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DR-4473-PR & EM-3426-PR Earthquake Incident Management Senior Leadership Brief

As of (1000 AST) Updates in Blue

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17 March 2020

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Coronavirus Update for Puerto Rico

Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced announced a curfew allowing Puerto Ricans to go out of their homes between the hours of 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. to buy essential items or to go to medical appointments, work or to assist children or the elderly.

Only businesses open are those selling essentials such as supermarkets, drugstores, banking centers, drive up/take-out restaurants and gas stations.

Puerto Ricans should be in their homes "24/7" to try to halt the spread of the virus.

5 Confirmed cases; 17 Possible Cases (Center for Systems Science and Engineering at John Hopkins University)

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Outcome: Restored, modernized, hardened, and resilient systems

Public Assistance (PA) (PA Grants Mgr 0815 03172020)

Requests for Public Assistance (RPAs): 94 (▲1); Eligible Applicants: 62 (▲NC) Pending Applicants:32 (▲1) Ineligible Applicants: 0 (NC)

Exploratory Calls: Pending: 4 (▼1) Completed: 58 (▲1)

Recovery Scoping Meeting (RSMs): Pending: 15 (▼1) Overdue: 1 Completed: 43 (▲2)

No RSMs are scheduled for Mar 17th.

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17 March 2020

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Tuesday - Scattered showers, mainly after 9am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Northeast wind 9 to 15 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.Tonight - Isolated showers before 9pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 72. North wind around 9 mph becoming east in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 10%.



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Outcome: Provide registration assistance through all means to insure survivors needs are met

Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) (DRC report COB 03142020)

Open DRCs # of contacts: Total Activity – 28,480 (▲NC); DRC #1 Yauco: 6,102; DRC #2 Utuado: 2,001; DRC #4 Ponce: 4,891; DRC #5 Penuelas: 2,174;

DRC #6 Guanica: 4,008; DRC #7 Villalba: 831; DRC #8 Lajas: 927; DRC #9 San Sebastian: 530; DRC #10 Corozal: 597; DRC #11 Maricao: 218; DRC #12

Juana Diaz: 313; DRC# 13 Adjuntas: 224; DRC #14 San German: 91; DRC #15 Sabana Grande: 258; DRC #16 Guayanilla: 495; MDRC #2A Jayuya: 260;

MDRC #2B Ciales: 275; MDRC #3A Lares: 550; MDRC #3B Las Marias: 240; All DRCs are closed until the 30th of March due to the Governor’s Executive

Order establishing a Island wide curfew in response to the coronavirus threat. As a result, DRC registrations will not be updated until operations resume. Ops

briefing 03172020)

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DRC #1 Yauco DRC #2 Utuado DRC #4 Ponce DRC #5 Penuelas DRC #6 Guanica

DRC #8 Lajas DRC #9 San Sebastian DRC #10 Corozol DRC #11 Maricao DRC #12 Juana Diaz

DRC #13 Adjuntas DRC # 14 San German DRC #15 Sabana Grande DRC #16 Guayanilla MDRC #2A Jayuya

MDRC #2B Ciales MDRC #3A Lares MDRC #3B Las Marias Total DRC Activity



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Individual Assistance (IHP) Daily Registrations: 92; Total Registrations: 36,741 (▲103)(IA Daily Status Report ,COB 03152020)

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HA App Daily HA Disb Daily HA App Total HA Disb Total

$28,780

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TSA (Ops Briefing 03162020)

TSA Management Teams have suspended all DSA

field efforts until the Governors curfew is lifted. Staff

are working from alternate work locations to continue

to support their mission when possible.

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Staff completed 1,260 (▲1) calls to applicants

resulting in 207 (▲NC) applicants accepting

placement in TSA participating hotels. Checked-in:

170 (▼2) ; Checked out: 45 (▲3) (TSA Population Summary

0709 AST 03162020)

Multi-Agency Sheltering Transition Teams (MASTT)

have suspended all MASST field activities until the

Governors curfew is lifted. Staff are working from alternate

work locations to continue to support their mission when

possible. (Ops Briefing 03162020)

Housing Inspections (Ops Briefing 03162020)

IA Housing Inspectors/contractors have suspended all field

activities until the Governors curfew is lifted. Staff are

working from alternate work locations to continue to support

their mission when possible. Contractors have been

released at this time and will resume duties once the curfew

is lifted.

VALs (Ops Briefing 03162020)

VAL Teams have suspended all field activities until

the Governors curfew is lifted. Staff are working from

alternate work locations to continue to support their

mission when possible.

Developing a virtualization strategy to help the VAL

mission going forward as the COVID-19 situation

continues to unfold.

Total Unmet Needs Cases: 37 (▲NC);

Closed – 30; Pending –7 (IA Daily Status Snapshot 1500

03112020)

Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) (Ops Briefing , 03162020)

DSA crews have suspended all DSA field activities until the

Governors curfew is lifted. Staff are working from alternate

work locations to continue to support their mission when

possible.

DSA mission is completed in the following Municipalities:

Adjuntas, Arecibo, Cabo Rojo, Ciales, Corozal,

Hormigueros, Jayuya, Lares, Lajas, Las Marias, Maricao,

Penuelas, Sabana Grande, San German, San Sebastian,

Utuado and Villalba. (DSA Daily Summary Report COB 03132020)

Total Homes Visited: 30,441 (▲927); Survivor Interactions:

26,923 (▲363); Survivor Registrations: 8,263 (▲143) (DSA

Daily Summary Report 0800 03162020)

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Outcome: Sustainable and resilient health, education, and social services systems

ASSMCA-Mental Health Teams have suspended all field activities until the

Governors curfew is lifted. Staff are working from alternate work locations

to continue to support their mission when possible. (Ops Briefing 03162020)

PR Department of Family (DOF) is offering emotional support services In

the base camps and pop up shelters, and coordinating services to disaster

survivors outside the shelters. (IAP 03132020)

USPHS (ESF-8) ESF-8 Mission has been completed.

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Hazard Mitigation (HM) Hazard Mitigation staff have suspended all field

outreach efforts except Radio interviews until the Governors curfew is

lifted. Staff are working from alternate work locations to continue to support

their mission when possible. (Ops Briefing 03162020)

The cumulative number of CEO advised/counseled survivors.

DRCs 12,416; Outreach/Big Box Stores 6,028; Speakers Bureaus 3,722;

Special Events/Base Camps 644.

Total advised/counseled survivors Daily: 0 Cumulative: 22,810 (▲0) (HM

Daily Summary Report 03172020)

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Outcome: Sustainable, diversified, and resilient economy.

Small Business Administration (SBA) (SBA Daily Act. Numb. COB,

03122020)

Registrations Referred: 4,070 (▲146) (3,843 home; 170 bus.

57 EIDL)

Applications Received: 2,809 (▲105) (2,588 home; 165 bus. 56

EIDL)

Applications in Process: 771 (▲64) (690 home; 49 business 32

EIDL)

% Processed: 73%

Loans approved: 842 (▲33) (793 home; 35 Business; 14 EIDL)

Dollars Approved: $24,114,000 (▲$919,300) ($22,935,600 home;

$927,600 Business; $250,800 EIDL)

Business Recovery Centers (IAP, 03162020)

BRC #1 Ponce, BRC #2 Yauco are providing assistance with

Disaster Loan Applications for Businesses, Homes, Renters and

Private-non-profits.

Note: No updated information for the 13-15th.

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17 March 2020

Disaster Declaration Updates

DR-4473-PR approved on 16 JAN 2020

• Incident Period: 12/28/2019 to 02/04/2020

• Original Designation (01162020): IA Only Utuado; PA Only San German; IA and PA - Guánica,

Guayanilla, Peñuelas, Ponce and Yauco. (Categories A and B), including direct federal

assistance, under the Public Assistance program and Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

• Amendment #1 (01222020): Added IA - Adjuntas, Cabo Rojo, Corozal, Jayuya, Lajas, Lares,

Maricao, San Sebastián, San German and Villalba.

• Amendment #2 (02052020): Added IA - Arecibo, Ciales, Hormigueros, Juana Diaz, Las Marias,

Mayaguez, Morovis, Orocovis, and Sabana Grande.

• Amendment #3 (02142020): Added PA - Adjuntas, Jayuya, Juana Diaz, Lajas, Las Marias,

Mayaguez, Sabana Grande, and Utuado.

• Amendment #4 Closes the Incident Period effective 02042020

• Amendment #5 (03102020): Added IA – Aguada, Añasco, Barceloneta, Coamo, Moca, Naranjito,

Salinas, and Santa Isabel.

• Amendment #6 (03112020): Added Category C-G for the 14 municipalities previously designated

for categories A-B and Hazard Mitigation.

• Total IA – 33 Municipalities; PA – 14 Municipalities Categories A-G.

• EM-3426-PR approved on 07 JAN 2020

• Incident Period: 12/28/2019 to 02/04/2020; PA Cat B, DFA only for all 78 municipalities

SEOC Activation Level: II (Partial activation)

PREMB day shift (0730 to 1600) 7 Days/week

DR-4473 Personnel as of 0806 03172020 592 (▼14)



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Remains green; assessments continue

Government Services:

PR Governor has closed all public schools for two (2) weeks due to the threat of the Covid-19 virus. ( PR Headline news 03142020) 855 schools (99.8%) have been inspected by engineers. Alternate

Education Superintendent reported 90% of all schools are now operational with the exception of San German and Sabana Grande in Mayaguez. San German and Sabana Grande schools

should be operational by 03/15/20. (DSA Daily Summary Report 03112020) Department of Education and a private contractor with the support of PRNG-Sustainment are installing wooden floors in 97

tents for Classrooms in the Municipalities of Guanica and Guayanilla. (IAP 03132020)

PR Actions: Municipality Police Support Teams 2,4,5 are supporting the Police of Puerto Rico in the affected areas of Guayanilla, Penuelas and Ponce, providing security in the affected areas.

Puerto Rico state police (Teams 1-3) are working in all Base Camps to provide escort and protection. Team Vigilancia and Grupo Vigilancia 3,4 are providing security to the survivors at all

shelters/base camps. Puerto Rico police are offering transit in the principal avenues in Ponce. Police related activities may change as a result of the Governors curfew requirements. (Ops briefing

03162020)

Federal Actions: IGA Specialists have suspended all field efforts until the Governors curfew is lifted. Staff are working from alternate work locations to continue to support their mission when

possible. Due to the Governor of Puerto Rico’s announcement of a State of Emergency for Coronavirus, all Speakers Bureau events are cancelled till March 30th, or as long as necessary as a

result of the global situation. (Ops Briefing 03162020)

Community Safety:

PR Actions: NYC and CalOES engineers are suspending field operations in accordance with the Governors curfew requirements. (ops briefing 03162020)

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Food: 188,151 total meals served Note: No additional data is being provided for meals.

Water: PRASA: All systems have been restored and are at a normal/steady state. Normal outages may still occur but not as a result of the earthquake damages.

Federal Actions:

ESF-10/EPA All initial non-PRASA drinking water system assessments have been completed. Total initial assessments-30 (IAP 03132020). Field teams have completed all field activities. (EPA

Operations Report 03132020)

Shelter:

Official shelters operated by PR Dept of Housing:

# of Base Camps : 1-Pop. 18 (▼1); # of Traditional Shelters: 1-Pop. 8 (▼23) (PR Dept. of

Housing Shelter Report 03162020 1600 AST)

PR Actions:

The PR Department of Housing (DOH ) is distributing to the Penuelas Base Camp and

Ponce shelter, hygiene kits, hand sanitizers, wipes and the cots are set up with a

distance of 6’ between each cot, and educational briefings about OCVID19 are being

provided to the staff and sheltreees. Shelter managers continue monitoring the

situation.

Department of Housing (Vivienda) also reports Non-Traditional Shelters (PopUps)

16 (▼NC) with 237 (▼NC) shelterees. (IA Sit Rep Inputs 02272020)

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PR facilities able to support medical sheltered

Fatalities: 1 confirmed in Ponce (PREMB, 01072020)

Public Health:

PR Actions: The PR Governor has confirmed there are 5 cases of Covid-19 and 17 suspected

cases in Puerto Rico. The Governor has imposed a Commonwealth-wide curfew from 2100 to

0500 for all non essential personnel and businesses until March 30th. The only businesses that

will be open are those selling essentials such as supermarkets, drugstores, banking centers and

gas stations. All schools have been closed for two (2) weeks, no ferries or Cruise ships from the

Dominican Republic are allowed to dock in Puerto Rico harbors, many Universities are canceling

classes and several large events including concerts and a circus have been cancelled.

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Power:

PREPA All systems have been restored and are at a normal/steady state. Normal outages may

still occur but not as a result of earthquake damages.

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Infrastructure:

Cell Sites - All services are at normal/steady state. Normal outages may still occur but not as a

result of earthquake damages.

Responder Communications:

Federal Actions:

MCOV #104 and MCOV #105 have suspended all field activities until the Governors curfew is

lifted. Staff are working from alternate work locations to continue to support their mission when

possible. (Ops Briefing 03162020)

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Highways/Roadways:

Calle Acevedo 7 KM southeast of Utuado is closed due to a rock slide. PR DOT has been notified. (Spot Report #29 03112020)

Carretera 365 toward Barrio Machuchal in Sabana Grande was closed for repairs due to damage from seismic activity. Survivors’ commutes are rerouted for an additional ten minutes. (DSA Daily Summary Report 03122020)

Bridges: PR 359 highway bridge had to be demolished as a result of the earthquake of January 7, 2020. This bridge is the only access to the Cambalache community of the Jacanas

neighborhood in Yauco. A bypass across private land is being negotiated, but no agreement has been reached. On Wed, Mar 11th the Yuaco Municipality Mayor met with the Farm

Owner and Hwy Authority to discuss another option of access to the Cambalache sector. (Satellite South Daily Report 03112020)

No new closures or damage identified.

Maritime:

All Ports are open and have returned to pre-earthquake restrictions.

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Facilities:

No activities at this time.

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USGS Aftershock Forecast

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17 March 2020

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