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Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned. Who are you going to call?. Sending Aid/Assistance. National Incident Management System All staff need to be adequately trained and certified Deploy as Self-Sufficient Emergency food supply; sleeping considerations; cash versus credit, etc. Physically and Mentally Prepared

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Lessons Learned

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  1. Lessons Learned Utilities Helping Utilities

  2. Who are you going to call? Utilities Helping Utilities

  3. Sending Aid/Assistance • National Incident Management System • All staff need to be adequately trained and certified • Deploy as Self-Sufficient • Emergency food supply; sleeping considerations; cash versus credit, etc. • Physically and Mentally Prepared • Medically able (fitness; inoculations; etc.) • Briefed on conditions Utilities Helping Utilities

  4. Pre-Deployment Agreement • Lodging and Other Accommodations • Communications • Employee accountability • Types of works assignments • Union acceptance • Documentation • Track costs and work • Reimbursement • Pay within agreed upon schedule • Affected utility seeks FEMA reimbursement Utilities Helping Utilities

  5. Standards? Utilities Helping Utilities

  6. Safety Considerations Utilities Helping Utilities

  7. How are you going to get there? Utilities Helping Utilities

  8. Any special resource needs? Utilities Helping Utilities

  9. How quickly do we deploy? Utilities Helping Utilities

  10. Any special challenges? Utilities Helping Utilities

  11. So Cal Fires Lessons Learned Oct - Nov 2007 Luke Schroder,14, looks at the smoke-filled sky after surfing. Evacuations and road closures kept many from the beach.(Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times)October 21, 2007 Utilities Helping Utilities

  12. Firefighter Jason Falarski battles to save a house in Poway on Monday. For many in San Diego County, the scene was reminiscent of the deadly 2003 Cedar fire. Several hundred thousand people evacuated their homes as wildfires flared across the county, but the size of the exodus made escape impossible for some.(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)October 22, 2007 Utilities Helping Utilities

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  14. October 21, 2007 Utilities Helping Utilities

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  16. San Diego CountyWitch Fire –197,990 acres Harris Fire – 90,440 acres Poomacha Fire – 49,540 acres Rice Fire – 9,472 acres Horno/Ammo Fire – 21,004 acres San Bernardino CountySlide Fire – 12,759 acres • Orange County • Santiago Fire - 28,500 acres • Los Angeles County • Ranch Fire – 58,401 acresBuckweed Fire – 38,356 acres Utilities Helping Utilities

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  18. Overview • 23 fires burned from Oct. 20 to Nov. 9 • Wind gusts of 110 mph; low humidity • 10 confirmed fire-related fatalities - 139 injured • 517,267 acres burned • 3,204 structures destroyed $473,680,500 • 2,233 homes, 5 businesses, 966 outbuildings • Lost furnishings and household goods $400,000,000 • Estimated responders overtime pay $100,000,000 • Lost economic activity $893,000,000 • Initial estimate of losses - $2 Billion • Largest evacuation in California’s history Utilities Helping Utilities

  19. Smoke from the Lake Arrowhead fires drifts across a blue sky seen from I-15 near Hesperia.(Submitted to Your Scene By Oceansider) Utilities Helping Utilities

  20. Evacuation Area Utilities Helping Utilities

  21. Re-Entry Area Utilities Helping Utilities

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  23. Water System Impacts • Boil Water • 27 water systems in San Diego County • 2,522 connections • Do Not Use • Ramona Water District • Evacuation order included “turn on sprinklers” request • No pump power – negative pressure - ground Water intrusion concerns • Conflict between State and County Health directions • Alternate Uses • Helo pickup at prime water sources • Potable water distribution sites Utilities Helping Utilities

  24. David Ottesen, 16, tries to douse embers before firefighters reach his and his parents' property on Bent Tree Court in Poway on Monday. “They just went to town on every single flame that was in our backyard,” said David, a high school junior. “We probably wouldn’t have a house if they hadn’t come.”(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)October 22, 2007 Utilities Helping Utilities

  25. Mutual Aid Decisions Utilities Helping Utilities

  26. Response to the Fires • San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) • Wholesale distributor to 24 utilities • Represents member utilities at specific programs • Sits at the County Emergency Operations Center during emergencies • San Diego Local Mutual Aid • Own mutual aid agreement among distributors • Several members are also CalWARN members Utilities Helping Utilities

  27. Mutual Aid Response • Requests from local utilities managed by SDCWA • Ramona and others requested aid from SDCWA • SDCWA contacted other utilities within the county • Response from the San Diego utilities • E-mail request sent out to county members • 20 minutes later 105 resources gathered from 16 unaffected utilities • Sufficient resources among the SDCWA member utilities to manage the event Utilities Helping Utilities

  28. A firefighting helicopter passes over Amy Berling while she hoses the yard of a friend as flames approach the south Escondido home Tuesday afternoon.(Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)October 23, 2007 Utilities Helping Utilities

  29. Resource Needs • Resources provided • Operators Mechanics Electricians • Water Quality Techs • Water buffaloes for firefighting and cattle • Bottled water distribution • County managed • Local distribution points established with the utility input • State Office of Emergency Services Guidance • www.oes.ca.gov • http://www.oes.ca.gov/Operational/OESHome.nsf/PDF/Drinking%20Water%20Guidance/$file/DrinkWaterGd.pdf Utilities Helping Utilities

  30. Ariel Yue peers from a tent at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego on Tuesday. Provisions, and volunteers to give them to thousands of evacuees, were abundant. The last of the evacuees departed the stadium Friday, and the San Diego Chargers announced they would play there Sunday, as scheduled.(Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times) Utilities Helping Utilities

  31. Challenges • Conditions changing drastically in an hour • Damage data not available until after a fire passes • Public messages not clear on water systems • Upper levels beyond county (region and state) not aware of mutual aid requests or response • Reports of outages and evacuations remind listeners of past disasters – magnitude implies need for help • Employee safety – no communications – unfamiliar surroundings – fire moving and shifting around Utilities Helping Utilities

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  33. The Camp Pendleton Fire raged on Tuesday evening.(Submitted to YourScene by mitchellson)Can’t put this out with bottled water or without dedication of water utility and mutual aid. Utilities Helping Utilities

  34. That’s All Folks… • Questions • Contact rayriordan@comcast.net 925.830.9019 Utilities Helping Utilities

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