Senior Leadership Briefing Oroville Dam Spillway Failure Wednesday, February 15, 2017 (5:00 a.m. EST) Updates in Blue The Current Situation: California Department of Water Resources (DWR) continues to monitor Lake Oroville s main and emergency spillways. No major concern has been identified with the erosion on the main spillway; it is not expected to expand further upstream and approach the spillway gates, nor compromise the Oroville dam structure. Emergency spillway has no release and is undergoing inspection and repair; crews are moving large rocks and gravel into damaged areas. DWR continues flow down the main spillway to decrease the lake level. DWR reports the current lake level is 882 feet (-9.4 feet in 24 hours); target is 850 feet by February 18, 2017. Current releases remain within capacity of downstream channels. (California Data Exchange Center, 3:00 a.m. EST, February 15, 2017) Weather Outlook: Rain will begin on Wednesday continuing into Thursday and may be heavy at times, with temperatures in the 50s. South southeast winds will be between 10 and 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%, with new rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible on Wednesday and between a half and three quarters of an inch on Thursday. The weekend will likely bring additional showers with the chance of precipitation through Sunday. (NOAA website 3:13 a.m. EST February 15, 2017) Precipitation Outlook 1
Impact Summary: Injuries / Fatalities: None reported Evacuations: Evacuation orders for Butte, Sutter and Yuba counties are changed to Advisory (FEMA RIX Shift Change Brief, 7:00 p.m. PST, February 14, 2017) Power Outages. None reported (Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability; email; 11:11 a.m. EST February 14, 2017) Facilities: Kelly Ridge Powerhouse, located below Oroville Dam, is flooded, and there is potential for the release of 500 gallons of turbine oil. The Environmental Protection Agency is responding under its own authority and reports no unmet needs and no negative impacts to the downstream fisheries or aqueducts (RSS Coordination Call, 12:00 a.m. EST, February 15, 2017) DWR is monitoring the potential impacts to 17 levees of concern (FEMA RIX Shift Change Brief, 7:00 p.m. PST, February 14, 2017) Three Federal buildings closed: two in Oroville, one in Yuba City (FEMA RIX Shift Change Brief, 7:00 p.m. PST, February 14, 2017) California The President issued an Emergency Declaration for Emergency Protective Measures and Direct Federal Assistance for the counties of Butte, Sutter, and Yuba. (Declaration FEMA-3381-EM 7:46 p.m. EST, February 14, 2017) National Guard activated 318 personnel and 50 Air National Guard to assist with traffic control and shelter operations. It has 300 super sandbags ready for emergency protectives measures. (NGB Situation Report Update, 5:32 p.m. EST, February 14, 2017) Governor declared a State of Emergency on February 12; Butte County issued Proclamation of Local Emergency on February 13. (Cal SOC Update, 4:30 p.m. EST, February 13, 2017) California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) activated State Operations Center (SOC) to Level IV (24/7, full activation). (Cal SOC Update, 4:30 p.m. EST, February 13, 2017) Butte, Yuba, and Sutter Counties Emergency Operations Centers activated and operational 24/7. California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Operations Center activated to Level III and operational 24/7. (Cal OES Oroville Situation Update, 6:00 a.m. EST, February 14, 2017) Tribes Four tribes are in the potential impact area: Enterprise Rancheria, Mooretown Rancheria, Berry Creek Rancheria, and Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria. (ESF #15 update, 1:40 p.m. EST, February 14, 2017) FEMA Region IX: In support of the January winter storms, flooding and mudslides (DR-4301) material and communications are requested to establish a 200 person Joint Field Office at Travis Air Force Base that may serve to support future operations for the Oroville Dam Spillway (RSS Coordination Call 12:00 a.m. EST February 15, 2017) Region IX RRCC Night Shift operating at limited Level III with key positions only (RIX RRCC email, 4:20 a.m. EST, February 15, 2017) Region IX LNO to the DWR Flood Operations Center will be moving to the Department Operations Center per DWR request as of Wednesday morning, February 15, 2017 (RIX email, 4:00 a.m. EST, February 15, 2017) Regional Response Coordination Center (RRCC) status: Day Shift (10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. EST) is at Level II; Night Shift (10:00 p.m. - 10:00 a.m. EST) is at Level III with partial Emergency Support Functions. (FEMA RIX Daily Operations Brief, 11:20 a.m. EST, February 14, 2017) FEMA Region IX IMAT 2 arrived at California State Operations Center in Sacramento on February 13, 2017 (Cal SOC Update, 4:30 p.m. EST, February 13, 2017) Region IX Liaison Officers (LNO) deployed: DWR Flood Operations Center for day operations; SOC for night operations (FEMA RIX Daily Operations Brief, 11:20 a.m. EST, February 14, 2017) 2
FEMA Headquarters: Field Operations Directorate (FOD) reporting deployments: Location Deployed Deployed Pending Check-In Incident Support Base/Staging Area 19 14 Emergency Operations Center 17 2 Regional Response Coordination Center 59 0 Alternate site - AS DWR 2 0 National Response Coordination Center 98 11 One FEMA Corps Team (9 members) deploying to State EOC arriving Wednesday, February 15, 2017 (FOD Readiness and Availability Report, 1:30 a.m. EST, February 15, 2017) National Response Coordination Center (NRCC): Activated at Level II for Day Shift and Level III for Night Shift (FEMA Operations Order, 3:00 p.m. EST, February 14, 2017) Flood Insurance: In the potential flood area of a spillway failure, there are an estimated113 policy holders out of 4,760 households, or 2.4% of the households, as of October 2016 (NRCC Technical Specialist Mitigation email update, 3:00 p.m. EST, February 14, 2017) Interagency: ESF-1: Transportation All roads closed for evacuation are open (National Infrastructure Coordination Sit Rep 9:17 p.m. EST February 14, 2017) There is no Amtrak service into Chico Station. (Amtrak update, 3:53 p.m. EST, February 14, 2017) ESF-3: Public Works and Engineering An eight person technical team is en route to the Oroville Dam (USACE Update, 4:00 a.m. EST, February 15, 2017) U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) is working with DWR to manage water flow out of Lake Shasta (113 miles north of Oroville Dam) and other BOR dams in the area to mitigate risk of flooding along the river system downstream from the Oroville Dam (ESF-3 Situation Report Update, 1:48 p.m. EST, February 14, 2017) ESF-6: Mass Care, Emergency Assistance, Housing, and Human Services Twelve shelters open with 1,307 occupants (-3,086). (American Red Cross, Shelter Count Report, 5:25 a.m. EST, February 15, 2017) Virtual Direct Housing Assistance Team (DHAT) will be exploring potential housing options in anticipation of an Individual Assistance declaration (RSS Coordination Call, 12:00 a.m. EST, February 15, 2017) American Red Cross has 11 shelter trailers and plans to increase to 25 trailers by February 15, 2017 with capacity to support 20,000 people. (ESF #6 Situation Report Update, 3:30 p.m. February 14, 2017) American Red Cross, Salvation Army, and Southern Baptist working to build to a capacity to 15,000 meals per day (ESF #6 SitRep, 3:30 p.m. February 14, 2017) ESF-7: Logistics (RSS Coordination Call, 12:00 a.m. EST, February 15, 2017) The State has not yet requested receipt of the commodities from the Federal staging area at Chico Airport Thirty-one Incident Support Base (ISB) team members are deployed to Travis Air Force Base, two additional ISB team members are deployed to the staging area at Chico Airport Fifty trucks with commodities are en route from Fort Worth to Travis Air Force Base; with arrival beginning at 3:00 p.m. EST on February 16, 2017 Travis Air Force Base will operate at capacity from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. PST beginning February 15, 2017 3
Below are the commodities and points of distribution: Chico Airport Staging Area: Commodity Arrived Water (liters) 150,000* Blankets 20,000 Cots 10,000 Travis Air Force Base FSA (scheduled to arrive 3:00 p.m. EST, February 16): Commodity En route Water (liters) 200,000 Blankets 40,000 Cots 10,000 Meals 200,000* Durable Medical Equipment Unit 1 Consumer Medical Supply Unit 1 Infant and Toddler Kits 10 *350,000 liters of water will support approximately 38,000 survivors for three days. 200,000 meals will support approximately 33,000 survivors for three days. (NRCC Movement Coordination Center update, 11:00 a.m. EST, February 14, 2017) ESF-8: Public Health and Medical Services (ESF #8, email, 2:59 p.m. February 14, 2017) More than 380 patients have been evacuated from six hospitals and care facilities in Butte, Gridley, and Yuba counties to alternative facilities out of the evacuation zone Fifty-six residents of Yuba City Post-Acute, a skilled nursing facility, are ready to evacuate and waiting for transportation to arrive. There are currently no other delayed evacuations Several facilities are sheltering-in-place instead of evacuating, including 105 patients at Oroville Hospital, 146 patients at Rideout Memorial Hospital, Sutter Surgical Center, Fremont Medical Center, Oroville Hospital Post-Acute Center, and County Crest Post-Acute In Yuba County, four skilled nursing facilities evacuated more than 305 patients and one more facility is sheltering in place (ESF-8 Update, 2:30 p.m. EST, February 14, 2017) ESF-15: External Affairs Businesses are increasing inventories of bottled water, generators, and gas cans in locations around the evacuated area. Businesses are closing stores in Oroville and Yuba City (NRCC Situation Report, ESF #15, 2:04 p.m. EST February 14, 2017) Concerns among evacuated Oroville residents are rising regarding need for supplies such as clothing and prescription medications (NRCC Situation Report, ESF #15, 2:04 p.m. EST February 14, 2017) Civil Air Patrol: Auburn, Chico, and Oakland airports each have an aircraft and crew on standby (DoD Situation Report Update, 2:05 p.m. EST February 14, 2017) Department of Defense (DoD): DoD Defense Coordinating Element is on site in Region IX (DoD Situation Report Update, 2:05 p.m. EST February 14, 2017) 4
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