RECON
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:
- Establish Communications with impacted areas
- Search and Secure
- Meet Basic Humans Needs
- Medical
- Water
- Food
- Shelter
- Emergency Fuel
- Ice
- Restore Critical Infrastructure
- Open Schools/Local Business
- 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 - 2012
- 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 Rob Dietrich 850-413-9943
FWC Major Rett Boyd 850-251-0272 / Capt Jack Martin 850-251-7265
FLNG Captain Melissa Deleon 850-251-0962
DEP John Johnson 850-251-1476
CAP Jack Payne 772-332-2633
SERT RECON Coordination Team Leads:
DOT John Lanham 850-414-4852
DOH Bobby Mills 850-245-4445 ext 3334
Coordinate Transformation Tools
Online tool - transform coordinates between common Lat/Long formats and USNG
Offline coordinate transformation tools - download and install
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)
