Instructions for use 6 cemp distribution List 8

ESF-3: PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING

I. GENERAL
A. Primary Agency: Levy County Road Department
B. Support Agencies: Levy County Landfill

Municipalities within Levy County
II. INTRODUCTION:
A. Purpose
The purpose of this Emergency Support Function (ESF) is to provide public works and engineering support to assist with needs related to lifesaving or life protecting, prior, during and immediately following a major or catastrophic disaster. Property destroyed or damaged must be reinforced, demolished or secured to ensure safety. Streets, highways and other forms of transportation will be damaged or unusable and need to be addressed. Utilities will be damaged and may be partially or fully inoperable and will need to be restored.
B. Scope
ESF-3 support includes technical advice and evaluations, engineering services, construction management and inspection, emergency contracting and emergency repair of wastewater facilities, road clearing and repairs. Levy County Road Department will perform under the authority of county procedures and policy as applicable in addition to missions received under the authority of the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP). Levy County Road Department will coordinate the activities of ESF-3 and with assistance from support agencies, will respond to missions received.
C. Planning Assumptions:
1. Local governments in the immediate disaster area will need assistance in clearing debris, performing damage assessment, structural evaluation, emergency repairs to public facilities and meeting basic human health needs.

2. Ground, air, rail and water routes must be provided to allow access to disaster areas. Emergency road and airstrip debris clearance and repairs will have top priority to support immediate lifesaving emergency response activities.

3. Rapid impact and damage assessment of the disaster area will be necessary to determine potential workload.
4. Emergency environmental waivers and legal clearances will be needed for disposal of materials from debris clearance and demolition activities. Legal requirements that delay the security of contractors or purchasing of materials must be waived.
5. Large numbers of skilled personnel, engineers, construction workers, equipment operators, etc., with construction equipment and materials will be needed from outside the disaster area.
6. Neighboring counties might be impacted, limiting their mutual aid assistance.
7. Demand for service will exceed capabilities for hours or days.
8. Employee’s vehicles and homes might be damaged, delaying their response to work.
D. Priorities of Response and Restoration

The needs may be very fluid requiring flexibility in planning and response. The following priorities will initially be used and may be modified as the needs change. The same priorities will be used for response, restoration of service and recovery:

1. First Priority - essential critical facilities necessary to respond to the incident:
a. Levy County Emergency Operations Center (EOC)

b. Levy County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center

c. Access to medical facilities

d. Access to essential utility facilities

e. Access to persons considered to be life-threatening situations

2. Second Priority

a. Municipal EOC’s

b. Special Needs Shelters

c. General Population Shelters

d. Structures on the Critical Facility Inventory

e. Williston Municipal Airport

f. Debris clearance from major support routes, including the bridges.

3. Third Priority

a. Congregate feeding sites

b. Disaster Recovery Centers

c. Disaster Field Offices

d. Joint Information Centers

e. Recovery Coordination Center

4. Fourth Priority

a. Businesses necessary for recovery

5. Fifth Priority

a. General population

III. RESPONSIBILITIES:
A. Primary Agency: Levy County Road Department
Responsibilities:
1. Give guidance to support agencies.
2. Send appropriate personnel to training workshops.
3. Participate in drills and exercises.
4. Maintain a vehicles inventory.
5. Maintain contact lists for its own personnel.
6. Maintain vendor information and contact information.
7. Staff the ESF or Branch position within the EOC.
8. Utilize support agencies to staff the EOC in order to accomplish 14-hour operations if required.
9. Pre-position equipment, vehicles and personnel if it is appropriate to do so.
10. Track loaned and borrowed equipment, vehicles and personnel.
11. Maintain reimbursement documentation.
12. Provide information to ESF-14 for dissemination to the public and media.
B. Support agencies:

Levy County Landfill

Municipalities with Levy County

Responsibilities:
1. Send appropriate personnel to training workshops.
2. Participate in drills and exercises.
3. Maintain a vehicle inventory.
4. Maintain contacts lists for its personnel.
5. Maintain vendor information and contact information.
6. Assist with the staffing of the EOC if requested to do so.
7. Track borrowed and loaned equipment, vehicles and personnel.
8. Maintain reimbursement documentation.
9. Perform assigned tasks.
IV. CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS:
A. General:
Under the leadership of Levy County Road Department, the primary and support agencies will conduct coordination meetings to establish plans, set priorities, identify resources and resource shortfalls. Each representative will establish contact with their appropriate personnel and begin to activate or initiate emergency response plans. The role of the primary agency will be to focus coordination, ensure the management of combined agency efforts and maintain access routes or supply of potable water, temporary restoration of water supply systems and the provision of water for firefighting operations.
B. Organization:
Levy County Road Department and support agencies will provide as requested through the EOC, skilled personnel, engineers, construction workers, equipment operators, etc, with equipment and materials.

C. Pre-Incident Coordination
1. The primary and support agencies will conduct coordination meetings to establish plans, set priorities, identify resources and resource shortfalls.
2. Annually each agency will conduct an inventory of equipment and vehicles. A copy will be furnished to Levy County Emergency Management
3. Each agency will coordinate with its vendors of petroleum, oil and lubricants (POL) to assure continuity of service should a disaster strike.
4. Mutual aid agreements regarding the furnish of POL to other agencies will be reviewed and renewed annually
D. Direction and Control
1. Direction and control will come from the Levy County Emergency Operations Center, through the Branch or ESF, as appropriate.
2. The field operations may be divided into areas or task forces, in which cause the EOC will direct these unit leaders who will direct operations within their area.
3. Municipalities will direct operations of their own personnel.
4. Shortages of resources will be reported to the EOC. The EOC will first utilize its vendor lists to acquire the necessary items. When resources cannot be acquired by the EOC, request for assistance will be made under provisions of the Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement.
E. Pre-Staging of Resources
Depending on the needs of the approaching threat, pre-staging may be used.
1. The Levy County Road Department typically pre-stages in Cedar Key, Yankeetown and the Road Department Yard for developing wind and surge water events.
2. Municipalities will pre-stage as they deem appropriate.
3. Mutual aid crews will be pre-staged with their equipment and vehicles.
4. Potential sites include:

 Levy County Road Department

 Levy County Landfill

 Municipal work facilities

 Williston Municipal Airport
F. EOC Staffing Patterns
1. The primary and support agencies will maintain the capability of staffing the EOC Branch or ESF position on a 24-hour a day basis if requested to do so.
2. Field operations will cease when inadequate lighting presents a safety hazard.
G. Structure Stabilization and Demolition
1. Response personnel will identify unsafe structures and report them to the EOC using their own communications channels.
2. All incoming reports of unsafe structures, regardless of the source, will be referred to the Logistics Branch.
3. The Levy County Development Department has the responsibility and authority to determine if structures are unsafe, with exception of those municipalities which may have their own appropriate department or personnel.
4. Security Unsafe Structures
a. ESF 16 will direct traffic and pedestrians away from the structure.
b. ESF 9 will conduct a Search and Rescue (SAR) analysis of the structure and conduct SAR operations if appropriate.
c. ESF 3 will furnish barricades, signs, tape, rope or other items necessary to warn the public of the danger and prevent, to the extent possible, public access.
d. A check will be made of occupational licenses to determine ownership of the structure. ESF 3 will notify the owner of the structures status.
5. Structure Demolition
a. ESF 16 will assist with traffic and pedestrian control.
b. ESF 3 will use barricades, signs, tape and rope to secure the area, and prevent public access.
c. ESF 4 will identify and notify the owner regarding the building status.
d. The Levy County Development Department will coordinate with the Levy County Attorney and the SERT liaison regarding the legal ramifications of structure demolition under existing Florida Statutes.
e. The Levy County Development Department will coordinate with ESF 3 regarding the contracting of necessary services to demolish unsafe structures.
H. Post Incident Coordination
As the response phase draws to a close, the Branch or ESF primary agency will coordinate with the Recovery Coordination Center regarding requirements for the Recovery Phase.

V. WATER SUPPLIES
A. Potable Water
Both municipal systems and well water is used throughout Levy County.

Support systems include:

1. Bulk water may be available with a contract through ESF 11. Mutual aid for bulk water may be requested through ESF 11 to the SERT liaison or SEOC.
2. Priority will be given to furnishing bulk water to public shelters, congregate feeding sites, municipal residents with interrupted city water distribution, and residents with contaminated well water and response and relief workers.
B. Fire Fighting Requirements
1. County and Municipal Volunteer fire department will use their tankers.
2. The Levy County Road Department may authorize use of its 2,000 and 8,000 gallon tankers.
3. A mutual aid request may be made of the Florida Fire Chiefs Association Mutual Aid Plan for tanker support. A request may be made of ESF’s 3 and 4 within the SEOC for tanker support.