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RECON Unit

The purpose of the State Emergency Response Team (SERT) RECON Unit is to provide an initial assessment of the impacted area boundaries, evacuation routes and communities for the SERT. Information will be provided to the SERT Chief and the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) Plans and Operations Sections. RECON Teams expedite situation assessments of areas impacted by emergencies when deployed. RECON Teams move expeditiously through damaged areas relaying information that assists the SERT with meeting the following Standing Orders:

1. Establish Communications with impacted areas
2. Search and Secure
3. Meet Basic Humans Needs

a) Medical
b) Water
c) Food
d) Shelter
e) Emergency Fuel
f) Ice

4. Restore Critical Infrastructure
5. Open Schools/Local Business
6. Begin Recovery

RECON Reporting Website

RECON Reporting website is located at https://apps.floridadisaster.org/recon. A user name and password is required to access the site.

Documents/Links

RECON SOP-Approved 30 Sept 2009, 2010 Revision under development

Deepwater Horizon After Action Report

SERT RECON Organizational Chart

Deepwater Horizon RECON Final Brief

RECON Impact Assessment (PPT)

RECON_Photos for RECON School (PPTX)

US National Grid (PPT)

Contacts

SERT RECON Asset Team Leads:

DEM - Nick Simoncini – 850-413-9890
FWC - Major David Bullard – 850-251-7232
FLNG - Captain Butler Strain – 850-251-0962/ Sargent Major George Barthelmes 904-814-2978
DEP - Chief Grea Bevis – 850-251-1933
CAP - Captain Doug Butler – 813-546-3314

SERT RECON Coordination Team Leads:

DOT - Keith Baggett – 850-414-4981
DOH - Jon Erwin – 850-251-2856

Coordinate Transformation Tools

Online tool - transform coordinates between common Lat/Long formats and USNG

Offline coordinate transformation tools - download and install
CORPSCON
MSP GEOTRANS

Incident Mapper - interactive mapping site to search by address, Lat/Long, and USNG, click on map and obtain coordinates (which can be copied and pasted)

Updated:
June 20, 2011 9:19