VOLUSIA COUNTY SITUATION REPORT # 46
(status changes made since last report shown in bold black type)
EVENT: WILDFIRES 1998
DATE / TIME: July 2, 1998 @ 16:00 hrs
EOC ACTIVATION LEVEL : 4
LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARATION : ISSUED JUNE 22, 1998 AT 1 P.M. RETROACTIVE TO JUNE 20, 1998
DATE OF EXPIRATION : Was extended for another seven days. Effective now until July 3, 1998
CONTACT NUMBERS FOR COUNTY EOC AND PIO: (904)254-1500
COUNTY ESF-5 FAX : (904) 258-4096
SUMMARY OF FIRE ACTIVITY
NUMBER OF FIRES TO DATE: 69
LOCATION(S) OF FIRES TO DATE : FIRES LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY
DUE TO NUMBER OF FIRES AND FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE, THIS REPORT FOCUSES UPON NEW FIRE EVENTS ONLY.
Numerous outbreaks are occurring throughout the county but these are the major areas of utmost concern at this time:
I-95, 2 miles south of US 1 between Tymber Creek Road and Durrance Lane in the Ormond Beach area (crews on site). This fire has entered Volusia County from Flagler County and is causing evacuations.
Williamson Boulevard between Hand Avenue and Clyde Morris Boulevard in the Ormond Beach area (crews on site). This fire has caused evacuations which are ongoing. There are various spot fires.
I-95 and US 1, Volusia/Flagler County Line
I-95 at SR 442 exit - mile marker 233/234 (City of New Smyrna Beach is assisting Edgewater). This fire is causing evacuations. This fire has been temporarily contained in Crane Swamp.
I-95 North of SR 442 - mile marker 239
Adjacent to the Volusia-Brevard County Line...this fire has jumped I-95 and US 1 at the County Line
Lake Mamie area (east of Hwy 17, south of SR 15-A, north of DeLand) Fire is currently contained by the City of DeLand. There was a break out along the left flank that has been controlled.
Lafayette Landings Complex. Portions of the eastern flank of this fire north of US 92 have jumped I-95 and are currently burning into the Daytona Beach/Ormond Beach area.
NUMBER OF MAJOR/SIGNIFICANT FIRES PRESENTLY ACTIVE: 9
ACREAGE OF FIRES CURRENTLY ACTIVE: ESTIMATED TOTAL ACREAGE, APPROXIMATELY 90,000+
SUPPRESSION EFFORTS UNDERWAY : The policy is to protect life first. Protection of structures will be prioritized based on field conditions. A unified command consisting of Volusia and Flagler Counties and the City of Ormond Beach has been coordinated with DOF. It has been determined that some fires may be suspicious in nature. Air reconnaissance flights are being done by the U.S. Forest Service out of New Smyrna Beach and DeLand airports. County firefighting resources have established three primary protection areas to combat fires : Daytona Beach/LPGA area, Ormond Beach , and Indigo Lakes area.
MUTUAL AID: (**Local resources are exhausted**)
- Resources from other states are present.
- State ESF 4 and 9 have 107 firefighters through the Fire Chief’s Association. An additional 92 mutual aid firefighters were requested and have arrived. 199 are confirmed here with additional fire personnel continuing to arrive.
- The State Fire Marshal’s Office has sent 8 people.
- A total of 32 National Guard personnel and 15 vehicles are present and in the direct control of the County Emergency Operations. 2,988 MREs have arrived.
- Federal Incident Command (Blue Team) has provided a 38 person overhead team that arrived on Saturday (6/27). They brought 5 "hot shot" teams which consist of 20 personnel per team, and included a Type I helicopter equipped with a 2000 gal water tank, 2 Type II helicopters and 1 tactical aircraft for aerial spotting. The U.S. Forest Service/DOF sent 104 firefighters and an additional 164 firefighters will be arriving Sunday. They have provided 16 tractor plow units and 30 engines.
- 9 PIO’s have arrived to assist with media inquiries. Two additional PIO’s have arrived.
- The Salvation Army has undertaken all field food as of Monday, 6/29/98. A new warehouse for storage & distribution has been established at the Daytona Mall (Nova Road).
- A Fire Behavior Analyst has arrived.
- A large tent is going to be set up by the Florida National Guard just west of I-95 on State Road 40 as a rest area and food only.
- 33 US Marine Corp personnel are en route from Camp Lejuene are replacing a bridge on Rima Ridge Road. The intent of the bridge is to facilitate heavy equipment traffic between US 92 and State Road 40 in the event I-95 and other north-south arteries are congested with traffic. - Temporary bridge was installed on July 2, 1998; however, the bridge had to be removed due to impending fires.
- The Salvation Army has requested State assistance for "ice" provisions.
- An additional 25 National Guardsmen and 10 Humvees are being requested.
OTHER:
- Two State Division of Emergency Management liaisons are on the scene.
- State Division of Forestry liaison present in Fire Command
- National Guard liaison present as ESF 13 in CEOC.
INJURIES / CASUALTIES
INJURIES (MINOR) TO DATE : 8 (firefighters) +1 fire contractor
FATALITIES TO DATE : 0
MISSING PERSONS TO DATE : 0
STATUS OF MISSING PERSONS : N/A
PROPERTY / INFRASTRUCTURE IMPACTED
HOMES THREATENED : ±29,000 homes threatened in various areas around Volusia County including 20,000 homes in the Daytona Beach and Ormond Beach area. Until reports start coming from the field, exact damages will remain unknown.
HOMES DESTROYED/DAMAGED : 2 homes destroyed and 10 mobile homes damaged in Ormond Beach.
BUSINESSES THREATENED : 5
BUSINESSES DAMAGED/DESTROYED : 4 businesses in the Ormond Beach area were destroyed.
OTHER STRUCTURES THREATENED : Unknown
OTHER STRUCTURES DAMAGED : Unknown
OTHER STRUCTURES DESTROYED : 15 (miscellaneous hunting camp structures)
VEHICLES DAMAGED : 3 (two automobiles and a boat)
VEHICLES DESTROYED : Unknown
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPACTED: City of Ormond Beach Airport has been closed. The Daytona Beach Water Plant located on LPGA Blvd. may be operating on generator power. A regional FPL switching dispatch facility is in harms way. In addition an FPL substation which serves as a primary facility for Daytona Beach is of concern. Telephone communications are very congested. In addition, traffic on communication radios is very heavy. FPL has reported that 4000 customers in the Flagler and north Volusia area without power.
ROADS CLOSED:
I-95, Brevard to Jacksonville.
Tymber Creek between Broadway and Airport
US 1 between SR 40 and Flagler County Line
US 1 Southbound, South of Kennedy Parkway
Clyde Morris between SR 40 to LPGA Boulevard
Willamson, between SR 40 to LPGA Boulevard
SR 44 from Fairgrounds to SR 415
LPGA, between I-95 to US 92 (Daytona Beach)
Willamson, between US 92 to SR 40
Clyde Morris, between Jimmy Ann and SR 40
Mason Avenue, between Jimmy Ann and Willamson Boulevard
Jimmy Ann Closed from Volusia Mall to LPGA
EVACUATIONS / SHELTERS
AREA(S) EVACUATED: No re-entry into any mandatory areas at this time.
Voluntary Evacuation Areas:
Cow Creek Road from SR 442 South to Volco Road
Rodeo Road, West of Ormond Beach
Daytona Pines, West end of Fleming Avenue
Ormond Lakes (Ormond Beach)
Quail Ranch Road (Lake Ashby Area)
Hunting Camp/Rasley/Archie Road (Lake Ashby Area)
Durrance Lane, Durrance areas west of Ormond Beach
Florida Shores Sub., Edgewater, S of SR 442/Hibiscus west to City Limits
Mandatory Evacuations:
Ormond Beach
Airport Road North to Durrance Lane
Tymber Creek Road, west to the Powerline
Breakaway Trails
All of Ormond Beach, west of Nova Road
Aberdeen subdivision (Willamson/Hand Avenue)
River Bend, (South of SR 40/Booth Road)
North of Airport incl. Pineland Trails by Hope/Timothy Street
Village of Pine Run by Hope/Timothy Street
Ormond Green Subdivision
Spring Meadow subdivision
Broadwater Subdivision
Bear Creek Subdivision
Hunters Ridge
Tymber Creek subdivision
Daytona Beach
LPGA residential community
Derbyshire/Jimmy Ann Drive Area
Mason Avenue, Both sides Bill France to Willamson
Jimmy Ann Drive, Volusia Mall to LPGA
West of Derbyshire, North of LPGA
Indigo Lakes Subdivision
North Tomoka Farms Road off US 92
Thames Road and US 92
Unincorporated Areas
Ranchette Road, South of SR 44 near New Smyrna
Evacuation of Hunting Camp Road near New Smyrna Beach
Rima Ridge, west of Ormond Beach
Sunshine Campground U.S. 1 and I -95 north of Ormond Beach
Evacuation of 6 homes along North Pine and Burnsed Road in Pierson.
Town and Country Trailer Park southwest corner of Bellevue and Tomoka Farms Road
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS EVACUATED: Approximately 29,000
NUMBER OF EVACUEES : Unknown
SHELTERS OPEN :
Sweetwater Elementary, Port Orange
Spruce Creek Elementary, Port Orange
Spruce Creek High, Port Orange
First United Methodist Church, Ormond Beach
First Baptist Church of Oak Hill
Seabreeze High School
Temple Israel, Daytona Beach
Mount Bethel Baptist, Daytona Beach
Mainland High School, Daytona Beach
Atlantic High, New Smyrna Beach
Fairgrounds, DeLand
SHELTER POPULATION : 390 as of 16:00 hrs - July 2
SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATION : 139
NUMBER OF SHELTERS ON STANDBY : 3
NSB Recreation Center
South Daytona Community Center
DeLand YMCA
BILLETING FOR SUPPORT CREWS :
FEDERAL BLUE TEAM
1. DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL - 104 CREW MEMBERS
2. DELAND HIGH SCHOOL - 200 CREW MEMBERS
3. DELTONA HIGH SCHOOL -STANDBY
4. VOLUSIA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS-FEDERAL OVERHEAD SOUTHERN BLUE TEAM
MUTUAL AID
1. ERAU - 78 CREW MEMBERS
2. STETSON - @ CAPACITY 300+ CREW MEMBERS
MISCELLANEOUS
STATUS OF FIREWORKS BAN AND OTHER BURN CONTROLS: Volusia County passed an ordinance on Thursday, June 25, 1998, banning the sale and use of fireworks in unincorporated and incorporated areas. All vendors including those who sell fireworks in tent sales have voluntarily agreed not to sell any fireworks to individuals in Volusia County. Firework shows have been voluntarily canceled in the cities of DeLand, DeBary, Deltona, Port Orange, Edgewater, Ormond Beach. Holly Hill has issued an emergency order banning fireworks. Pierson has also passed an ordinance to ban fireworks. The Governor has issued a statewide ban on fireworks.
FINANCIAL: Daily costs are estimated at $155,000 per day excluding state-wide mutual aid and additional expenditures from municipalities. Expect operations to continue for a minimum of 2 weeks. The Federal Government has declared Volusia County a disaster area and has pledged to cover 75% of local municipal firefighting cost.
FEDERAL OVERHEAD SOUTHERN BLUE TEAM: Efforts are underway to facilitate the transition from "mutual aid" to the Federal Overhead Team. Resources (food, lodging, etc.) are being secured, in cooperation with federal representatives during this period. Incident Command Post has been established at the Volusia County Fairgrounds on SR 44, east of I-4 and the City of DeLand.
FEEDING: The Salvation Army has continuing responsibility for feeding firefighters.
SPECIAL EVENTS: The Speedway has decided to postpone the PEPSI 400 scheduled for July 4th until October 17th. The Speedway has been offered as a base camp.
WEATHER REPORT: Volusia County weather observed at 16:00 hrs at the Daytona Beach Airport indicates hazy with winds E at 6 mph with gusty westerly winds 10 to 15 mph with gust up to 20-25 mph. Possible evening thunderstorms. Conditions are similar to yesterday which will make fighting the fires more difficult.
DONATIONS: First Union Bank of Orange County is taking monetary donations for Volusia County. Winn Dixie supermarkets have has agreed to deliver the following: ice to every fire station; 48000 snacks, 4000 bottles of water, 2400 rolls of toilet paper, and 1000 bars of soap.
ESTIMATED LOSS - Estimated value of loss structures (residential and commercial) to date is $2 million dollars.
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