I. GENERAL:
A. Primary Agency: Levy County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO)
B. Support Agency: Levy County Emergency Management
Florida National Guard (FLNG)
II. INTRODUCTION:
A. Purpose:
Major or catastrophic disasters will result in widespread damage or total loss of any and all existing civil infrastructure capabilities. Combined with a significant loss of dwellings, structures and widespread displacement of people, local and state authorities will require additional assistance to include federal response of a significant magnitude. In order to fully determine the magnitude of the disaster on the population and provide an immediate and effective response, an impact/needs assessment will be conducted at the earliest possible time following a major or catastrophic disaster.
B Scope:
The primary goal of the Military Support Emergency Support Function (ESF) is to prioritize all requests for assistance and allocate available resources based upon mission priorities as established by Levy County Emergency Management. Military support operations include, but are not limited to, supporting the following ESF’s and special missions:
1. ESF-1 - Transportation: Support with surface and air movement of personnel and equipment.
2. ESF-2 - Communications: Support with temporary tele-communications equipment and personnel.
3. ESF-3 - Public Works and Engineering: Support for debris removal and clearing operations, emergency restoration of public services, technical assistance and damage assessment.
4. ESF-4 - Firefighting: Support primarily in a non-urban environment with personnel and aviation support operations.
5. ESF-5 - Information and Planning: Support with reconnaissance missions for impact assessment information.
6. ESF-6 - Mass Care: Support with personnel and equipment for food preparation.
7. ESF-7 - Resource Support: Support with limited equipment loans to other agencies.
8. ESF-8 - Health and Medical: Support with medical personnel and equipment.
9. ESF-9 - Urban Search and Rescue: Support with personnel and engineer, aviation and medical equipment.
10. ESF-10 - HAZMAT: Support with personnel and equipment for containment and decontamination.
11. ESF-11 - Food and Water: Support with personnel and equipment in food distribution and water purification and distribution.
12. ESF-16 - Law Enforcement and Security: Support with personnel and equipment to assist in curfew enforcement, site security and crowd control operations.
13. Special Mission: Immediately following the occurrence of a major or catastrophic disaster, the Florida National Guard (FLNG) will deploy Reconnaissance Teams (RECON). The composition of these teams may include civil utility and infrastructure experts, as appropriate. The mission of the RECON will be to evaluate the immediate needs of the affected population as a result of infrastructure loss or damage and availability of essential services within the impacted area. Levy County ESF-5 will have responsibility for planning, coordination, and for providing a representative on the RECON Teams when performing a County mission.
C. Planning Assumptions:
1. All FLNG assets are available for a state mission. It is understood that the federal wartime mission of all Department of Defense (DoD) assets takes priority over state missions.
2. Post-disaster impact/needs assessments are an ongoing process as needs cannot be fully determined in the initial response phase of a major or catastrophic disaster.
3. The Governor issues an Executive Order prior to the occurrence of a major catastrophic disaster, when possible, authorizing the Adjutant General to call to State Active Duty those personnel and equipment as necessary to support the State of Florida’s response and recovery effort. A number of these forces will be staged in and around the anticipated disaster area prior to occurrence when possible.
4. RECON Teams will be deployed to the disaster area over land or by air, as appropriate, and will deploy fully self-contained (food, water, communications, etc.). A representative of Levy County ESF-5 representative will participate as a member of the RECON Team when deployed within the County.
5. Restoration and/or preservation of law and order, in support of ESF-16, will be the priority mission of the FLNG immediately following a major or catastrophic disaster.
6. Military personnel and resources will remain under the direct command of their own lines of authority.
7. The military will want maps, contact phone information and data furnished.
III. CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS:
A. General:
1. Mission: When directed by the Governor, the Adjutant General of Florida deploys personnel and equipment, through appropriate commanders, to assist civil authorities.
2. Execution: The FLNG will provide Military Support to Civil Authorities in accordance with existing Florida National Guard Operation Plan for Military Support to Civil Authorities.
B. Organization:
1. When a potential disaster develops or upon the occurrence of a disaster the FLNG will dispatch the Military Support (ESF-13) Emergency Coordinating Officer (ECO) team to the State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Tallahassee. The purpose of this team will be to advise the State Emergency Response Team (SERT) Leader on FLNG capabilities and resources; ongoing missions status, troop numbers and estimated daily costs; legal considerations and receive official mission requests to support other ESF’s and pass to the Adjutant General for action.
2. Upon the issuance of the Governor’s Executive Order and prior to an imminent disaster, when possible, the Adjutant General through appropriate commanders, will mobilize and stage in and around the projected disaster area, personnel and equipment as necessary, to restore/preserve law and order, support the committed elements, and provide support to other ESF’s respectively as directed by the SERT Leader and within FLNG capabilities.
3. As supported States ESF’s determine that all available state resources are exhausted and/or a mission exceeds the State ESF’s capabilities the ESF Primary Agency ECO will pass a request to State ESF-13 in the form of a “Mission”. This mission request will then be forwarded to the SEOC for immediate staffing and determination of supportability. If FLNG can support the requested mission the Adjutant General will determine the number of personnel and type of equipment necessary through the appropriate commander who will immediately contact the supported agencies local point of contact for mission coordination. Simultaneously the ESF-13 ECO will be notified of mission acceptance and kept updated on mission status. This same process will be utilized when the LCEOC requests assistance from State ESF-13.
4. SERT Reconnaissance Teams (RECON Teams): In direct support of the Emergency Management, the FLNG will pre-position RECON’s prior to a disaster, when possible, or immediately following a disaster and be prepared to immediately deploy to the disaster area as conditions allow. Each RECON Team will be comprised of civil utility and infrastructure representative, DEM representative and appropriate state agency representatives. The composition, mission, deployment and logistical requirements are contained in the FLNG Operation Plan for Rapid Impact Assessments.
5. In major or catastrophic disasters requiring a large Federal Department of Defense response, the Adjutant General and his staff will serve in a liaison role between the State of Florida and the Active Component in charge. As the state’s first line military response in times of disaster and civil emergency, the National Guard will closely coordinate with active federal military to insure mutual support during federal disaster relief operations.
C. Notification:
1. ESF-13 response will be activated upon notification by FDEM that an emergency condition is imminent or exists, which requires personnel and/or resources of the FLNG. Initial notification will be made by FDEM telephonically to the designated Emergency Coordination Officer (ECO) or the alternate.
2. As FLNG units are activated the Adjutant General will appoint an Area Commander. The Area Commander will normally be a colonel or brigadier general who will assume operational command and control of all FLNG assets operating within his area of operations. The Area Commander will receive all mission-tasking from the FLNG-EOC.
D. Request for National Guard Support
1. The Levy County Sheriff may request law enforcement/security mutual aid through the FDLE or through the State EOC.
2. Military humanitarian aid will be made by the Levy County EOC to the SEOC, or to the State Liaison if present.
E. Coordination
1. Humanitarian missions will be coordination through the Levy County EOC.
2. Security and law enforcement missions may be coordinated through the EOC or the Sheriff’s Office, as appropriate to the need.
3. The National Guard will have a representative in the EOC to give guidance and assist in the preparation of requests for missions. This person has no authority over the units which will operate under their traditional command lines of authority.
4. If a National Guard Liaison is not present in the EOC, coordination will take place directly with the SEOC.
5. Federal military units will be under the direction of their own command structure, but will be expected to furnish a liaison to the EOC.
6. The National Guard, Military Support to Civil Authorities Operations Plan (FNG MSCA OPLAN) (Revised, 1997), will be used as a reference document.
7. Information regarding the incident will be gathered and evaluated in the EOC or Sheriff’s Office as appropriate to the mission.
F. Missions and Their Priorities
Possible Missions
1. Site and roving security
2. Anti-looting
3. Team patrolling with law enforcement
4. Traffic control
5. Transportation
6. Communications support
7. Debris removal
8. Search and Rescue
9. Establishing and managing Logical Staging Areas
Missions will be prioritized based on a needs analysis of the County and by
coordination between the Levy County Emergency Management, ESF-6, the
National Guard liaison and the State liaison.
The protection and preservation of life will always precede the protection of
property. The military has authority to pre-stage at its discretion. ESF-13
may pre-stage supporting resources in order to support the military.
G. Reconnaissance Teams
1. The Civil Air Patrol will furnish aircraft and related personnel to support RECON missions.
2. The FNG will furnish Ground Support Team resources to include: vehicles, equipment and personnel.
3. Levy County will furnish individuals familiar with Levy County to assist in RECON and GST operations with local expertise.
4. Levy County will be prepared to furnish RECON and GST teams with assistance in locating staging and bivouac areas, office space and related office equipment in order for them to accomplish their missions. While these teams are expected to be self-sustaining, local assistance will expedite their mission accomplishment.
5. Levy County Emergency Management and ESF-13 staff may join RECON missions for area reconnaissance.
IV. RESPONSIBILITIES:
A. Primary Agency: Levy County Sheriff’s Office
Responsibilities:
1. Pre-incident coordination with the responsible Area Command.
2. Coordination with the Military Liaison during the incident.
3. Maintain a list of resources to support a Rapid Impact Assessment Team that should be revised and dated annually.
4. Maintain 24-hour a day staffing in the EOC if necessary.
5. Give notification to report to work to appropriate personnel.
B. Support agencies: Levy County Emergency Management Florida National Guard
Responsibilities:
1. Maintain a resource list of equipment, supplies and personnel to support a RECON that should be revised and dated annually.
2. Be prepared to assume the primary agency responsibilities in the event the military support is primarily humanitarian in nature and law enforcement or security issues are not a concern.
3. Give notification to report to work to appropriate personnel.
C. Area Command
The Gulf Area Command has responsibility for coordinating with Levy County. The GAC is actually the 53rd Infantry Brigade, Headquartered in Tampa.
53rd Infantry Brigade
514 North Howard Avenue
Tampa, Florida 33606-1245
(813) 272-2622
V. NATIONAL GUARD LOGISTICAL SUPPORT
A. Self-Containment
FLNG units are self-sustaining mode. They will be prepared to feed their personnel, furnish communications systems, shelter in tents if necessary, attend to their own minor medical and environmental health needs, furnish their transportation and maintenance and conduct their own office administration.
B. Operating Needs
1. Staging Area Requirements
a. A hard stand or large paved area to accommodate numerous vehicles up to five-ton capacity.
b. If possible, they should have some area lighting, such as that provided in a large grocery store or strip mall parking lot.
c. Portable toilet facilities are desirable.
d. Some enclosed or sheltered area is desirable.
2. Bivouac Area Requirements
a. Sheltered structures. While troops may utilize tents, they cannot be established in fields that are inundated with rain and the fallout from wind or hurricane activity until they are cleared and drained.
b. Areas suitable for portable toilets and field showers.
c. Areas suitable for administrative tents to be established.
d. If possible, Levy County should attempt to locate vacant buildings that can be used for sheltering of troop and administrative functions.
3. Operational Headquarters Area.
a. Established near or adjacent to the Levy County EOC.
b. A fixed or mobile structure to protect communications equipment, wall boards, maps and related items from the elements.
VI. RECOVERY
Due to the high cost of using the military and the military’s need to return to their normal operations, it is unlikely that the military will be involved in recovery operations of any duration. Should the military should remain for recovery operations this ESF will remain in place.
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