National Situation Report As of 3:00 a.m. EDT, Thursday, September 8, 2017 Table of Contents

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1 National Situation Report As of 3: a.m. EDT, Thursday, September 8, 217 Table of Contents Current Operations Monitoring Recovery Overview FEMA Headquarters Status NRCC Level I (24/7) RRCCs NWC Steady State Watches FEMA Region IV - V Status R-II Level I; R-III Level III; R-IV Level I; R-VI Level I (24/7) R-VI Enhanced; all others at Steady State Common Operating Picture Total Force 1,966 Available 2,38 *N-IMATs East 1: East 2: West: 18% 6,897 Regional IMATs Other Cadres with less than 25% availability 2,31 DI 12%; DSA 15%; EHP 18%; FLDR 22%; HR: 2%; LOG: 5%; FM 2%; IA 4%; IT 5%; SAF 13%; SEC 12% FCOs / FDRCs 36 / 11 5 / 2 3 / 3 28 / 6 US&R MERS *B-2 Status: Assemble < 2-hrs, On Site < 18-hrs; B-48 Status: Assemble & deploy < 48hrs; Charlie Status: No team assemble time requirement (Back to top)

2 Current Operations Hurricane Irma Situation: Hurricane Irma (CAT 5) (Advisory #36A as of 2: a.m. EDT) Located 535 miles ESE of Miami, Florida Moving WNW at 16 mph Maximum winds are 16 mph; remaining a CAT 4 or 5 for the next couple days Hurricane-force winds extend out up to 75 miles and tropical storm force winds extend out 185 miles Hurricane Watches and Warnings are in effect Preparation/Response FEMA Headquarters: NRCC: Level I, 24/7 with all ESFs and LNOs; NWC: Steady State National IMATs: N-West (EOC, Austin); N- East-1 (R-IV RRCC); N-East-2 (EOC, Tallahassee) US&R: Red IST staging in Herndon, VA; VA- TF2 deployed to PR MERS: MCOVs in TX, USVI, PR Crisis Action Planning Team activated for Irma 15 PDA Teams on standby FEMA Corps: Teams deployed to PR and Atlanta Distribution Center Surge staffing continues for FEMA Strategic Workforce Augmentation Team (SWAT) Logistics: o ISB in PR at CAD Area Field Office o Distribution Center Atlanta o ISB at Maxwell AFB AL o Commodities sent to Seguin and Randolph Incident Support Bases (ISBs) for 12 state staging areas to support 21 Points of Distribution (PODs); providing commodity support to Beaumont and Houston o FEMA Corps members lodging on USS Lexington FEMA Region II: RRCC: Level I (day shift) with all ESFs and DCE; Level II (night shift) RWC: Steady State IMAT A: to St. Croix, USVI IMAT B: deployed to USVI and PR IMAT C: to PR o US Virgin Islands (USVI) at Full Activation; State of Emergency declared Puerto Rico (PR) at EOC at Full Activation; State of Emergency declared 2 (Back to top)

3 FEMA Region III: RRCC: Level III IMAT-1: to Virginia EOC FEMA Region IV: RRCC: Level I IMAT-1: to FL EOC IMAT-2: to SC EOC LNOs deployed to FL, GA, NC, and SC EOCs Regional Hurricane Liaison Team (HLT) to NHC FL EOC at Full Activation; Governor declared State of Emergency SC EOC at Monitoring; Governor declared a State of Emergency GA EOC at Partial Activation; Governor declared a State of Emergency FEMA Region VI: RRCC: Level II; Watch: Enhanced/Denton MOC (24/7) IMAT-1: (Corpus Christi) IMAT-2: (TX EOC, Austin) o Type 3 IMAT deploying to Baton Rouge, LA to establish and IOF at the JFO (Irma) LNOs deployed to TX and LA TX EOC at Full Activation; OK & AR EOCs at Monitoring Other FEMA Region Support for Harvey/Irma: Region V IMAT: to San Antonio, TX Region VII IMAT: to Houston, TX Region VIII IMAT: to Austin, TX Region X IMAT: to PR Remnants of Harvey Situation: Response and recovery efforts continue throughout the TX and LA Gulf Coast Impacts: FEMA Modeling indicates of 2.7M homes across 29 counties impacted Transportation: flooding continues to hinder traffic on roads and bridges Communications: 13k landline customers out of service Medical: 7 hospitals remain closed Power Outages: Negligible power outages reported throughout region Joint Preliminary Damage Assessments: FEMA Region VI IX State / Location NM AZ Event Severe Thunderstorms August 3, 217 Excessive Rainfall July 23-24, 217 IA/PA Number of Counties Requested Completed Start-End IA N/A PA 1 Sep 6 TBD IA N/A PA 1 Sept 6 TBD 3 (Back to top)

4 Declaration Activity: Major Disaster Declaration (FEMA-4335-DR) for USVI On September 7, 217 the President approved a Major Disaster Declaration for the Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands as a result of Hurricane Irma, beginning September 6, 217 and continuing Provides: Individual Assistance for the islands of St. John and St. Thomas, Public Assistance for all islands in the Territory (Categories A & B), including direct federal assistance, and Hazard Mitigation for all islands in the territory The FCO is William L. Vogel Emergency Declaration (FEMA-3386-EM) - South Carolina The President approved an Emergency Declaration on September 7, 217 for Tropical Cyclone Irma, beginning on September 6, 217 and continuing Provides: Emergency Protective Measures (Category B), including direct federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program for 46 counties and the Catawba Indian Nation The FCO is Willie G. Nunn Request for Emergency Declaration Georgia The Governor is requesting an emergency declaration for the State as a result of Hurricane Irma beginning September 7, 217 and continuing Specifically requesting Debris removal and emergency protective measures (Categories A and B), including direct federal assistance for 3 counties Monitoring / Potential Future Operations Tropical Activity: Atlantic: Hurricane Irma (See above) Hurricane Katia (as of 2: a.m. EDT) Located 18 miles ESE of Tampico, Mexico Moving WSW at 3 mph; expected to make landfall by early Saturday Maximum winds are 85 mph Tropical Storm Jose (as of 2: a.m. EDT) Located 6 miles ESE of the Leeward Islands Moving W at 18 mph; motion expected to continue for the next couple days Maximum winds are 12 mph; some strengthening forecast Eastern Pacific: No tropical cyclones are expected in the next five days Central Pacific: No tropical cyclones are expected in the next five days Western Pacific: No activity threatening U.S. territories Significant Weather: Rain and thunderstorms are forecast over much of the western states, from the Great Lakes to the Northeast, and the Florida Peninsula. Flash flooding possible in the Southwest. 4 (Back to top)

5 Space Weather: Geomagnetic storms reaching the G4 level, solar radiation storms reaching the S2 level and radio blackouts reaching the R3 level occurred. Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be strong with geomagnetic storms reaching the G3 level, solar radiation storms reaching the S2 level, and radio blackouts reaching the R2 level expected. Potential Impacts: o Area of impact primarily poleward of 5 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude o Navigation - Intermittent satellite navigation (GPS) problems, including loss-of-lock and increased range error may occur o Radio - HF (high frequency) radio may be intermittent o Aurora - Aurora may be seen as low as Pennsylvania to Iowa to Oregon Wildfires: See Table below Fire Name (County) FMAG # (Approved Date) Acres Burned Percent Contained Evacuations (Residents) Structures Threatened Damaged Destroyed Fatalities / Injuries California (4) Helena (Trinity) Railroad (Madera & Mariposa) Mission ( Madera) 5199-FM-CA Sept FM-CA Sept FM-CA Sept 4 2,292 +4,412 12, ,35 4% +1 5% +7 4% +25 5,25 (4, homes) 511 (5 homes) 237 (237 homes) 8 (4 homes) 8 (4 homes) 133 (72 homes) 17 (5 homes) 3 (3 homes) / 2 1 / 5 / Pier (Tulare) 525-FM-CA Sept 5 24,225 +3,361 35% (6 homes) 2 (no homes) / 5 Oregon (2) Chetco Bar (Curry) 5198-FM-OR August 2 177, % 12,286 (8,523 homes) 9 (1 home) 3 (6 homes) / 3 Eagle Creek (Hood River) 523-FM-OR Sept 3 33,382 +2,453 7% +2 5,23 (5,23 homes) 4 (4 homes) / Washington (1) Jolly Mountain (Kittitas) 52-FM-WA Sept 2 26,325 +1,811 8% +3 5,277 (4,24 homes) / 5 Earthquakes: At 2149 PDT, a M8. earthquake was detected off the coast of Chiapas, Mexico at a depth of 2 miles. The NTWC has issued a statement indicating that there is NO TSUNAMI DANGER for the West Coast of the US. There is a potential tsunami risk to neighboring areas. A tsunami threat message was issued indicating tsunami waves are forecast for some coasts. Waves reaching more than 3 meters above the tide level are possible along some coasts of Mexico. Waves reaching up to 1 meter above the tide level are possible for the Cook Islands, Ecuador, French Polynesia, Guatemala, and Kiribati. Waves less than.3 meters above the tide level are possible in other surrounding areas. Recovery Operations (Updated Weekly on Tuesdays) 5 (Back to top)

6 Acronyms / Abbreviations & Terms ARC DC DCE DDC DHAT DLA DoD DR EM EOC ESF FCO FDRC FMAG FMC HEPP IA IMAT IOF IST JFO LNO MA MERS NHC N-IMAT NMC NOAA NWC NWS PA PDA PR PDA PMC TF USVI VJFO American Red Cross Distribution Center Defense Coordinating Element Deployable Distribution Capability Disaster Housing Assistance Team Defense Logistics Agency Department of Defense Major Disaster Declaration Emergency Declaration Emergency Operations Center Emergency Support Functions Federal Coordinating Officer Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinator Fire Management Assistance Grant Fully Mission Capable Hazardous Equipment Push Packages Individual Assistance Program Incident Management Assistance Team Initial Operating Facility Incident Support Team Joint Field Office Liaison Officer Mission Assignment Mobile Emergency Response Support Teams National Hurricane Center National Incident Management Assistance Team Non-Mission Capable National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration National Watch Center National Weather Service Public Assistance Program Preliminary Damage Assessment Puerto Rico Preliminary Damage Assessments Partially Mission Capable Task Force U.S. Virgin Islands Virtual Joint Field Office 6 (Back to top)