using its in helping florida manage evacuations bob collins florida division of emergency management

Using ITS in Helping Florida Using ITS in Helping Florida Manage EvacuationsManage Evacuations

Bob Collins

Florida Division of Emergency Management

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DeSoto

Lee

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Okeechobee

Indian River

Palm Beach

Martin

Broward

Miami-Dade

Monroe

Glades

Manatee

Sarasota

St. Lucie

Category 1 Clearance Times

Clearance Times Under 10 Hours

Clearance Times 10 - 18 Hours

Clearance Times 18 - 24 Hours

Clearance Times Over 24 Hours

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Calhoun

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Leon

Franklin

Wakulla

Gadsden

Gulf

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Madison

Taylor

Suwannee

Hamilton

Lafayette

Dixie

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Gilchrist

Levy

Nassau

Duval

Baker

ClayUnion

Bradford

Alachua

Marion

PascoOrange

Seminole

St.

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Flagler

Putnam

Volusia

Bre

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Lake

Hernando

Citrus

Pin

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HillsboroughOsceola

Polk

Sum

ter

Charlotte

DeSoto

Lee

Collier

Hardee

Hendry

Highlands

Okeechobee

Indian River

Palm Beach

Martin

Broward

Miami-Dade

Monroe

Glades

Manatee

Sarasota

St. Lucie

Category 3 Clearance Times

Clearance Times Under 10 Hours

Clearance Times 10 - 18 Hours

Clearance Times 18 - 24 Hours

Clearance Times Over 24 Hours

Esc

ambi

a

San

ta R

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Walton

Oka

loos

a

Washington

Bay

HolmesJackson

Calhoun

Liberty

Leon

Franklin

Wakulla

Gadsden

Gulf

Jeffe

rson

Madison

Taylor

Suwannee

Hamilton

Lafayette

Dixie

Col

umbi

a

Gilchrist

Levy

Nassau

Duval

Baker

ClayUnion

Bradford

Alachua

Marion

PascoOrange

Seminole

St.

Joh

ns

Flagler

Putnam

Volusia

Bre

vard

Lake

Hernando

Citrus

Pin

ella

s

HillsboroughOsceola

Polk

Sum

ter

Charlotte

DeSoto

Lee

Collier

Hardee

Hendry

Highlands

Okeechobee

Indian River

Palm Beach

Martin

Broward

Miami-Dade

Monroe

Glades

Manatee

Sarasota

St. Lucie

Category 5 Clearance Times

Clearance Times Under 10 Hours

Clearance Times 10 - 18 Hours

Clearance Times 18 - 24 Hours

Clearance Times Over 24 Hours

RegionalRegional

EvacuationEvacuation ProceduresProcedures

Regional Planning ElementsRegional Planning Elements

1.1. Coordinated Decision MakingCoordinated Decision Making

2.2. Consistency of Evacuation Consistency of Evacuation Zones and RoutesZones and Routes

3.3. Multi-county Traffic ManagementMulti-county Traffic Management

4.4. Risk / Host Sheltering ProceduresRisk / Host Sheltering Procedures

5.5. Consistent Public InformationConsistent Public Information

6.6. Multi-County Re-entryMulti-County Re-entry

1. Decision Making Process:1. Decision Making Process:

• Identification of Risk and Host Identification of Risk and Host areasareas

• Implementation of evacuationsImplementation of evacuations

• Utilizing resources located in Utilizing resources located in non-vulnerable areasnon-vulnerable areas

• Regional re-entry planningRegional re-entry planning

22. . A consistent state-wideA consistent state-wide evacuation road networkevacuation road network

3. Coordinated traffic 3. Coordinated traffic management plansmanagement plans

• FDOT, FHP and DEM workingFDOT, FHP and DEM working with County Sheriffs Offices with County Sheriffs Offices

• Traffic Control PointsTraffic Control Points

• Barriers and barricadesBarriers and barricades

44. . Risk and Host ShelteringRisk and Host Sheltering ProceduresProcedures

• Host sheltering designated Host sheltering designated under a mission tasking from under a mission tasking from SEOC SEOC •All counties must develop All counties must develop Host Shelter ProceduresHost Shelter Procedures• Shelter Manager ReserveShelter Manager Reserve

5. Consistent Public 5. Consistent Public InformationInformation

• PIOs in all affected counties• Coordination procedures among PIOs during events• Communicating emergency information to evacuees• Regional coordination, consistent messages

All counties in host regions will:

• be directed by the SCO to activate their EOCs to support local protective actions

• coordinate response activities with each other and the SEOC

• be included in all declaration requests and Executive Orders

CoordinationCoordination

CoordinationCoordination

All counties will:• develop a host response component to their CEMP

• be included in evacuatio coordination conference calls

The Regional Evacuation Procedure will be updated to address host region response tasks

Traffic ManagementTraffic Management

• All risk and host sheriffs included

• Field report data from FHP Troops

• Real time traffic counts from SEOC

• Local incident management teams to coordinate intersection staffing and signal timing

Emergency Public InformationEmergency Public Information

• Identify critical sites for information within each region• Identify needed and available resources

FDOT flip-down shelter signsPortable radio transmitters at

all rest areas

• FHP and FDOT PIOs taking a greater role in distributing information

FDEM WEB SITE:

http://www.dca.state.fl.us/fdem

Under Internet Library“SOP for Regional Evacuation”

Florida’s Contra Flow Operations FDOT, FHP and DEMLocal input was solicited FHP has command and controlDOT assisting FHP in developing operational

plans FLNG augmenting staff I-10, Fl Tpk, Beeline and I-75 augmentation have

been exercised

Timelines and Criteria

Must be cat 4 or higherMust threaten more than one region.Must have approximately 49 hours of

setup time and operational time before arrival of tropical storm force winds.

Must have approximately 12 full hours of daylight to operate the contra-flow plan.

FDOT Interactive Real Time Traffic Counters

Development of an interactive traffic model (Spreadsheet)

Evacuation InformationEvacuation Information

Traffic Counters• Located to provide advance

warning to receiving / hostjurisdictions

• Necessary to monitor road conditions and evacuation status• Necessary for evacuation

shutdown• Provide critical data for Travel

Demand Forecast Model

Traffic Counters

www.dot.state.fl.us/trafficinformation

Real Time Travel Demand Forecast Model (TDFM)

• Developed under Hurricane Floyd Post Storm Analysis by PBS & J• Interactive hurricane evacuation

decision making program• Data from consolidated hurricane

evacuation study transportationanalyses

• Eventual capability to ingest trafficcounter data

TDFM Applications

• To alert law enforcement and DOT to potential trouble areas on evac network• Public information• Host county impact analysis• Interstate impact analysis• Eventual contingency planning

TDFM County Input Table

TDFM Evacuation Results

TDFM Evacuation Results Zoom

TDFM Plot

TDFM County Evacuation Info - Volusia

TDFM Evacuation Route Results

TDFM Evac Route Results - Tallahassee Link

Real Time Travel Demand Forecast Model

www.fematdfm.com

Read only access password: flus001

TDFM and ITS Applications

• Monitoring the progress of evacuations (hypothetical vs real) • Evacuation shutdown procedures• Potentially more accurate clearance times