Daily Disaster Update Information distributed to Disaster Notifications should be shared outside of the American Red Cross for business and mission critical purposes only please be wise when sharing information with external parties by providing appropriate context and referral on internal Red Cross information. The Daily Disaster Update is distributed to Disaster Notifications every weekday to all volunteers and staff with a redcross.org email address. Instructions for opting-in/out of Disaster Notifications are at the bottom of the original email. Location Status Red Cross DOCC Activation 1 FEMA NRCC Steady State Today (as of 6am) Yesterday (Past 24hrs) Tuesday Shelter Activity Open Shelters 33 (+2) 31 (+13) 18 Shelter Population 1707 (+130) 1577 (-101) 1678 Significant Incidents & Local Response Activity Significant Incidents (IIRs) 0 (-11) 11 (+7) 4 Home Fire Responses 4 (-133) 137 (-3) 140 Other Responses 0 (-11) 11 (-4) 15 Disaster Relief (DR) Operation Activity New DRs 0 5 0 Active DRs 19 Demobilizing DRs 14 Closing DRs 6 Workforce Activity* Total Workforce Deployed 2784 (-157) 2941 (-137) 3078 New Workforce Requests 0 (No Change) 0 (No Change) 0 Pending Workforce Requests 0 (-17) 17 (-13) 30 * Work force Activity represents the Last 31 days SOURCES: National Shelter System (NSS); Initial Incident Reports (IIRs) submitted by the field for responses of significance; Client Assistance System (CAS) reported responses includes DR and IIRs with cases, but doesn t include responses without cases (i.e. canteen responses); Disaster Services Automated Reporting System (DSARS) responses escalated to a DR (over $10,000); Volunteer Connection (VC) daily reports.
Significant Incident Summary Wednesday, August 31 to Thursday, September 01 at 6am 08/31/2016 Search and Rescue SE and Caribbean Division AL Alabama Region A water search and rescue has taken place. Volunteers are providing canteening services. DMH and spiritual care are on standby. 08/31/2016 Single-Family Fire SE and Caribbean Division FL Central Florida Region A single family fire has resulted in a fatality. DAT is responding at medical facility. 08/31/2016 Single-Family Fire North Central Division KS Kansas Nebraska SW Iowa Region Coffeyville, Kansas authorities say a person died in a house fire Wednesday morning. Firefighters were called to the home in the 300 block of West 3rd Street at around 7:30 a.m. As they arrived, firefighters said they could see fire through a bedroom window. Fire Chief James Grimmett told KGGF Red Cross was on the scene. Casework provided. 08/31/2016 Multi-Family Fire North Central Division MN Minnesota Region Two floors of an apartment building with an elderly population were evacuated due to a fire in Nobles on Wednesday. About 6 people were sent to the hospital. Red Cross will provided assistance as needed. 08/31/2016 Transportation Incident Pacific Division AK ARC of Alaska Region There was mid-air collision between RAVN (commericial airline) and a private plane near Russian Mission, Alaska. NTSB confirmed 6 fatalities and is sending investigators and a Transportation Disaster Assistance staff member to Alaska. We were contacted simultaneously by RAVN and NTSB. RAVN requested emotional support for family and employees at the Kenai Station and requested emotional support in Anchorage at the Operations Center. We are in the process of coordinating our volunteer and partner resources. 08/31/2016 Forest Fire Pacific Division CA Desert to the Sea Region Wildfire started at approximately 0500 hours 8/31/16. Slow moving fire up to 125 acres by 1200. Only homes in sparsely populated area are mountain cabins. Currently no homes threatened. Organizing and deploying shelter team Establishing Reception & Care Center at: Silverado Community Center: 27641 Silverado Canyon Rd, Silverado, CA Canteen deployed to Reception & Care Center to provide support Orange County OA EOC staffed by Red Cross government liaison SOURCES: Initial Incident Reports (IIRs) submitted by the Regions for significant Red Cross responses. Triggers for an IIR are evacuation / displacement, fatality, multiple serious injuries, significant media coverage, shelter open / standby, EOC open / standby, civil disturbance / terrorism, transportation incident, disease outbreak, divisional mutual aid, cost to exceed $10,000, staff / volunteer injured, or facility damage.
DR & Significant Incident Map [click for live interactive web map] SOURCES: Esri ArcGIS Online Map pulling DR and incident information from Initial Incident Reports (IIRs), Disaster Services Automated Reporting System (DSARS), and National Shelter System (NSS).
Response Operations Activity DR # DR Name State Disaster Date Level Division # Days Open Last Update DR Status 898-17 KY 07/16 FLT KY 7/3/2016 3 Crossroads 54 8/26/2016 Closed 894-16 WV 6/16 FLD WV 6/23/2016 5 Crossroads 63 8/25/2016 Demob 879-16 Northern Illinois 5/31 OST IL 5/31/2016 2 North Central 90 8/29/2016 Demob 876-16 Texas 5/16 FLT TX 5/26/2016 6 SWARM 91 8/25/2016 Demob 097-17 El Paso CO 8/16 FLD CO 8/29/2016 2 SWARM 3 8/29/2016 Active 096-17 TS Hermine SC 8/16 HUR SC 8/31/2016 3 Mid Atlantic 1 8/31/2016 Active 094-17 North Carolina 8/16 HUR NC 8/31/2016 3 Mid Atlantic 1 8/31/2016 Active 093-17 Georgia 8/16 TS GA 8/31/2016 3 SE and Caribbean 0 8/31/2016 Active 092-17 Long Island NY 8/16 BDC NY 8/30/2016 2 Northeast 0 8/30/2016 Demob 091-17 Eastern NC 8/16 HUR NC 8/29/2016 2 Mid Atlantic 3 8/29/2016 Active 090-17 Hawaii 8/16 HUR HI 8/29/2016 3 Pacific 2 8/31/2016 Active 089-17 Connellsville PA 8/16 FLD PA 8/28/2016 2 Mid Atlantic 3 8/31/2016 Active 088-17 Lawrence MA 8/16 MFF MA 8/25/2016 2 Northeast 6 8/31/2016 Active 087-17 Northeast IA 8/16 FLD IA 8/23/2016 2 North Central 7 8/30/2016 Active 086-17 West Central OH 8/16 TOR OH 8/24/2016 2 Crossroads 5 8/29/2016 Closed 085-17 Indiana 8/16 Tornadoes IN 8/24/2016 2 Crossroads 3 8/27/2016 Closed 084-17 Florida 8/16 HUR FL 8/24/2016 3 SE and Caribbean 7 8/31/2016 Active 083-17 Lincoln Co WA 08/16 FOR WA 8/21/2016 2 Pacific 10 8/31/2016 Active 082-17 Mulvane KS 8/16 Floods KS 8/20/2016 2 North Central 11 8/31/2016 Active 080-17 West MI 8/16 TOR MI 8/20/2016 2 Crossroads 6 8/26/2016 Active 078-17 Sheboygan WI 8/16 MFF WI 8/21/2016 2 North Central 4 8/25/2016 Active 077-17 Central CA 8/16 FOR CA 8/16/2016 3 Pacific 15 8/31/2016 Active 076-17 West Central WI 8/16 FLD WI 8/11/2016 2 North Central 14 8/25/2016 Demob 075-17 Staten Island NY 8/16 MFF NY 8/18/2016 2 Northeast 7 8/25/2016 Closed 073-17 IN 8/16 FLT IN 8/16/2016 4 Crossroads 15 8/31/2016 Active 071-17 Blue Cut Fire CA 8/16 FOR CA 8/16/2016 3 Pacific 14 8/30/2016 Demob 070-17 Yonkers NY 8/16 MFF NY 8/15/2016 2 Northeast 16 8/31/2016 Closed 067-17 Clayton Fire CA 8/16 FOR CA 8/13/2016 4 Pacific 18 8/31/2016 Active 066-17 Monroe, OH 8/16 MFF OH 8/13/2016 2 Crossroads 16 8/29/2016 Demob 064-17 South MS 8/16 FLD MS 8/12/2016 3 SE and Caribbean 17 8/29/2016 Active 063-17 Louisiana 8/16 FLD LA 8/12/2016 7 SE and Caribbean 19 8/31/2016 Active 061-17 Lockport NY 8/16 ICF NY 8/11/2016 2 Northeast 13 8/24/2016 Demob 060-17 Silver Spring MD 8/16 MFF MD 8/11/2016 3 Mid Atlantic 19 8/30/2016 Demob 058-17 S. Holland IL 7/16 Storm IL 7/29/2016 3 North Central 32 8/30/2016 Demob 056-17 Duquesne PA 7/16 MFF PA 7/19/2016 2 Mid Atlantic 36 8/24/2016 Closed 055-17 Lockhart TX 7/16 TRA TX 7/30/2016 2 SWARM 27 8/26/2016 Demob
35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Midnight Shelter & Population Count 33 Shelters Open 1,707 (+2) from yesterday Past 7 Days of Open Shelters 20 21 19 19 19 18 18 18 18 17 1 1 1 1 1 20 31 33 22 11 11 8/26 8/27 8/28 8/29 8/30 8/31 9/1 Red Cross Shelters Independent Shelters 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 2164 2144 People Sheltered (+130) from yesterday Past 7 Days of Shelter Populations 1850 1789 1825 1764 1550 1525 1678 1577 1707 1653 1552 1489 20 25 25 25 25 25 218 8/26 8/27 8/28 8/29 8/30 8/31 9/1 Red Cross Population Independent Population Cincinnati, OH Flood 063-17 Louisiana 8/16 FLD 063-17 Louisiana 8/16 FLD 073-17 St Joseph IN 8/16 FLD ARC Network Shelter ARC Network Shelter(s): 12 (No Change) Independent Shelter(s): 1 (No Change) ARC Network Shelter(s): 1 (No Change) Pop: 2 (-1) Pop: 1462 (-45) Pop: 25 (No Change) Pop: 11 (-1) 084-17 Florida Hurr Prep 8/16 090-17 Hawaii 8/16 HUR 090-17 Hawaii 8/16 HUR ARC Network Shelter(s): 4 (New) ARC Network Shelter(s): 4 (No Change) Independent Shelter(s): 10 (No Change) Pop: 12 (New) Pop: 2 (+2) Pop: 193 (+193) SOURCE: American Red Cross National Shelter System (NSS) and http://www.redcross.org/find-help/shelter. Shelter numbers are published as of approximately 4:30am (EST) this morning. Disaster Response (DR) shelters are categorized as ARC Network (all ARC shelter types) or Independent.
SOURCE: The National Weather Service Report is prepared by the NWS Operations Center http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/national_forecast/natfcst.php. NOAA Hurricane information, weather outlooks, and additional maps can be found at http://maps.redcross.org/website/tropical/arc_tropical_links.html. National Weather Service Report 3-7 Day U.S. Hazards Outlook Countdown to the end of the 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season Days 90 T o d a y Atlantic T o m o r r o w Pacific