level 1 ACS Staff on alert
 ESF-2 Coordinators
and Officer please send you next SITREP by 08/12/04 13:00hrs local.
Preparations for property and family should be competed NLT 17:00hrs
Thursday.  Personnel are strongly encouraged to make any necessary personal
preparations to assure your timely response should an activation order be
issued.  Expect Level Two minimal activation Thursday.   Mission packages
should be designed to support:

ESF-2  ACS. “3” Operation centers, “1” county shelter, “2” ARC shelters with
total staff of “12” operators.
            CAP traffic relay from EOC to Command Net
            MARS traffic relay from EOC to Command Net
            SHARES traffic relay from EOC to NCS
            SKYWARN traffic relay to EOC and NWS Networks
ESF-9  CAP “1” UDF/SAR Team for ELT area operation tasking by AFCC and State
EOC.
             NOTE: CAP advise on number of MRO and BCUT staff and the
possible of shelter radio operation in Indian River County.
             Please advise additional to ACS Command


Any ESF-2 that may have additional manpower please includ on your next
report 08/12/04 at 13:00hrs local.

Chris Myers, Coordinator
Indian River County Auxiliary Communication Services
CAPCOMM-4:
FL078 has the following ES qualified resources available for missions within
Group 4:

Total Emergency Services members: “14”
ES member breakdown:  Cadets “1”, Senior Members “13”
Additional Assets:
CAP Aircraft N98120 at HQ
-          Available hours to next maintenance (~100 hours)
-          Aircraft sensor status (none)
-          Aircraft will be hangered at Mirabella Aviation, Inc. during the
passing of Hurricane Charley.

Elper condition tested excellent on 2 August 2004

Various VHF radios are available for missions as well as cell phones for
Emergency Services personnel.  Several of the personnel also have Nextel
direct-connect capabilities.

CAP Lt. Charles Shinn, ESO
SER-FL-078
ARES:
All ARES members with email addresses on record (31) were advised via email
of the level 1 activation at 11:30 AM this morning. They were
requested to reply to me their availability for shelter deployment.  They
have also been requested to attend ACS/ARES meeting this evening.
As of this time the following responses have been received:

“2”  IRMH response operators
“1” ARC Shelter operator
“2” IR EOC operators

Bud Holman, Emergency Coordinator
Indian River County ARES
NTS:
No report

Sherri Brower
NTS Coordinator
SKYWARN:
Charley is forecast to enter Tampa around 6:00 a.m. Friday, exiting
somewhere along the East coast of Florida. The TS force winds extend 200
miles out so we should feel them by Friday a.m., winds could reach as high
as 60-70 mph by Friday pm.  Expect 6-10" of rain in a 24-hour period.

Wayne Burkett
SKYWARN Coordinator
SHARES:
HURRICANE NET will commence with the regular HF radio net this evening at
20:30, 22:00 and 23:00 hrs local. Plan on HF Net roll call on Thursday every
two hours starting at 10:00 hrs. If possible, VHF stations need to check in
with their local HF station during the HF Hurricane Net.

Maj. Bill Rice
SHARES Radio Officer
MARS:
No report.

NNN0YGY, NNN0ILA
MARS Radio Officer
REACT:
The Florida Council of REACT Teams is at LEVEL 1 effective 20:00hrs Aug 10,
2004. This upgrade is due to the National Hurricane Center now projecting
current Tropical Storm Charley to impact the west coast of the State of
Florida sometime between Saturday and Sunday.

FCRT Level 1 definition:  Notification - State Council Emergency Coordinator
will notify all Council Officers.
Officers will assess the situation. Key Teams may be notified

It is recommended that the teams near Tampa and north toward the big bend
area to watch this storm closely and prepare for a possible direct impact
NOW. ALL teams eastward need to prepare for possible heavy winds and rain.

Michael Cauley, President
Florida Council of REACT Teams
SATERN
PRIOR to Landfall, SATERN has traditionally assisted by having its members
monitor the Hurricane Watch Network
which meets on 14.325 MHZ as a matter of support and information and SATERN
is activated specific to the
dynamic of the Hurricane's impact at landfall.

SATERN will establish its traditional emergency network on 14.265 MHZ, when
needed and provide emergency
communications into the affected area along with Health and Welfare
assistance for those who are concerned about loved ones in the (area). After
an event, those who need this service can go to satern.org and click on the
Health and Welfare link.

CCT County Communication Team:
Communications is occurring with IRMH to prepare for possible activation and
deployment to set up emergency communications in the second floor
communications center.

John Conefrey
RRT Coordinator
COMMUNICATION DATA:
TCWN/SKYWARN Net operations on 146.775MHz, No CTCSS, call KA1VRF
ACS Planning/operations 153.920MHz Toned; 444.825, Toned, call ACS Command
ARES Net operations 145.130MHz as needed, No CTCSS, call W4OT
                ARES Shelter operations 146.640MHz, No CTCSS, call Indian
River EOC
DCAT Operations 30.760MHz as needed, Toned, call DCAT Command

Florida State DCAT Equipment and Assets:
Unit ID                Status                  Location
Note
COMM-2   Standing-By    Vero Beach, FL
APRS         Standing-By    Vero Beach, FL

Next SITREP will be 08/12/04 at 14:00hrs local.

End of SITREP

Chris A. Myers
Coordinator
Indian River County
Auxiliary Communication Services
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