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State of Florida - Model Hurricane Evacuation Shelter Selection Guideline Manual
To meet the responsibilities defined in Florida Statues, the Division (DEM), in collaboration with the Dept of Community Affairs has developed a multifaceted strategy that includes promoting the useof public shelter selection criteria, in accordance with ARC 4496. The Model HES Selection Student Manual documents the methodology used by the state to note the strengths and vulnerabilities of potential hurricane shelters.
View the online PDF Manual. (Adobe Acrobat)
Shelter Retrofit Reports
2008 Statewide Emergency Shelter Plan
On January 31, 2008, the Division of Emergency Management released the biennial Statewide Emergency Shelter Plan. Pursuant to section 1013.372(2), Florida Statutes, the report identifies the State's capacity to shelter residents at risk from the effects of a major hurricane. In turn, the report guides local shelter planning and the construction of new educational facilities for use as hurricane shelters.
2008 Statewide Emergency Shelter Plan (Individual chapters)
2008 Statewide Emergency Shelter Plan: Success Charts
Hurricane Shelter Deficit Reduction Progress
House Bill 7121, Notices of Funding Availability, and Application Forms 2006
STATEWIDE COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO STRUCTURALLY ENHANCE OR RETROFIT PUBLIC HURRICANE EVACUATION SHELTERS, 2006 (PDF)
STATEWIDE COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO STRUCTURALLY ENHANCE OR RETROFIT PUBLIC HURRICANE EVACUATION SHELTERS, 2006 APPLICATION FORM (PDF) (word)
WindowProtection-CostEstimate_Toolkit2006 Instructions(pdf)
WindowProtection-CostEstimate_Toolkit2006 Spreadsheet (xls)
Emergency Managers,
The following are the weblinks to the Division's transmittal letter and funding proposal documents/reports for HB 7121 Hurricane Shelter Enhancement and Retrofit and County Emergeny Operations Center Construction and Improvements.
Comprehensive Funding Proposal for Public Shelter Retrofits November 1, 2006
Comprehensive Funding Proposal for County Emergency Operations Centers November 1, 2006
Letter to Senator Lisa Carlton and Representative Negron
Please note that per HB 7121 these documents are only proposals at this time and must be approved by the Legislative Budget Commission (LBC) before any further contracting procedures can be initiated. If there are any questions, please contact me at (850) 413-9859.
2006 Governors Hurricane Conference
| Performance Standards and Expectations of Hurricane Shelters | |
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[ Adobe Acrobat .PDF, 10MB] |
| Mass Care Facility Considerations for Selecting Hurricane Shelters | |
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[ Adobe Acrobat .PDF, 6MB] |
| ICC/NSSA Storm Shelter Standard | |
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[ Adobe Acrobat .PDF, 2MB] |
| EHPA Shelters in K-12 Educational Facilities | |
[ Power Point .PPT, 52MB] |
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2007 Success Shelter Deficit Reduction Spreadsheets
Please view the 201 Excel files (3 each for each county). The three files for each county show current shelter status of shelter space gain projections: cumulative (1995-August 2006), and projections (September 2006- August 2007; and September 2007-August 2008). Please review each of the three files for your county, make changes (please highlight individual changes) and email the changed files to dean.griffin@EM.MyFlorida.com and/or danny.kilcollins@EM.MyFlorida.com .
We need this feedback prior to May 1, 2007 . A negative email (no changes) is needed at the minimum. This information is used to report progress on the shelter space deficit reduction across the State. It helps us to get regular funding for the various shelter retrofit projects (it shows progress). Please note that in addition to the regular “Pre-mitigation”, “EHPA”, and “Retrofitted” columns, we have added: “Local Planned Usage” column. We have noted that often a county may plan on using less than all the available areas in a shelter building (due to factors such as lack of staff for larger numbers of people, not a perceived need for all the capacity in that particular area, etc.). This column is for you to list the actual number of spaces you are planning to use in that particular building. The other columns are for reporting existing physical capacity (we have to track actual physical capacity gained and report it to the Governor).
If you have any questions please call Dean Griffin at 850-413-9954 or Danny Kilcollins at 850-413-9859.
2007 Shelter Retrofit Project Submittal
Please open the Excel workbook below and click on your county's tab. You will see a list of existing projects (under the green bar) and a list of suggested shutter-only projects pulled from various studies and reports (under the yellow bar). Please download the excel workbook, review the projects and make changes as appropriate (i.e., update or drop the green/yellow bar projects), then email the results to: Dean.Griffin@EM.MyFlorida.com NO LATER THAN 01 MAY 07.
The yellow-bar projects only need a cost estimate in order to add them to the 2007 Shelter Retrofit Report's list (we have the other information). If you are unable to get a cost estimate from a vendor you can use $66.50 per square foot (sf) of exterior glass being protected as an initial cost estimate. Simply measure the dimensions of exterior glass assemblies plus an additional 4 inches on each side that must be protected, multiply the height by the width, and multiply the result by $50. Please indicate whether you wish to add these projects or delete them.
| Master Projects as of February 14, 2007 | 2007 Shelter Retrofit Project Submittal Ref: Section 252.385(3), Florida Statutes |
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[ MIcrosoft Excel .XLS, 675KB ] |  |
[ Microsoft Word .DOC, 88KB ] |
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[ Adobe Acrobat .PDF, 149KB ] | ||
2006 Statewide Emergency Shelter Plan Revised April 30, 2006
Now Available!
On January 31, 2006, the Department of Community Affairs released the biennial Statewide Emergency Shelter Plan. Pursuant to section 1013.372(2), Florida Statutes, the report identifies the State's capacity to shelter residents at risk from the effects of a major hurricane. In turn, the report guides local shelter planning and the construction of new educational facilities for use as hurricane shelters.
2006 Statewide Emergency Shelter Plan (Individual chapters)
2006 FEPA Conference
| 2006 FEPA Power Point Presentation | |
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[ Adobe Acrobat .PDF, 2.1MB] |
| 2006 FEPA-EHPA Power Point Presentation | |
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[ Adobe Acrobat .PDF, 96KB] |
2005 Special Needs Shelter Report
June 2005 summary report to Governor Bush on the status of Florida's Special Needs Shelters.
| 2005 Special Needs Shelter Report | |
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[ Adobe Acrobat .PDF, 3.6MB] |
Special Needs Shelters Memorandum
The Secretary of the Department of Health, Dr. John Agwunobi, and the Director of the Division of Emergency Management, W. Craig Fugate cooperatively distribute memorandum to County Health Departments (CHD) and local emergency management agencies that announces expectation that all public Special Needs Shelters (SpNS) that are intended to used during hurricane impact must, at a minimum, meet the hurricane shelter safety criteria of the American Red Cross' Standards for Hurricane Evacuation Shelter Selection (ARC 4496), be provided with emergency power supported air-conditioning, and request that SpNS capacities be based upon 60 sq.ft. per client.
| Special Needs Shelters Memorandum | |
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[ Adobe Acrobat .PDF, 3.6MB] |
New FSU/FAMU Fence Impact Test - 7/25/2007
FSU Impact Test Letter Aug 2007 (jpg)
Report - Missile Impact Ressistance of Mesh (pdf)
Appendix A of Photos (pdf)
Appendix B of Photos (pdf)
Appendix C of DMS Shelter Dwgs (pdf)
Shelter Deficit Reduction - Success Stories
It's that time of year again... time to capture all your successes in hurricane shelter retrofit projects and new EHPA construction over the past year. Please read the attached memo and send in your data soon!
| Shelter Deficit Reduction | |
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[ Adobe Acrobat .PDF, 3.6MB] |
Spring 2005 Critical Facility and Hurricane Shelter Assessments
The Division of Emergency Management (DEM), in collaboration with the Division of Housing and Community Development (HCD), will be beginning a baseline survey of county critical facilities over the next few months. HCD is funding this initiative. This critical facility assessment will also include a second baseline assessment of hurricane shelters.
| Spring 2005 Critical Facility and Hurricane Shelter Assessments | |
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[ Adobe Acrobat .PDF, 3.6MB] |
2005 Shelter Retrofit Report
On September 1, 2005, the Department of Community Affairs released its annual Shelter Retrofit Report which identifies cost-effective mitigation projects to help eliminate the statewide hurricane evacuation shelter deficit. It also identifies the successes we have had in creating shelter space in the past.
| 2005 Shelter Retrofit Report | |
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[ Adobe Acrobat .PDF, 3.6MB] |
2004 Statewide Emergency Shelter Plan
On January 31, 2004, the Department of Community Affairs released the biennial Statewide Emergency Shelter Plan. Pursuant to section 1013.372(2), Florida Statutes, the report identifies the State's capacity to shelter residents at risk from the effects of a major hurricane. In turn, the report guides local shelter planning and the construction of new educational facilities for use as hurricane shelters.
| 2004 Statewide Emergency Shelter Plan (Report in its entirety). | ||
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[ Adobe Acrobat .PDF, 7.8MB] |
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| If you have difficulty in downloading the report in its entirety, you may download Individual chapters and annexes | ||
Armor
The Division of Emergency Management will unveil ARMOR - Assessment Resource for Multi-Hazard Operational Risks at this years Governor's Hurricane Conference in Tampa, May, 2005. The ARMOR software, version 1.0, takes the hurricane evacuation shelter evaluation process into the 21st century. ARMOR's first version automates the shelter evaluation process by incorporating the checklists into an electronic format which automatically generates the Least-Risk Decision Making (LRDM) tables, Initial Findings Summaries, full-text reports and populates a new central database for hurricane shelters. Two training sessions will be held during the conference, see www.flghc.org for details.
Responsibilities
- Hurricane Evacuation Shelter Evaluations
- Hurricane Evacuation Shelter Evaluation (HESE) Training Course
- Hurricane Shelter Retrofit Reports, Technical Reviews and Support
- State Emergency Response Team - Infrastructure Services Branch - coordinating the activities of infrastructure related Emergency Support Functions in the State Emergency Operations Center.
- Critical Facility Inventories
- Technical Assistance for the design & development of Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs)
**NOTE: Requires the use of Adobe Acrobat version 5.0 . Download your FREE copy HERE . **
Updated:
September 24, 2008 11:28
