# Presentation: 870660

## Using ITS in Helping Florida Manage Evacuations

**Bob Collins**
**Florida Division of Emergency Management**

## Category 1 Clearance Times

- Escambia

- Santa Rosa

- Walton

- Okaloosa

- Washington

- Bay

- Holmes

- Jackson

- Calhoun

- Liberty

- Leon

- Franklin

- Wakulla

- Gadsden

- Gulf

- Jefferson

- Madison

- Taylor

- Suwannee

- Hamilton

- Lafayette

- Dixie

- Columbia

- Gilchrist

- Levy

- Nassau

- Duval

- Baker

- Clay

- Union

- Bradford

- Alachua

- Marion

- Pasco

- Orange

- Seminole

- St. Johns

- Flagler

- Putnam

- Volusia

- Brevard

- Lake

- Hernando

- Citrus

- Pinellas

- Hillsborough

- Osceola

- Polk

- Sumter

- Charlotte

- DeSoto

- Lee

- Collier

- Hardee

- Hendry

- Highlands

- 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

## Category 3 Clearance Times

- Escambia

- Santa Rosa

- Walton

- Okaloosa

- Washington

- Bay

- Holmes

- Jackson

- Calhoun

- Liberty

- Leon

- Franklin

- Wakulla

- Gadsden

- Gulf

- Jefferson

- Madison

- Taylor

- Suwannee

- Hamilton

- Lafayette

- Dixie

- Columbia

- Gilchrist

- Levy

- Nassau

- Duval

- Baker

- Clay

- Union

- Bradford

- Alachua

- Marion

- Pasco

- Orange

- Seminole

- St. Johns

- Flagler

- Putnam

- Volusia

- Brevard

- Lake

- Hernando

- Citrus

- Pinellas

- Hillsborough

- Osceola

- Polk

- Sumter

- 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

## Category 5 Clearance Times

- Escambia

- Santa Rosa

- Walton

- Okaloosa

- Washington

- Bay

- Holmes

- Jackson

- Calhoun

- Liberty

- Leon

- Franklin

- Wakulla

- Gadsden

- Gulf

- Jefferson

- Madison

- Taylor

- Suwannee

- Hamilton

- Lafayette

- Dixie

- Columbia

- Gilchrist

- Levy

- Nassau

- Duval

- Baker

- Clay

- Union

- Bradford

- Alachua

- Marion

- Pasco

- Orange

- Seminole

- St. Johns

- Flagler

- Putnam

- Volusia

- Brevard

- Lake

- Hernando

- Citrus

- Pinellas

- Hillsborough

- Osceola

- Polk

- Sumter

- 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

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## Regional	 	

*	**	**Evacuation**	**	*
*	**	**	**	** **Procedures*

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## Regional Planning Elements

- 1.*	*Coordinated Decision Making
- 2.	Consistency of Evacuation
- 	Zones and Routes
- 3.	Multi-county Traffic Management
- 4.	Risk / Host Sheltering Procedures
- 5.	Consistent Public Information
- 6.	Multi-County Re-entry

## 1.  Decision Making Process:

-    Identification of Risk and Host
-     areas
-    Implementation of evacuations
-    Utilizing resources located in
-      non-vulnerable areas
-    Regional re-entry planning

## 2.   A consistent state-wide

**      ****evacuation road network**
**3.   Coordinated traffic **
**      ****management plans**
-   FDOT, FHP and DEM working
-     with County Sheriffs Offices
-    Traffic Control Points
-    Barriers and barricades

## 4.   Risk and Host Sheltering

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

## 5.   Consistent Public 

**      ****Information**

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

## Coordination

-   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

- _Coordination_

## Coordination

*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 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 Information

-   Identify critical sites for information within each region
-  Identify needed and available resources
*	**FDOT flip-down shelter signs*
*	**Portable 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 DEM
- Local input was solicited
- FHP has command and control
- DOT 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 higher
- Must 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.***

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## Evacuation Information

**Development of an interactive   traffic model (Spreadsheet)**

_**Evacuation Information**_

**Notes:**
Meeting in Atlanta first week of March to discuss this model...prototype completed

Traffic counters and video...done in april...counters around the state with two video capable...web based product

## Traffic Counters

-   Located to provide advance
- warning to receiving / host
- jurisdictions
-   Necessary to monitor road
-    conditions and evacuation status
-   Necessary for evacuation
- shutdown
-   Provide critical data for Travel
- Demand Forecast Model

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## www.dot.state.fl.us/

**www.dot.state.fl.us/**
**trafficinformation**

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## 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 transportation
- analyses
-   Eventual capability to ingest traffic
- counter 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 County Input Table**

## TDFM Evacuation Results

**TDFM Evacuation Results**

## TDFM Evacuation Results Zoom

**TDFM Evacuation Results Zoom**

## TDFM Plot

**TDFM Plot**

## TDFM County Evacuation Info - Volusia

**TDFM County Evacuation Info** **- Volusia**

## TDFM Evacuation Route Results

## TDFM Evac Route Results - Tallahassee Link

**TDFM Evac Route Results - Tallahassee Link**

## www.fematdfm.com

**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 **