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YALE/TULANE ESF-8 PLANNING AND RESPONSE PROGRAM SPECIAL REPORT
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                                                   HURRICANE SANDY - RECOVERY                      FEDERAL LINKS
Connecticut
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Protection
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Hurricane Sandy Preparations
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Hurricane Sandy News and Information
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                                                                              U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                                                                              ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

                                                                              U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, U.S. GEOLOGICAL
                                                                              SURVEY



                                                          AS OF 10:00PM EST
                                                             21 NOV 2012
BACKGROUND
OVERVIEW: Hurricane Sandy was a late-season                                                                                  NOR’EASTER: Immediately after Sandy made
                                                       US LANDFALL
tropical cyclone that first affected Jamaica, Cuba,                                                                          landfall, forecasters were already discussing the
                                                       Just before 8 a.m. EDT, on October 29, Sandy turned to the north-
The Bahamas, Haiti and Florida before slamming into                                                                          possibility of a nor'easter directly impacting the
                                                       northwest and started to make its expected approach towards
the U.S. East Coast and Canada. In diameter, it was                                                                          North East during the following week. In
                                                       the U.S. coast. At 7 p.m. EDT that evening, Sandy was declared a
the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, with winds                                                                         preparation for the storm, some residents of
                                                       post-tropical cyclone, while still maintaining Category 1 strength.
spanning 1,100 miles (1,800 km)                                                                                              the state's coastal areas were evacuated once
                                                       Sandy made its final landfall 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Atlantic
                                                                                                                             again due to the threat of high winds, flooding,
                                                       City, New Jersey at about 8 p.m. EDT on October 29 .
TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT: The eighteenth tropical                                                                                and storm surge of up to three feet; . The
cyclone and tenth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic                                                                             storm hit New Jersey, New York, Connecticut
hurricane season, Sandy developed from an                                                                                    and New England on November 7, a little more
elongated tropical wave in the western Caribbean                                                                             than a week after Sandy's landfall bringing
Sea on October 22. It quickly strengthened after                                                                             snow, freezing temperatures, downing trees
becoming a tropical depression and was upgraded to                                                                           and power lines.
a tropical storm six hours later. On October 24,
Sandy was upgraded to a hurricane. The storm
made landfall on Cuba during the early morning of
October 25 as a Category 2 hurricane. During the
late evening of October 25, Sandy weakened to
Category 1 strength; in the early hours of October
26, it headed north through the Bahamas and north
                                                       U.S. IMPACT: Sandy impacted 24 states, 14 along the U.S. East
along the U.S. East Coast. Sandy showed some
                                                       Coast, from Florida to New England, stretching tropical storm
characteristics of both tropical and extratropical
                                                       force winds far inland, causing major flooding in coastal
cyclones on October 26 and briefly weakened to a
                                                       communities and New York City, exacerbating mountain snows in
tropical storm in the early morning hours of October                                                                         RESPONSE: Sandy caused billions in damage.
                                                       the Mid Atlantic Appalachian region, especially in West Virginia,
27, then strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane                                                                              The widespread destruction has resulted in
                                                       halting mass transit and cutting power to more than 7 million
later that morning.                                                                                                          the largest relief effort since Hurricane
                                                       homes and businesses, and causing at least $50 billion in
                                                       estimated damages across the East Coast, Mid Atlantic and             Katrina. Local, tribal, state and federal assets
        FATALITIES BY COUNTRY                                                                                                have been mobilized to meet the needs.
                                                       Appalachian regions.
CURRENT SITUATION
                                        ENEREGY                                                                               ASSITANCE

                                                                                          As of 21 NOV 12, More than 453,318 from Connecticut, New York and New Jersey,
   As of 2:00 pm EST November 19, there are no impacted States which have more            and Rhode Island had applied for federal disaster assistance and more than $ 844
   than 1,000 customers without power due to Hurricane Sandy or the Nor’easter.           million has been approved
   The combined total peak customer outages from Hurricane Sandy and the                  .
   Nor’easter (reported in the Situation Reports) are 8,661,527: 8,511,251 from           Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost
   Hurricane Sandy and 150,276 from the Nor’easter Storm, respectively.                   loans to cover uninsured property losses and other programs to help individuals and
                                                                                          business owners recover from the effects of the disaster. Individuals and businesses
   On Friday (November 16), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in            in designated areas who sustained losses due to the storm can apply for federal
   consultation with the US Department of Energy, extended waivers relating to            disaster assistance online at www.disasterassistance.gov , by web enabled mobile
   the use of reformulated gasoline (RFG) and ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD)              device at m.fema.gov, or by calling 1-800-621-FEMA(3362). Disaster assistance
   through December 7, 2012 for the State of New Jersey, the five boroughs of             applicants, who have a speech disability or hearing loss and use TTY, should call 1-
   New York City, and Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland, and Westchester counties in the          800-462-7585 directly; for those who use 711 or Video Relay Service (VRS), call 1-
   State of New York. The RFG waiver allows the sale of conventional gasoline in          800-621-3362.
   the stated areas. The ULSD waiver allows the use of high-sulfur heating oil in
   diesel-powered highway and nonroad equipment and vehicles in the stated
   areas.
                                                                                                                    DISASTER RECOVERY CENTERS

                                                                                           Within the tri-state area (CT, NJ, NY) there are 76 DRC’s
   On November 18, the City of New York extended the emergency order that                           - New York: 37
   established an odd-even license plate system for motor fuel purchases through                    - New Jersey: 31
   this Friday (November 23).                                                                       - Connecticut: 8
ESF 12 Actions: ESF 12 staffed the FEMA National Response Coordination Center (NRCC) in
Washington, D.C. and demobilized on November 19. Additionally, ESF 12 has been
                                                                                           Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) continued to open in the hardest hit areas to
demobilized from the FEMA New Jersey Joint Field Office (JFO).                             provide information to survivors. A total of 68 Disaster Recovery Centers were open
                                                                                           in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. Of that amount, 30 Disaster Recovery
                                                                                           Centers were open in New York, 30 in New Jersey and 8 in Connecticut and more
                       SHELTERS AND WARMING CENTERS                                        continued to open. Specialists from the state, FEMA and the U.S. Small Business
                                                                                           Administration (SBA) were on hand to answer questions and provide information on
 WARMING CENTERS
                                                                                           the types of assistance available to survivors. To find a disaster recovery center
 With the drop in temperatures, New York City is providing 235 warming centers
                                                                                           location, visit FEMA.gov/disaster-recovery-centers, access data by mobile phone
 located within Senior Centers in the five boroughs for a place to get out of the cold
                                                                                           at m.fema.gov or text DRC and a Zip Code to 43362 (4FEMA). To date, more than
 during the day. Please see link.
                                                                                           46,000 survivors have visited disaster recovery centers for information and
   SHELTERS                                                                                assistance.
 In New Jersey, with only 110 storm evacuees left, the two state-supported shelters
 located in Monmouth County will close this week (20 NOV 2012) Throughout New
 Jersey there are 6 state run shelters.
                                                                                           FEMA TIMELINE
DEATH TOLL IN THE TRI STATE AREA
• Some patterns emerged in mapping the deaths in the region.

• Elderly residents were hit especially hard, with close to half of the
  people who died age 65 or older. In New York City, the majority of
  deaths occurred in Queens and on Staten Island, and most people
  perished at the height of the storm, drowned by the surge.

• In more inland areas, downed trees were more often the cause of
  death.

• The days after the storm were also deadly, as people tried to clear
  away storm damage or used poorly ventilated generators to ward
  off the dark and the cold.


                   New York City
                   43 deaths


                   Long Island
                   14 deaths


                   Northern New York Suburbs
                   7 deaths


                   New Jersey
                   37 deaths


                   Connecticut
                   5 deaths                                               SOURCE: NEW YORK TIMES – 17 NOV 2012
FEDERAL ACTIVITIES
FEMA                                              FEMA
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                                                                                                                                                          THE U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
                                                  More than 7,622 FEMA personnel have been deployed
                                                                                                                                                          (SBA) SBA has an electronic loan application (ELA)
•   SEEKING ASSISTANCE: call1-800-462-7585
                                                  to support response operations, including search and
                                                                                                                                                          for homeowners, renters and businesses to apply
                                                  rescue, situational awareness, communications and
                                                                                                                                                          for a disaster loan for Hurricane Sandy damages.
•   SHELTERS: for those who are unable to         logistical support in states affected by the storm.
                                                                                                                                                          ELA provides a convenient alternative to visiting a
    return home, states, tribes, localities and   Community relations teams are on the ground in the
    the Red Cross continue to operate
                                                                                                                                                          Disaster Recovery Center or mailing in a paper
                                                  hardest hit areas going door-to-door to inform disaster
    emergency shelters along the East Coast.                                                                                                              loan application. The online program checks for
                                                  survivors about available services and resources and to
    Download the Red Cross Hurricane app,                                                                                                                 errors, prompts for more information when
                                                  gather situational awareness.
    visit the Red Cross web site, call 1-800-                                                                                                             needed and provides a quicker decision than the
    RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767), or check                                                                                                                  hand-written applications. Visit
    local media outlets. Download the FEMA
                                                  FEMA continues to coordinate with the federal family
                                                                                                                                                          https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela to apply online.
    smartphone app. To search for shelters        who has mobilized hundreds of staff from various federal
    via text message, text: SHELTER and your      agencies to support community relations and operational
                                                                                                                                                          The SBA also offers Economic Injury Disaster
    zip code to 43362 (4FEMA). For example:       activities. More than 2,040 housing inspectors are on the
                                                                                                                                                          Loans to small businesses, small agricultural
    Shelter 01234 (Standard rates apply).         ground, meeting with disaster survivors to identify
                                                                                                                                                          cooperatives, small businesses engaged in
                                                  damages to homes, to further expedite assistance to
•   FEMA Housing Portal: Individuals and                                                                                                                  aquaculture, and most private non-profit
                                                  individuals; To date, FEMA housing inspectors have
    families who have been displaced by the                                                                                                               organizations, to help meet working capital needs
                                                  completed 80 percent of the more than 92,000
    disaster can use the FEMA Housing                                                                                                                     caused by the disaster. Economic Injury Disaster
    Portal to help find a place to live.
                                                  inspections requested by disaster survivors in New
                                                                                                                                                          Loan assistance is available regardless of whether
                                                  Jersey. In New York, Nearly 1,300 inspectors in the field
                                                                                                                                                          the business suffered any physical property
•   Recovery Tips: ensuring your                  have completed more than 110,000 home inspections.
                                                                                                                                                          damage.
    safety and coping with disasters

•   DISASTER RECOVERY CENTERS: A Disaster                                                                                                                 SBA continues to operate several Business
    Recovery Center is a readily accessible                                                                                                               Recovery Centers in New York and New Jersey. In
    facility or mobile office where applicants                                                                                                            addition to SBA staff in each Disaster Recovery
    may go for information about FEMA or                                                                                                                  Center, SBA continues to open and staff Business
    other disaster assistance programs,                                                                                                                   Recovery Centers in New York, New Jersey and
    Currently, a total of 40 Disaster Recovery                                                                                                            Connecticut For more information, call the SBA
    Centers are open in New York, New Jersey
                                                                                                                                                          Customer Service Center at 800-659-2955 (800-
    and Connecticut. Search for a Disaster
    Recovery Center - To search for a Disaster
                                                                                                                                                          877-8339 for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) or go
    Recovery Center via text message, text:                                                                                                               to www.sba.gov.
    DRC and your zip code to 43362 (4FEMA).
    For example: DRC 01234 (Standard rates
    apply).                                       FEMA community relations staff and FEMA Corps personnel help Red Cross volunteers at the FEMA
                                                  center in Springfield provide household items and clothing donated for Hurricane Sandy relief. (Photo
                                                  by Patsy Lynch/FEMA)
FEDERAL ACTIVITIES
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY: SitRep
                                                     Register for Assistance: Survivors in declared counties in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut can register for
November 7 a Nor’easter impacted the Mid-
                                                     assistance. Learn more information and FAQs before you apply for assistance.
Atlantic and Northeast with strong winds, rain or
snow, and coastal flooding. People without
power: 8,661,527                                     Find Housing - The Department of Housing and Urban Development has help for people displaced by the storm,
Petroleum Stations lists and closures or call 202-   steps to take for a storm damaged home, and contacts if you feel you have experienced housing discrimination.
586-7517, William N. Bryan
                                                     Wreckage Removal - State and local governments who are public assistance applicants may be reimbursed by the
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY: Call 1-             Department of Homeland Security for the salaries and benefits of employees involved in cleanup efforts.
800-424-8802. NEW YORK: EPA has assessed 3
drinking water facilities and 7 wastewater           Avoid Disaster Scams - Learn how to avoid charity and home repair cams after a disaster, from the Federal Trade
treatment plants. Hurricane Proof plan. NEW          Commission.
JERSEY: EPA has assessed 14 drinking water
facilities and 11 wastewater treatment plants.       Guides for Rebuilding - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development offers disaster recovery guides
All 105 of the short-term, removal sites have        for builders.
been assessed and do not pose an immediate
threat to public health or the environment.          Food Assistance - USDA provides food to disaster relief organizations for people affected by a disaster. It also
                                                     offers grants for rural communities with water quality and supply issues, and assistance to farmers and others for
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S                   natural disaster losses.
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION as secured
as many as 350 buses which will be used across       Business Loans – Your business may be eligible for disaster assistance from the Small Business Administration.
New Jersey to help commuters connect to or
reach Manhattan and the surrounding area. 1-
                                                     Government Contracting – The General Services Administration helps federal, state, and local governments get
800-877-8339, or DOT Customer Service
                                                     supplies, equipment, and services needed to support disaster relief.
Center: 202-366-4000

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, U.S.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY The USGS has released a
series of aerial photographs showing before-and-
after images of Hurricane Sandy’s impacts on the
Atlantic Pre- and post-storm images of the New
Jersey and New York shoreline in particular tell a
story of a coastal landscape that was
considerably altered by the historic storm.




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FEDERAL ACTIVITIES
                                    OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
                                    The Department's Occupational Safety and Health
                                    Administration (OSHA) is making available technical            FLOOD CLEANUP              ELECTRICAL HAZARDS TREE TRIMMING AND
                                    assistance and resources to help protect those                 HAZARDS                    DOWNED ELECTRICAL DEBRIS REMOVAL
                                    participating in cleanup and recovery efforts.                                            WIRES              AERIAL LIFTS
                                    Learn how to keep workers safe during clean up and             Flood Cleanup                                    QuickCard [PDF*] [Español*]
                                    recovery operations following hurricanes                       Fact Sheet [PDF*]          Fact Sheet [PDF*]     Fact Sheet [PDF*]
                                                                                                                              Electrical Safety
                                    OSHA field staff is working diligently to provide assistance   Molds and Fungi                                  CHAIN SAW SAFETY
                                                                                                   Mold QuickCard [PDF*] QuickCard [PDF*]           QuickCard [PDF*] [Español*]
                                    and support to those involved in the Hurricane Sandy
                                                                                                   [Español*]            [Español*]                 [Portuguese*]
                                    cleanup and recovery. Common hazards include downed            [Vietnamese*]                                    Fact Sheet [PDF*] [Español*]
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR            electrical wires, carbon monoxide and electrical hazards       [Portuguese*]         Working Safely with        More...
The U.S. Department of Labor is     from portable generators, fall and "struck-by" hazards
                                                                                                                              Electricity
assisting in the recovery efforts   from tree trimming or working at heights, being caught in      Mold Fact Sheet [PDF*]                           CHIPPER MACHINE SAFETY
in communities affected by this     unprotected excavations or confined spaces, burns,                                        Fact Sheet [PDF*]     QuickCard [PDF*] [Español*]
season's hurricanes. The            lacerations, musculoskeletal injuries, being struck by         Fungi Hazards Fact         [Español*]            [Portuguese*]
                                    traffic or heavy equipment, and encountering                   Sheet [PDF*]
Department of Labor support
                                    contaminated water during flood cleanup.                       [Español*]
includes the following income                                                                                                                       TREE TRIMMING AND
                                                                                                   More...
and job assistance: DOL's                                                                                                                           REMOVAL SAFETY
National Contact Center 1-866-4-    Protective measures involve evaluating the work area for                                                        QuickCard [PDF*] [Español*]
USA-DOL (1-866-487-2365)            all hazards; assuming all power lines are live; following                                                       [Vietnamese*] [Portuguese*]
                                    safe practices when doing tree work; using fall protection                                                      Fact Sheet [PDF*] [Español*]
                                    and proper ladder safety when working at heights; task
                                    specific exposure monitoring; and utilizing proper             FALLS                      Portable Generators WORK ZONE TRAFFIC
                                    precautions for traffic work zones. For additional                                        Portable Generator SAFETY
                                                                                                   AERIAL LIFTS               Safety              QuickCard [PDF*] [Español*]
                                    information on US Department of Labor recovery efforts
                                                                                                    QuickCard [PDF*]                                Fact Sheet [PDF*]
                                    in communities affected by Hurricane Sandy, see DOL's           [Español*]                 QuickCard [PDF*]
                                    Hurricane Recovery Assistance page.                             Fact Sheet [PDF*]          [Español*]
                                                                                                                               Fact Sheet [PDF*]
                                    If you need to contact OSHA for an emergency situation,        PREVENTING FALLS            Grounding Portable
                                                                                                   Fact Sheet [PDF*]           Generators
                                    please call the toll-free hotline
                                                                                                   [Español*] [Portuguese*]    Fact Sheet [PDF*]
                                     1-800-321-OSHA. For non-urgent matters, you can call                                      Carbon Monoxide
                                    the OSHA hotline or send an email.                                                         Poisoning
                                                                                                   PORTABLE LADDERS
                                    OSHA urges workers and members of the public engaged                                       QuickCard [PDF*]
                                                                                                   QuickCard [PDF*]
                                    in cleanup and recovery activities to be aware of the                                      [Español*]
                                                                                                   Slips, Trips, and Falls
                                    hazards they might encounter and the necessary steps
                                    they should take to protect themselves.
US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
CURRENT OPERATIONS AS O F19 NOV 2012                                                      CRITICAL PUBLIC FACILITIES
• USACE has more than 3,000 employees within the North Atlantic Division, and at          • USACE assets at the New Jersey Recovery Field Office are providing Technical
  the peak of response activities an additional 990 team members from other                  Assistance to FEMA. Planning Teams are helping entities complete grant
  USACE divisions were engaged to support the response mission.                              applications/project worksheets. Technical assistance is also being provided for
                                                                                             site layouts to include the placement of structures, infrastructure, and other site
•   USACE debris teams are in ports, waterways and coastal areas in NJ and NY                requirements--
    clearing debris along the Atlantic seaboard. Thirty-five debris teams are assisting
    local NY and NJ authorities. 59,422 cubic yards of debris have been removed           •   The Critical Public Facilities PRT is completing 30 percent design for local entities
    within NY.                                                                                (and assisting with the independent government estimate), and assisting in the
                                                                                              preparation of environmental documentation as required by local, state and the
•   Planning response teams also are assisting with debris management,                        Federal government.
    infrastructure assessment, temporary roofing, critical public facilities, and
    temporary housing.                                                                    •   The Critical Public Facilities Mission includes assessing of fire, police, school, city
                                                                                              halls, EMS, hospitals and public works facilities. The assessment of these facilities
•   FEMA assigned the New Jersey Recovery Field Office (NJ RFO) the mission to re-            in New Jersey is complete for all 158 facilities and found a need for 29 facilities.
    design Building 365 on Fort Monmouth to prepare for temporary housing for                 Those that require temporary structures are: 8 fire, 8 police, 3 schools, 1 city hall,
    people who need housing following Hurricane Sandy.                                        1 EMS and 8 public works facilities.

•   With local authorities USACE concentrated pumping efforts at 14 critical locations    •   Estimated completion date for the Critical Public Facilities Technical Assistance
    as determined by local officials. Pumping is complete at all 14 locations. During         mission is Dec 15.
    de-watering operations USACE controlled 162 pumps and removed more than
    275 million gallons of water, equivalent to 864 Olympic-sized swimming pools.         TEMPORARY POWER
                                                                                          • USACE deployed teams to strategic locations in NY, NJ, PA and WV, with
•   The USACE Water Delivery Mission is complete. USACE provided 512 truckloads             resources in place to haul, install, operate and maintain generators at critical
    (18,000 liters per load) of water to NY, NJ, PA, and WV.                                facilities. USACE installed 198 generators in critical locations.

                                                                                          •   101 de-installs of generators have been completed as grid power had been
                                                                                              restored.

                                                                                          •   At peak capacity, USACE generated 55MW of power, enough to support the
                                                                                              power needs of 50,000 families.

                                                                                          •   Additionally, we sent power experts and generators to support NY Public
                                                                                              Housing, the Hoboken High Rise Complex, the Kinder Morgan Petroleum Terminal
                                                                                              and Hoboken Terminal.

                                                                                          •   USACE deployed temporary emergency power assets - Planning and Response
                                                                                              Teams, the 249thEngineer Battalion, Emergency Command and Control
                                                                                              Vehicles/Deployable Tactical Operating Systems (ECCV/DTOS), Mobile Command
USACE – 19 NOV 2012                                                                           Vehicle (MCV) to provide support to areas impacted by Hurricane Sandy.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE (HHS)                   As hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare
 Public Health Emergency – ASPR                  facilities return to service and HHS medical support is no
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• HHS has 500 personnel in New York and          Four Disaster Medical Assistance Teams from the
   New Jersey, providing public health and       National Disaster Medical System with caches of medical
   medical assistance.                           supplies and a team of U.S. Public Health Service
• A Disaster Distress Help Line has been         commissioned corps officers are currently in New York
   established with counselors to provide        providing care in medical shelters and augmenting
   support and referrals to mental help          hospital staff the state’s and city’s request.
   resources: Call 1-800-985-5990 or SMS
   (text “TalkWithUs” to 66746)
                                                 21 NOV 2012 the medical team providing care in
CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL                       temporary facilities set up in a Long Beach, N.Y., soccer
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• Text “SANDY” to 87000 for Sandy Storm          Medical Center. The medical center closed due to severe
   Health Updates                                storm damage and the LBMC will use a Mobile Satellite
• CASPER: Community Assessment for               Emergency Department to resume emergency care
   Public Health Emergency Response
                                                 services for the community. The MSED came from
   (CASPER) Toolkit
• CDC house proof vs hurricane
                                                 Hackensack University Medical Center and the New
                                                 Jersey Emergency Medical Services Task Force.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL
SAFETY AND HEALTH (NIOSH)                        Approximately 500 HHS personnel remain deployed to
Hurricane Sandy - Common Hazards:                provide public health and medical assistance to New
Please be extra vigilant for hazards likely to   York and New Jersey in Hurricane Sandy recovery
appear during the Hurricane Sandy response,
                                                 efforts, including a disaster case management team
including: exposures while cleaning up flood
water and mold, carbon monoxide
                                                 deployed by the Administration for Children and Families
exposures, working in cold weather.              to assist impacted New Jersey residents connect with
                                                 needed local, state and federal disaster recovery
                                                 services.

                                                 AMBULANCES
                                                 Approximately 40 ambulances remain deployed in the
                                                 New York City area to assist with emergency
                                                 management services. These ambulances deployed from
                                                 other areas of the country under a FEMA contract. At
                                                 the height of the response, 350 ambulances were
                                                 deployed in the New York City area.
                                                 PUBLIC HEALTH SITUATION UPDATES – 20 and 19 NOV 2012
                                                 NYT- Storm Victims, In Cleanup Face Rise in Injury and Illness
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
                                           ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES                    EMERGENCY SYSTEM FOR ADVANCE REGISTRATION OF
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION:
                                            A team of specialists from the Administration for          VOLUNTEER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS (ESAR-VHP) AND
                                            Children and Families continues to support child           LOCAL MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS (MRC).
• How to keep food and water clean
                                            care, foster care, and Head Start recovery efforts
  and safe                                                                                             In addition to requesting HHS medical team support, New York and
                                            in New York and New Jersey. This support includes
                                                                                                       New Jersey health departments have called on more than 615 medical
                                            developing a plan to provide child care services to
• Immediate assistance with water and                                                                  volunteers available through two HHS sponsored programs: each
                                            families who have lost child care services as a
  food 1-888-INFO-FDA (1-888-463-                                                                      state’s Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health
                                            result of storm impacts to child care facilities. To
  6332). The FDA reminds consumers                                                                     Professionals (ESAR-VHP) and local Medical Reserve Corps
                                            find open child care facilities in New York State,
  to take precautions for storing water                                                                (MRC). ESAR-VHP and MRC are fully integrated programs in New York
                                            call 800-345-KIDS(5437) and in New Jersey call the
  and ensuring the safety of their food                                                                and New Jersey. These volunteers are assisting in shelters, including
                                            Child Care Help Line of New Jersey, 800-332-9227.
  and medical supplies for themselves,                                                                 general, American Red Cross, and special medical needs shelters;
  their families, and their pets during     FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION                               emergency departments; special needs registries, and call centers.
  and after any hurricane-related rain,     The U.S. Food and Drug Administration personnel
  possible flooding and power outages.                                                                 NATIONAL VETERINARY RESPONSE TEAM
                                            assisted the state of New Jersey in assessing more         For at least the next 30 days a National Veterinary Response Team of
                                            than 50 retail food establishments, such as                nine veterinarians and veterinary technicians from HHS is providing
• For food and drug safety messaging,       restaurants and grocery stores, in two days. These         primary and acute care for pets in the hard hit area New York City
  visit the Food and Drug                   personnel remain available should additional               known as Far Rockaway and at a large pet shelter in the New York City
  Administration hurricane safety           assistance be needed in New Jersey or other states         area. The vet team members are working from a mobile vet clinic in the
  checklist, available in English and       impacted by Hurricane Sandy.                               Far Rockaway area as local veterinary practices repair their offices and
  Spanish
                                                                                                       become available again in the community. The large pet shelter is being
  http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Pu          CRISIS COUNSELING                                          managed by the ASPCA with funding from television personality Rachel
  blicHealthFocus/ucm317232.htm.            The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services             Ray. Members of the HHS vet team came from as far as Alaska and
                                            Administration has increased staff for the National        Florida to support the New York City community.
• Medical Devices - If you have a "life-    Disaster Distress Helpline to help New York and
  supporting" or "life-sustaining"          New Jersey residents connect with local crisis
  device that depends on electricity,       counselors during the holiday season. This toll-
  you should contact your healthcare        free, multilingual, crisis support service is available
  provider for information on how to        24/7 via telephone (1-800-985-5990) and SMS
  maintain function in the event of a       (text ‘TalkWithUs’ to 66746).
  loss of power. Keep your device and
  supplies clean and dry. If possible,      EMERGENCY PRESCRIPTION ASSISTANCE
  notify your local Public Health           PROGRAM (EPAP)
  Authority to request evacuation prior     HHS activated the Emergency Prescription
  to adverse weather events. For more       Assistance Program (EPAP) to assist people in the
  information, see FDA Offers Tips          impacted areas without any form of health
  about Medical Devices and Hurricane       insurance coverage to replace certain prescription
  Disasters                                 medications and limited durable medical
                                            equipment lost or damaged in the hurricane. To            A member of a Department of Health and Human Services National Veterinary Response Team
                                                                                                      examines a dog belonging to a Hurricane Sandy survivor in Rockaway, N.Y., Nov. 16, 2012.
                                            learn about EPAP, visit www.phe.gov/epap.                 (DoD photo by Eliud Echevarria, FEMA/Released)
AMERICAN RED CROSS
  The American Red Cross is still on the ground in New York and New Jersey, helping people affected
 by Superstorm Sandy. Thanks to the generosity of the American public, the Red Cross has been able
 to serve more than 6.4 million meals and snacks, distribute 3.6 million relief items and provide
 thousands of shelter stays. The Red Cross has also provided more than 75,000 health services and
 emotional support contacts for people who have been living in very tough conditions.

 SHELTERS: Some people are still unable to return to their homes. About 750 people spent Sunday
 night, 18 NOV, in ten shelters. Since Sandy hit, organizations have provided more than 148,000
 shelter stays. The Red Cross has provided more than 76,000 of those stays.

 FEEDING - In partnership with the Southern Baptist Convention, the Red Cross is handing out meals
 at fixed sites and on mobile routes throughout the affected neighborhoods.
 More than 5,000 Red Cross volunteers are driving through neighborhoods to hand out food and
 relief supplies in more than 300 Red Cross vehicles as well as rental cars, trucks and other vehicles.
 Over the weekend in New York, the Red Cross mobilized a large effort and handed out more than
 1.4 million items to people in need. List of Red Cross feeding sites currently open in NYC and on
 Long Island See Link

 THANKSGIVING - American Red Cross volunteers will be working throughout this holiday weekend
 to provide meals and comfort to people affected by Sandy. This includes:
         - Delivering about 20,000 boxes of food in New York during Thanksgiving week.
                 • The boxes contain enough non-perishable food to feed a family of four for
                    several days; items such as canned sweet potatoes, green beans and corn, and
                    packages of mashed potatoes and rice.
                 • Red Cross workers and volunteers from Feeding America and the Church of Jesus
                    Christ of Latter-day Saints packed the boxes.
         ‒ Providing about 35,000 hot meals on Thanksgiving Day to people across New York and
            New Jersey.
         ‒ Supporting faith-based and community Thanksgiving meal programs in many
            neighborhoods in New York and New Jersey.


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Massive Sandy Relief Effort Still Ongoing
Red Cross News Room
NEW JERSEY
 New Jersey Office of Emergency Management
                                                                                                               MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES
 Twitter Facebook FEMA Region 2                                                           The New Jersey Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health and
                                                                                          Addiction Services - Disaster and Terrorism Branch is coordinating statewide efforts
                                    IMPACT                                                to help individuals and communities manage the emotional impact of the storm. The
                                                                                          Disaster and Terrorism Branch partners with the Mental Health Association in New
STATE OF EMERGENCY for NJ is still in effect, with NJ ROIC and NJOEM currently at
                                                                                          Jersey to offer assistance through a toll-free Disaster Mental Health Helpline: 1-877-
operational Level 4. All 21 counties are still included for Public and Individual
                                                                                          294-HELP (4357). A TTY line is available for persons who are deaf and hearing
Assistance in areas determined to have been adversely affected by the event
                                                                                          impaired at 1-877-294-4356. The federal government also has a Disaster Distress
declared a major disaster by POTUS on October 30, 2012.
                                                                                          website and provides 24/7 crisis counseling and support resources available at 1-
DEATH TOLL: 37 deaths have been tied to Sandy and at least five were attributed to        800-985-5990 or Text TalkWithUS to 66746. The federal Helpline is staffed by trained
carbon monoxide poisoning, mostly from the fumes of gas or diesel-powered                 counselors from a network of crisis call centers located across the United States.
generators.
                                                                                                                          DOE HOTLINE
INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE: As of 6 p.m. EST Nov. 15, 29,367 applications have been
approved; Total Individual & Households Program: $149.9 million (approved); Total         DOE Hotline -- The Department of Education announced the launch of a hotline
Housing Assistance: $140.2 million (approved); Total Other Needs Assistance: $9.6         for families displaced by Hurricane Sandy. Call 609-292-2070. M-F 8am-4pm to
million (approved) See here for daily updates.                                            speak with a department staffer with any questions about the schooling options.
                                                                                          A free legal hotline for storm victims has been launched by the New Jersey State
COST: New Jersey is still computing the toll of storm damages, but it is expected to      Bar Association, ABA Young Lawyers Division and FEMA help residents who
reach into the billions of dollars; some estimates of the insured losses are already at   cannot afford to pay an attorney. To request free legal assistance call 888-541-
$20 billion. As part of the emergency funds, the governor’s office said New Jersey        1900 from 9-5 (M-F). Messages can be left and calls will be returned the next day.
will seek to have the federal government pick up 90% of cleanup and recovery costs
instead of the usual 75%. That upgrade has taken place before during major                                    DISASTER RECOVER CENTERS
disasters, such as Katrina. New Jersey could also seek trailers to house people during    THANKSGIVING: All Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) and Small Business
the repair phase. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has staged trailers in          Administration (SBA) Business Recovery Centers in New Jersey will be closed on
the area, but they have not been distributed pending an official request.                 Thanksgiving Day, the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management and FEMA
                                                                                          announced today. Starting Friday, Nov. 23, all but one of the DRCs will go to a daily
SHELTERS: 6 NJ Shelters Open, Occupancy 526                                               schedule of 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. to assist people who suffered damage in Hurricane
                                                                                          Sandy. The center in Bay Head will resume its previous schedule of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
                                                                                          daily while the curfew is still in effect. All DRCs have representatives available to help
                               PUBLIC HEALTH                                              answer questions about assistance and recovery programs. SBA Business Recovery
                                                                                          Centers (BRCs) will resume their regular hours on Monday, Nov. 26.
 Public health experts are available through the state's 2-1-1 system to answer
 questions about food and water safety and mold removal due to the affects of             Anyone affected by Hurricane Sandy can now visit four newly opened DRCs if they
 Hurricane Sandy. Call 2-1-1 24/7 or 1-866-234-0964 from 8am to 8pm on                    have questions about recxzovery programs. There are now 25 DRCs are open daily
 weekdays and 10am to 5pm on weekends.                                                    from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. until further notice. For locations and times, see here. Or text
                                                                                          DRC and a Zip Code to 43362 (4FEMA).

                                                                                           Click here for most current information on transit, power, fuel, and public health notices.
NEW JERSEY
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Click here for most current information on transit, power, fuel, and public health notices.
NEW JERSEY
 HURRICANE RECOVERY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
                                                                                                 HURRICANE SANDY BY THE NUMBERS
 FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
                                                                               2 - The number of hospitals evacuated
 Healthcare professionals interested in helping with New Jersey's response     5 - Number of state shelters opened
 to Hurricane Sandy can register with the New Jersey Medical Reserve          11 - The number of long-term care facilities evacuated
 Corps (NJMRC) program. The NJMRC Program is a statewide county-              39 - The number of acute care hospitals that lost power
 based program that is comprised of healthcare professionals and              60 - Number of DOH staff who worked in Health Command Center and the
 community health volunteers.                                                      Regional Operations and Intelligence Center
                                                                              73 - The number of conference calls hosted by DOH with partners
 Individuals can submit an application online to volunteer for an MRC Unit    74 - The number of assisted living facilities that lost power
 where they reside or work. Once the application is submitted, an NJMRC      100 - Number of EMS Task Force units activated
 Unit Coordinator will be in contact. Contact information for all NJMRC      127 - Number of shelters at height of the storm
 Unit Coordinators in New Jersey is available on the NJMRC website.          135 - Number of out-of-state ambulance units, sent from 5 states, that
                                                                                   assisted during the storm
 Currently there are more than 5,800 volunteers statewide in 25 MRC          137 - The number of health care facilities that lost power
 units. Health care professional makes up approximately 3,800 of the         1,746 - The number of health care facility residents evacuated
 volunteers and more than 2,000 are community volunteers.                    7,005 - Number of people in shelters at the height of the storm
                                                                             2.7 million - Number of households that lost power at the height of the storm
Hurricane Recovery Volunteer Opportunities for Health Care Professionals
                                                                             NJ Health News Letter October/November 2012
NEW JERSEY
MONMOUTH COUNTY                                                                                                       HUDSON COUNTY
http://www.visitmonmouth.com/                                                                                         http://www.hudsoncountynj.org/home.aspx
List of Municipal Emergency Management Offices
                                                                                                                      BAYONNE CITY
CURFEW REMAIN IN THREE COASTAL TOWNS SEE LINK                                                                         Coping with the historic oil that rose
 Communities restricted during designated hours                                                                       to the surface on the city’s east side
•    The curfew in three of Monmouth County’s coastal communities remain in                                           when Hurricane Sandy struck, the
     effect as follows:                                                                                               Bayonne City Council approved three
        –    Highlands - 11 p.m. - 6 a.m. curfew                                                                      contracts yesterday to help address
                                                                                                                      the problem. The city officially hired
        –    Manasquan - 7 p.m. - 7 a.m. curfew in effect East of East Main Street
                                                                                                                      EQ Industrial Services and Ken’s
             Bridge
        –    Union Beach - 6 p.m. - 6 a.m. curfew
•    In Belmar, the curfew is lifted, but only essential personnel are allowed on                                     Marine Service, both of Bayonne, to remove and dispose of oil from roads and
     Ocean Avenue.                                                                                                    properties in the area roughly bounded by Avenue F, Prospect Avenue, East 19th
                                                                                                                      Street and East 22nd Street. After Hurricane Sandy struck the region on Oct. 29, the
•    In towns where the county curfew remains in effect, only essential personnel                                     water surge from New York Bay pushed oil above ground that had been left in the
     may be outside and on the roads between designated hours. This includes                                          area, most likely by a long gone oil refiner, creating a slick mess for residents
     emergency service personnel and those who are responsible for critical
     services within the county.                                                                                      JERSEY CITY
•    “The curfew continues for selected coastal communities to assist our law                                         Hot Meal Distribution Sites Here. Also Check Out The Fourth Annual A Community
     enforcement operations, ensure the safety of our residents and also help                                         That Cares Thanksgiving Feeding At The Bethune Center, 140 MLK Dr. Volunteers
     meet the needs of our communities,” said Sheriff Shaun Golden.                                                   and Donations of Prepared Food Needed!
                                                                                                                      Update 11/19 -Update 11/19 – SANDY BUSINESS RECOVERY: A toll-free hotline,
PETS - The Humane Society has a phone number to report lost/missing pets, pets left                                   1-888-541-1900,is now available for NJ survivors facing legal issues because of
behind, and donations related to Hurricane Sandy. Call 1-855-407-4787.)                                               Hurricane Sandy. Disaster survivors with storm-related legal issues can call the
                                                                                                                      hotline to request free legal assistance.

                                                                                                                      HOBOKEN
                                                                                                                      Mayor Dawn Zimmer is strongly urging all
                                                                                                                      residents to file with FEMA with their latest
                                                                                                                      storm-related damage estimates. Local
                                                                                                                      businesses are urged to complete an online
                                                                                                                      survey so the City can establish an accurate
                                                                                                                      accounting of damage:
                                                                                                                      http://hobokennj.wufoo.com/forms/hoboken-
A home in Union Beach that was destroyed by Sandy's surge. The mayor said some 200 homes had been wrecked by the      business-storm-damage-survey.
superstorm, with as many as five times that number flooded by seawater. (Christopher Weaver/The Wall Street Journal
NEW JERSEY
ATLANTIC COUNTY:                                                                    OCEAN COUNTY:
http://www.aclink.org/                                                              http://www.co.ocean.nj.us/
Public Safety http://www.aclink.org/oep/                                            Emergency Management: http://www.co.ocean.nj.us/EmMgmt/Main.aspx

                                                                                    Citizens enrolled in SNAP will receive an automatic 25% replacement benefit on their
Atlantic County has received a federal declaration for public and individual
                                                                                    EBT cards to account for food lost due to power outages
assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as of
October 30. Residents and businesses may now apply for assistance for
                                                                                    Link to pantries & soup kitchens open in the county
uninsured or underinsured losses from Hurricane/Tropical Storm Sandy.
Applications are available online at
                                                                                    The Dept. of Banking and Insurance will have staff at a mobile office to provide
www.fema.gov or by calling customer service at 1-800-621-3362.
                                                                                    information and handle consumer’s complaints on Thursday, Nov. 15 from 9am-
                                                                                    5pm. Address: Berkeley Township Recreation Center, 630 Route 9, Bayville, NJ.
Owners of Storm Damaged Properties Urged to Apply for Tax Assessment                Ocean County Library branches are open providing free e-device charging stations
Reductions (11/19/2012)                                                             and free WIFI access to the Internet
Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson urges all property owners whose           Shelter open at St. Mary’s of the Pine Church
dwellings have been destroyed or made significantly less valuable as a result of    Clothing distribution available at Nai Israel Synagogue in Manahawkin and Your
Superstorm Sandy to notify their local tax assessor in writing before January 10,   Grandmothers Cupboard in Roslyn Plaza
2013 to see if ... Click here for more.
                                                                                    Ocean County YMCA open from 7am-5pm for showers, coffee and electronic
                                                                                    charging
Second FEMA Disaster Recovery Center Opening Today in Hamilton Township
(15 NOV 2012)                                                                       Boil Water Advisory still in affect for (NJDEP):
A second FEMA Disaster Recovery Center will be opening in Atlantic County as of     (Last Updated: November 17, 2012 at 3:45 PM)
2 PM today, Thursday, November 15, behind the Hamilton Mall at 4403 Black
                                                                                    •      Beach Haven Water Dept.
Horse Pike (Rt. 322), Mays Landing, Hamilton Township. An existing DRC is located
at the Atlantic ... Click here for more.                                            •      Fountainhead Parks – Jackson Township
                                                                                    •      Long Beach Township Water Dept. – Brant Beach and
Storm Debris Removal Tips - The following tips are provided by the New Jersey       •      Holgate, Long Beach Township
Department of Environmental Protection to help residents impacted by Sandy          •      NJAW – Coastal North, Ortley beach and Pelican Island
manage their trash and debris: 1. Storm-affected residents should take special      •      Seaside Heights Water Dept.– Seaside Heights
care to document storm damages before disposing ... Click here for more.            •      Seaside Park Water Dept. – Seaside Park
                                                                                    •      Shore Water Company
NEW YORK
  NY Division Homeland Security & Emergency Services                                                                   FOOD ASSITANCE
  Twitter / Facebook / FEMA Region 2                                                     Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced New York State has received a
Gov. Cuomo declared a state of emergency on 10/26/12 for all 62 counties in advance of   waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to replace food lost by
Hurricane Sandy in anticipation of severe weather impacting New York.                    recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits,
                                                                                         formerly known as Food Stamps, in areas hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy.
                                                                                         Under this grant, current recipients of SNAP will be automatically issued 50
                                        IMPACT
                                                                                         percent of monthly benefits to replace food lost as a result of the storm
• DEATH TOLL: 64 in New York State (See Slide)                                           starting next week. The Governor also announced that SNAP recipients in
• MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION: There are now 13 New York counties                         these areas will be able to purchase hot and prepared foods with their
  designated for both individual and public assistance under President Obama’s           benefits. See link for more details.
  Federal Disaster Declaration for New York, including: Bronx, Kings, Nassau,                                               SHELTERS
  New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan,
  Ulster and Westchester.                                                                 4 shelters open with 555 occupants
                                                                                                                             DIALYSIS
                                DRINKING WATER
                                                                                         The New York State Department of Health (DOH) is advising renal patients in
 DRINKING WATER ADVISORIES FOLLOWING HURRICANE SANDY: (link)                             need of dialysis to first contact their dialysis facility to schedule treatment. If the
DO NOT DRINK:                                                                            facility is unable to deliver the needed dialysis treatment, patients should call the
                                                                                         End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network Hotline at: 1-800-238-ESRD (3773) to
                                                                                         obtain information on outpatient dialysis facilities that can provide needed
BOIL WATER NOTICES                                                                       treatment. This hotline is operational 24 hours/7 days a week during this
                                                                                         recovery period. Patients are being urged to avoid visiting an emergency
                                                                                         department for dialysis since many emergency departments are at full capacity
                                                                                         handling other storm-related health needs.




 Here is what you need to do if your drinking water system is under a boil water
 notice: Bring tap water to a rolling boil, boil for one minute, and cool before
 using. Or use bottled water certified for sale by the New York State Department of
 Health. Boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, making ice, washing
 dishes, brushing teeth, and preparing food until further notice.
 Much more information on how to protect your family during a boil water notice
 may be found at Boiling Water and Emergency Disinfection.
 PHARMACIES THAT ARE OPEN AND DELIVERING: See Link 1 or Link 2
NEW YORK
                                   POWER                                                                  HEALTHCARE FACILITIES

Con Edison reported that there are 2,700 customers in areas of Brooklyn,        Bellevue Hospital is offering walk-in non-emergency services 24 hours a day, 7
Queens and Staten Island who are not able to receive power. Those               days a week, and will open limited adult and pediatric outpatient primary care
customers cannot get electrical service until their own internal equipment      clinics and routine OB-GYN services to women from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday
is repaired, tested and certified by an electrician as ready for service. The   through Friday. In patient services are closed due to the damages inflicted by
                                                                                Sandy. Limited emergency care services are expected to open in December and
company is working with the New York City Buildings Department to
                                                                                the hospital will resume full operations in February 2013.
expedite the restoration of these customers.
                                                                                Coney Island Hospital is providing walk-in services, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) reported that there are 6,460                in addition to primary care services and some specialty clinics, Monday through
customers in Nassau, Long Beach, and Suffolk and 24,000 in the                  Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday to Sunday, 8 a.m. 4 p.m. Pharmacy services
Rockaways who are unable to safely receive power without repairs. LIPA is       are available for prescription renewals, 9am-5pm. Call 718-794-6712 for pharmacy
working with local jurisdictions to complete needed surveys to determine        information. Cancer patients can be served at Kings County Hospital and can
whether or not electric power can be delivered to customer homes in             call 718-245-2848.
those areas.                                                                    A mobile medical van is serving the community at 19th Street and Mermaid
                                                                                Avenue from 9am to 5pm, 7 days a week. Another medical van is providing limited
                                                                                services at 43 Seba Avenue in Geritsen Beach, from 9am to 5pm, through Fri
LIPA has completed surveys Nassau and Suffolk counties, and they
                                                                                11/23. Neither van will be open on Thanksgiving, 11/22.
continue working with community representatives in the City of Long              In patient services are closed due to the damages inflicted by Sandy
Beach, Atlantic Beach, Lido Beach, and Point Lookout to assess whether
homes and businesses are safe to receive power. In Rockaway Peninsula,          Manhattan VA Medical Center remains closed - As of November 16, VA, working
the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) is inspecting buildings         with Federal and state partners, has found extensive damage to the electrical
damaged by Hurricane Sandy to inform residents about the condition of           systems, building circuitry, heating, fire protection, elevator, water pumping, and
their building                                                                  information technology support structure of the medical center.
                                                                                NYU Langone Medical Center's main campus at 550 First Avenue is in the process of
                                                                                reopening after Hurricane Sandy. If you have a medical emergency, call 911.
    See FEMA’s NY                                                               • Physician Practices (FGPs) are open and most practices previously located in
    Hurricane Sandy                                                                Skirball at 530 First Avenue have re-opened. See below for more detailed
    website for                                                                    information, including practices still at temporary locations and contact
    more info.                                                                     information for all practices.
                                                                                • Tisch Hospital, physician offices located in Schwartz Health Care Center (HCC),
                                                                                   and 400 East 34th Street (Rusk) are temporarily closed, as is the Emergency
                                                                                   Room.
                                                                                • Outpatient lab testing services and the blood bank are temporarily closed.
                                                                                • The Outpatient Pharmacy on the 1st floor of HCC is now open. Hours are from
                                                                                   Monday-Friday from 9:00 am-5:00 pm.
                                                                                • All other NYU Langone sites are operational and patient appointments have
                                                                                   resumed.
NEW YORK
ROCKLAND COUNTY:                                                                     NASSAU COUNTY:
County Information                                                                   County Information

FUEL POLICY has been lifted. There are no longer restrictions on purchasing          MEGA RECOVERY CENTER AT CEDAR CREEK PARK
gasoline or diesel.                                                                  FEMA REGISTRATION CENTER:
                                                                                     FEMA’s Disaster Recovery Center at Cedar Creek Park is now open daily from
ASSITANCE                                                                            9am to 7pm. Applicants may go to the Center to receive guidance regarding
                                                                                     disaster recovery aid, clarification of any written correspondence received,
• Visit the FEMA Disaster Recovery Center at Provident Bank Park The Center
                                                                                     Housing Assistance and Rental Resource information, resolutions to problems
  will be closed for Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 22 and Friday,
                                                                                     and referrals to agencies that may provide further assistance, status of
  November 23.
                                                                                     applications being processed by FEMA, as well as U.S. Small Business
                                                                                     Administration (SBA) program information.
• Piermont residents can visit the FEMA Disaster Recovery Center at Piermont
  Village Hall, November 17 - 21, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.                              INSURANCE RESOURCE CENTER:
                                                                                     The New York State Department of Financial Services is available at Cedar Creek
• Apply at www.DisasterAssistance.gov                                                Park daily from 8am to 8pm to offer residents advice on how to file an insurance
• Call 1-800-621-FEMA (3362)                                                         claim for property damage from Hurricane Sandy. Representatives will also be
• The TTY number is 1-800-462-7585                                                   present from several of the nation’s largest insurance companies, including:
                                                                                     Allstate, Metlife, New York Life, Travelers, USAA and more.
• To apply for unemployment benefits or disaster unemployment assistance             RED CROSS FOOD DISTRIBUTION
  because of the storm, call the Department of Labor Telephone Claims Center
  (TCC) at 1-888-209-8124.                                                           The Red Cross has opened a meal distribution centers at Cedar Creek Park. Daily
                                                                                     meals are served from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Guide to Disaster Assistance and Relief Funding
                                                                                     FREE LAUNDRY AND SHOWER FACILITIES
SOME COUNTY PARKS REOPENED - 11/20/2012 11:12 AM: The following County
                                                                                     Showers, as well as washers and dryers (open 9am – 6pm), are available to
parks have been reopened to the public, although some trails
                                                                                     residents at Cedar Creek Park. Residents may utilize these facilities free of
remain closed: Haverstraw Bay Park, Demarest Kill Park, Dutch Gardens, Kennedy
                                                                                     charge. Free detergent is also available.
Park, Kakiat Park, Samuel G. Fisher Mount Ivy Environmental Park, H. Pierson Mapes
Flat Rock Park, Sean Hunter Ryan Park, Gurnee Park and Amphitheater, South
                                                                                     CONTACT NUMBERS:
Mountain Park and Monsey Glen Park.
                                                                                     LIPA: 1-800-490-0075/631-755-6900
INFORMATION ABOUT FLOODING AND SEWAGE OVERFLOWS FROM HEALTH DEPT.                    National Grid: 1-800-490-0045 (Gas Leaks)/ 1-800-930-5003 (Service)
Cleaning Up After A Flood Or Sewage Overflow                                         Nassau County Non-Emergency Hotline: 1-888-684-4274
Disinfecting Drinking Water                                                          Consumer Affairs Price Gouging Hotline: 516-571-2449
Rockland County Registered Well Testing Laboratories                                 FEMA Disaster Assistance Hotline: 1-800-621-3362
Rockland County Registered Well Contractors                                          NYS Hotline for Insurance Issues: 1-800-339-1759
If Your Private Well Has Been Flooded                                                Nassau Chapter of American Red Cross: 516-747-3500
NEW YORK
SUFFOLK COUNTY:                                                                                    WESTCHESTER COUNTY:
County Information                                                                                 County Information

The Suffolk County Water Authority announced today that it would provide free well                   • MULTI-PURPOSE HURRICANE RECOVERY CENTER is open from 8am-8pm
testing in its service area to Suffolk County residents using private wells who want to make           daily at 198 Central Ave., White Plains. Parking fees have been waived. The
sure their water supply has not been compromised by Super Storm Sandy. SCWA Chairman                   center will be staffed with representatives from FEMA, Con Edison, SBA, a
James F. Gaughran said the program will be extended for one month, from November 20                    variety of social services agencies and the Department of Health.
through December 20, to allow Suffolk homeowners in communities that suffered extensive
storm damage sufficient time to take care of their other priorities. In addition, tithe time
                                                                                                     • DISASTER SNAP BENEFITS are available to residents impacted by Hurricane
period will be extended indefinitely for anyone who has not returned to their homes by
                                                                                                       Sandy. Applications are accepted 11/16-11/23. For location, see link.
December 20. Tests would be conducted to make sure that private wells have not been
contaminated by bacteria, fuels or chlorides via saltwater intrusion during the storm. Suffolk
residents interested in having their water tested free call (631) 698-9500.                          • PUBLIC HEALTH:
                                                                                                       o The Westchester County Department of Health is advising people
New-Suffolk County Water Authority Update Water Supply is Safe to Drink For Nearly All of                 who use the Hudson River waters for recreational purposes, namely
Fire Island. Fire Island, which was impacted severely by Super Storm Sandy, was the only area             swimmers, boaters, kayakers and windsurfers to avoid direct contact
in SCWA’s service territory to incur significant service interruptions as a result of the storm.
Fire Island residents with any questions about their water should call the SCWA call center
                                                                                                          with the water until further notice.
at (631) 698-9500.                                                                                     o Tetanus shots will be offered free of charge at the Multi-Purpose
                                                                                                          Hurricane Recovery Center to anyone involved with cleanup.
SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES
The Suffolk County Department of Health Services (SCDHS) has collected and analyzed
approximately 145 samples from various public water supply systems throughout Suffolk
County to ensure the bacteriological quality of the county’s drinking water. All major public
water supply systems, serving a population of approximately 1,364,000 on the mainland of
Suffolk County, have not reported any service disruptions and the water has been safe for
potable use throughout the duration of the storm and its aftermath. There are currently
four water systems that are still under boil water advisories. SCDHS is in the process of
notifying system operators and attempting to collect follow-up samples. For additional
information, residents should contact their water suppliers or SCDHS at: (631) 852-5810.
(Note: This is a NEW contact number for residents to call re: water supply questions.)

Suffolk Department of Health Services Offering FREE Vaccination Clinics at FEMA DRCs this
week. NEW updated schedule. Please see NEW hours for this week (11/19 - 11/25)
for the SCDHS Free Adult Vaccination Clinics at the Disaster Recovery Assistance Centers.
FREE Tetanus and Influenza immunizations will be provided for first responders,
volunteers and personnel responding to storm aftermath, and residents who have been
affected by Super Storm Sandy. This week's immunization schedule at the DRCs for
adults only is listed below. Please check the schedule as days and hours vary by site.
NEW YORK CITY
                                      IMPACT                                            FOOD, WATER & SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION AT CITY-RUN RESOURCE SITES
• DEATH TOLL: 43 in New York City, 23 of which were in Staten Island.
                                                                                        The City has opened food and water distribution sites in the hardest hit
• POWER OUTAGES: Con Edison reported that there are 2,700 customers in areas            areas and are staffed by City employees, volunteers, the Salvation Army
   of Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island who are not able to receive power. Those
                                                                                        and National Guard. Locations and hours:
   customers cannot get electrical service until their own internal equipment is
   repaired, tested and certified by an electrician as ready for service. The company
                                                                                        http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/foodandwater.html.
   is working with the New York City Buildings Department to expedite the
   restoration of these customers                                                       PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL FOOD TRUCKS
                                                                                        The Mayors Fund to Advance New York City partnered with the NYC
   EXTENSION OF THE ODD-EVEN GASOLINE PURCHASING SYSTEM                                 Food Truck Association and local food trucks to coordinate hot food
                                                                                        distribution in areas severely impacted by Hurricane Sandy in Brooklyn,
                                                                                        Queens and Staten Island. Since the start of the partnership, the food
 Mayor Bloomberg extended the emergency order establishing an odd-even license
 plate system for gasoline purchases. It will remain in effect until and including
                                                                                        trucks have served or donated 161,337 meals. The locations and hours
 Friday, November 23, and operates as follows: Vehicles with license plates ending      are available here:
 in an even number or 'zero' purchase fuel on even numbered days. Vehicles with         http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/hot_food.html.
 license plates ending in an odd number purchase fuel on odd numbered days.
 Vehicles with licenses plates ending in letters will be deemed as odd numbered                 SANITATION 24-HOUR DEBRIS CLEANUP CONTINUES
 plates and can make purchases on odd numbered days. Commercial vehicles,
 emergency vehicles, buses and paratransit vehicles, Medical Doctor (MD) plates         Mayor Bloomberg directed the Department of Sanitation to adjust
 and vehicles licensed by the Taxi and limousine Commission are exempt                  collections schedule so that 24-hour cleanup could continue in the
                                                                                        hard-hit areas of Staten Island, Queens and Brooklyn.
              SHELTER FOR THOSE WITHOUT HEAT
                                                                                        Sanitation crews have collected more than 271,073 tons of trash,
Evacuation shelters remain open and as of 19 NOV, they were 286 evacuees and 71         debris and tree as a part of storm cleanup operations. They has
staff. A list of evacuation shelters is available online:                               continued work throughout the weekend to clean up backlogged
http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/hurricane_shelters.html.                         recycling and refuse left at curbside from redeployment to emergency
The City also has opened daytime-only warming centers at senior centers in every        storm debris cleanup
borough: ttp://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/warming_ctr.html.
                                                                                        TREES AND DEBRIS - Tree service requests from both Hurricane Sandy
Those who are using generators in their homes to run their heat should be very          and the nor'easter total 26,011, and 15,432 of those were for trees
careful to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning by never using portable generators           down.
indoors, in garages or near open windows.
                                                                                        The City has addressed 16,908 of these emergency tree conditions and
Early signs of hypothermia include uncontrollable shivering, confusion or sleepiness,
                                                                                        crews continue to work around the clock to address conditions.
slowed or slurred speech, stiffness in arms and legs, poor control over body
                                                                                        UPDATE ON CITY RECOVERY AND ASSISTANCE OPERATIONS -19 NOCV 2012
movements and slow reaction.
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Yale Tulane ESF 8 Special Report - Hurricane Sandy - Recovery - 21 NOV 2012

  • 1. YALE/TULANE ESF-8 PLANNING AND RESPONSE PROGRAM SPECIAL REPORT STATE LINKS HURRICANE SANDY - RECOVERY FEDERAL LINKS Connecticut FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CT Department of Emergency Services and Public BACKGROUND Protection FEMA Twitter | Facebook CURRENT SITUATION Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | Blog Hurricane Sandy Preparations DEATH TOLL Ready. Gov New Jersey New Jersey Office of Emergency Management FEDERAL ACTIVITIES HHS Twitter | Facebook | Public Health Emergency – ASPR USACE Twitter | Facebook New York State New York State Division of Homeland Security and HHS CDC Emergency Services Twitter | Facebook Twitter| Facebook | You Tube NWS Office NYC RED CROSS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Hurricane Sandy News and Information National Weather Service NEW JERSEY National Hurricane Center New York City New York City Office of Emergency Preparedness NEW YORK NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC Twitter| Facebook | You Tube ADMINISTRATION NWS Office NYC NEW YORK CITY NOAA All Hazard Watch NOAA Environmental Visual Laboratory DOD NORTHCOM THE FOCUS OF THIS REPORT WILL BE PRIMARILY Twitter | Facebook ON NY AND NJ ARMY NORTH Twitter | Facebook U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AS OF 10:00PM EST 21 NOV 2012
  • 2. BACKGROUND OVERVIEW: Hurricane Sandy was a late-season NOR’EASTER: Immediately after Sandy made US LANDFALL tropical cyclone that first affected Jamaica, Cuba, landfall, forecasters were already discussing the Just before 8 a.m. EDT, on October 29, Sandy turned to the north- The Bahamas, Haiti and Florida before slamming into possibility of a nor'easter directly impacting the northwest and started to make its expected approach towards the U.S. East Coast and Canada. In diameter, it was North East during the following week. In the U.S. coast. At 7 p.m. EDT that evening, Sandy was declared a the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, with winds preparation for the storm, some residents of post-tropical cyclone, while still maintaining Category 1 strength. spanning 1,100 miles (1,800 km) the state's coastal areas were evacuated once Sandy made its final landfall 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Atlantic again due to the threat of high winds, flooding, City, New Jersey at about 8 p.m. EDT on October 29 . TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT: The eighteenth tropical and storm surge of up to three feet; . The cyclone and tenth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic storm hit New Jersey, New York, Connecticut hurricane season, Sandy developed from an and New England on November 7, a little more elongated tropical wave in the western Caribbean than a week after Sandy's landfall bringing Sea on October 22. It quickly strengthened after snow, freezing temperatures, downing trees becoming a tropical depression and was upgraded to and power lines. a tropical storm six hours later. On October 24, Sandy was upgraded to a hurricane. The storm made landfall on Cuba during the early morning of October 25 as a Category 2 hurricane. During the late evening of October 25, Sandy weakened to Category 1 strength; in the early hours of October 26, it headed north through the Bahamas and north U.S. IMPACT: Sandy impacted 24 states, 14 along the U.S. East along the U.S. East Coast. Sandy showed some Coast, from Florida to New England, stretching tropical storm characteristics of both tropical and extratropical force winds far inland, causing major flooding in coastal cyclones on October 26 and briefly weakened to a communities and New York City, exacerbating mountain snows in tropical storm in the early morning hours of October RESPONSE: Sandy caused billions in damage. the Mid Atlantic Appalachian region, especially in West Virginia, 27, then strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane The widespread destruction has resulted in halting mass transit and cutting power to more than 7 million later that morning. the largest relief effort since Hurricane homes and businesses, and causing at least $50 billion in estimated damages across the East Coast, Mid Atlantic and Katrina. Local, tribal, state and federal assets FATALITIES BY COUNTRY have been mobilized to meet the needs. Appalachian regions.
  • 3. CURRENT SITUATION ENEREGY ASSITANCE As of 21 NOV 12, More than 453,318 from Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, As of 2:00 pm EST November 19, there are no impacted States which have more and Rhode Island had applied for federal disaster assistance and more than $ 844 than 1,000 customers without power due to Hurricane Sandy or the Nor’easter. million has been approved The combined total peak customer outages from Hurricane Sandy and the . Nor’easter (reported in the Situation Reports) are 8,661,527: 8,511,251 from Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost Hurricane Sandy and 150,276 from the Nor’easter Storm, respectively. loans to cover uninsured property losses and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster. Individuals and businesses On Friday (November 16), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in in designated areas who sustained losses due to the storm can apply for federal consultation with the US Department of Energy, extended waivers relating to disaster assistance online at www.disasterassistance.gov , by web enabled mobile the use of reformulated gasoline (RFG) and ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD) device at m.fema.gov, or by calling 1-800-621-FEMA(3362). Disaster assistance through December 7, 2012 for the State of New Jersey, the five boroughs of applicants, who have a speech disability or hearing loss and use TTY, should call 1- New York City, and Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland, and Westchester counties in the 800-462-7585 directly; for those who use 711 or Video Relay Service (VRS), call 1- State of New York. The RFG waiver allows the sale of conventional gasoline in 800-621-3362. the stated areas. The ULSD waiver allows the use of high-sulfur heating oil in diesel-powered highway and nonroad equipment and vehicles in the stated areas. DISASTER RECOVERY CENTERS Within the tri-state area (CT, NJ, NY) there are 76 DRC’s On November 18, the City of New York extended the emergency order that - New York: 37 established an odd-even license plate system for motor fuel purchases through - New Jersey: 31 this Friday (November 23). - Connecticut: 8 ESF 12 Actions: ESF 12 staffed the FEMA National Response Coordination Center (NRCC) in Washington, D.C. and demobilized on November 19. Additionally, ESF 12 has been Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) continued to open in the hardest hit areas to demobilized from the FEMA New Jersey Joint Field Office (JFO). provide information to survivors. A total of 68 Disaster Recovery Centers were open in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. Of that amount, 30 Disaster Recovery Centers were open in New York, 30 in New Jersey and 8 in Connecticut and more SHELTERS AND WARMING CENTERS continued to open. Specialists from the state, FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) were on hand to answer questions and provide information on WARMING CENTERS the types of assistance available to survivors. To find a disaster recovery center With the drop in temperatures, New York City is providing 235 warming centers location, visit FEMA.gov/disaster-recovery-centers, access data by mobile phone located within Senior Centers in the five boroughs for a place to get out of the cold at m.fema.gov or text DRC and a Zip Code to 43362 (4FEMA). To date, more than during the day. Please see link. 46,000 survivors have visited disaster recovery centers for information and SHELTERS assistance. In New Jersey, with only 110 storm evacuees left, the two state-supported shelters located in Monmouth County will close this week (20 NOV 2012) Throughout New Jersey there are 6 state run shelters. FEMA TIMELINE
  • 4. DEATH TOLL IN THE TRI STATE AREA • Some patterns emerged in mapping the deaths in the region. • Elderly residents were hit especially hard, with close to half of the people who died age 65 or older. In New York City, the majority of deaths occurred in Queens and on Staten Island, and most people perished at the height of the storm, drowned by the surge. • In more inland areas, downed trees were more often the cause of death. • The days after the storm were also deadly, as people tried to clear away storm damage or used poorly ventilated generators to ward off the dark and the cold. New York City 43 deaths Long Island 14 deaths Northern New York Suburbs 7 deaths New Jersey 37 deaths Connecticut 5 deaths SOURCE: NEW YORK TIMES – 17 NOV 2012
  • 5. FEDERAL ACTIVITIES FEMA FEMA Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | Blog THE U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION More than 7,622 FEMA personnel have been deployed (SBA) SBA has an electronic loan application (ELA) • SEEKING ASSISTANCE: call1-800-462-7585 to support response operations, including search and for homeowners, renters and businesses to apply rescue, situational awareness, communications and for a disaster loan for Hurricane Sandy damages. • SHELTERS: for those who are unable to logistical support in states affected by the storm. ELA provides a convenient alternative to visiting a return home, states, tribes, localities and Community relations teams are on the ground in the the Red Cross continue to operate Disaster Recovery Center or mailing in a paper hardest hit areas going door-to-door to inform disaster emergency shelters along the East Coast. loan application. The online program checks for survivors about available services and resources and to Download the Red Cross Hurricane app, errors, prompts for more information when gather situational awareness. visit the Red Cross web site, call 1-800- needed and provides a quicker decision than the RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767), or check hand-written applications. Visit local media outlets. Download the FEMA FEMA continues to coordinate with the federal family https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela to apply online. smartphone app. To search for shelters who has mobilized hundreds of staff from various federal via text message, text: SHELTER and your agencies to support community relations and operational The SBA also offers Economic Injury Disaster zip code to 43362 (4FEMA). For example: activities. More than 2,040 housing inspectors are on the Loans to small businesses, small agricultural Shelter 01234 (Standard rates apply). ground, meeting with disaster survivors to identify cooperatives, small businesses engaged in damages to homes, to further expedite assistance to • FEMA Housing Portal: Individuals and aquaculture, and most private non-profit individuals; To date, FEMA housing inspectors have families who have been displaced by the organizations, to help meet working capital needs completed 80 percent of the more than 92,000 disaster can use the FEMA Housing caused by the disaster. Economic Injury Disaster Portal to help find a place to live. inspections requested by disaster survivors in New Loan assistance is available regardless of whether Jersey. In New York, Nearly 1,300 inspectors in the field the business suffered any physical property • Recovery Tips: ensuring your have completed more than 110,000 home inspections. damage. safety and coping with disasters • DISASTER RECOVERY CENTERS: A Disaster SBA continues to operate several Business Recovery Center is a readily accessible Recovery Centers in New York and New Jersey. In facility or mobile office where applicants addition to SBA staff in each Disaster Recovery may go for information about FEMA or Center, SBA continues to open and staff Business other disaster assistance programs, Recovery Centers in New York, New Jersey and Currently, a total of 40 Disaster Recovery Connecticut For more information, call the SBA Centers are open in New York, New Jersey Customer Service Center at 800-659-2955 (800- and Connecticut. Search for a Disaster Recovery Center - To search for a Disaster 877-8339 for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) or go Recovery Center via text message, text: to www.sba.gov. DRC and your zip code to 43362 (4FEMA). For example: DRC 01234 (Standard rates apply). FEMA community relations staff and FEMA Corps personnel help Red Cross volunteers at the FEMA center in Springfield provide household items and clothing donated for Hurricane Sandy relief. (Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA)
  • 6. FEDERAL ACTIVITIES U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY: SitRep Register for Assistance: Survivors in declared counties in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut can register for November 7 a Nor’easter impacted the Mid- assistance. Learn more information and FAQs before you apply for assistance. Atlantic and Northeast with strong winds, rain or snow, and coastal flooding. People without power: 8,661,527 Find Housing - The Department of Housing and Urban Development has help for people displaced by the storm, Petroleum Stations lists and closures or call 202- steps to take for a storm damaged home, and contacts if you feel you have experienced housing discrimination. 586-7517, William N. Bryan Wreckage Removal - State and local governments who are public assistance applicants may be reimbursed by the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY: Call 1- Department of Homeland Security for the salaries and benefits of employees involved in cleanup efforts. 800-424-8802. NEW YORK: EPA has assessed 3 drinking water facilities and 7 wastewater Avoid Disaster Scams - Learn how to avoid charity and home repair cams after a disaster, from the Federal Trade treatment plants. Hurricane Proof plan. NEW Commission. JERSEY: EPA has assessed 14 drinking water facilities and 11 wastewater treatment plants. Guides for Rebuilding - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development offers disaster recovery guides All 105 of the short-term, removal sites have for builders. been assessed and do not pose an immediate threat to public health or the environment. Food Assistance - USDA provides food to disaster relief organizations for people affected by a disaster. It also offers grants for rural communities with water quality and supply issues, and assistance to farmers and others for THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S natural disaster losses. FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION as secured as many as 350 buses which will be used across Business Loans – Your business may be eligible for disaster assistance from the Small Business Administration. New Jersey to help commuters connect to or reach Manhattan and the surrounding area. 1- Government Contracting – The General Services Administration helps federal, state, and local governments get 800-877-8339, or DOT Customer Service supplies, equipment, and services needed to support disaster relief. Center: 202-366-4000 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY The USGS has released a series of aerial photographs showing before-and- after images of Hurricane Sandy’s impacts on the Atlantic Pre- and post-storm images of the New Jersey and New York shoreline in particular tell a story of a coastal landscape that was considerably altered by the historic storm. :
  • 7. FEDERAL ACTIVITIES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH The Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is making available technical FLOOD CLEANUP ELECTRICAL HAZARDS TREE TRIMMING AND assistance and resources to help protect those HAZARDS DOWNED ELECTRICAL DEBRIS REMOVAL participating in cleanup and recovery efforts. WIRES AERIAL LIFTS Learn how to keep workers safe during clean up and Flood Cleanup QuickCard [PDF*] [Español*] recovery operations following hurricanes Fact Sheet [PDF*] Fact Sheet [PDF*] Fact Sheet [PDF*] Electrical Safety OSHA field staff is working diligently to provide assistance Molds and Fungi CHAIN SAW SAFETY Mold QuickCard [PDF*] QuickCard [PDF*] QuickCard [PDF*] [Español*] and support to those involved in the Hurricane Sandy [Español*] [Español*] [Portuguese*] cleanup and recovery. Common hazards include downed [Vietnamese*] Fact Sheet [PDF*] [Español*] U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR electrical wires, carbon monoxide and electrical hazards [Portuguese*] Working Safely with More... The U.S. Department of Labor is from portable generators, fall and "struck-by" hazards Electricity assisting in the recovery efforts from tree trimming or working at heights, being caught in Mold Fact Sheet [PDF*] CHIPPER MACHINE SAFETY in communities affected by this unprotected excavations or confined spaces, burns, Fact Sheet [PDF*] QuickCard [PDF*] [Español*] season's hurricanes. The lacerations, musculoskeletal injuries, being struck by Fungi Hazards Fact [Español*] [Portuguese*] traffic or heavy equipment, and encountering Sheet [PDF*] Department of Labor support contaminated water during flood cleanup. [Español*] includes the following income TREE TRIMMING AND More... and job assistance: DOL's REMOVAL SAFETY National Contact Center 1-866-4- Protective measures involve evaluating the work area for QuickCard [PDF*] [Español*] USA-DOL (1-866-487-2365) all hazards; assuming all power lines are live; following [Vietnamese*] [Portuguese*] safe practices when doing tree work; using fall protection Fact Sheet [PDF*] [Español*] and proper ladder safety when working at heights; task specific exposure monitoring; and utilizing proper FALLS Portable Generators WORK ZONE TRAFFIC precautions for traffic work zones. For additional Portable Generator SAFETY AERIAL LIFTS Safety QuickCard [PDF*] [Español*] information on US Department of Labor recovery efforts QuickCard [PDF*] Fact Sheet [PDF*] in communities affected by Hurricane Sandy, see DOL's [Español*] QuickCard [PDF*] Hurricane Recovery Assistance page. Fact Sheet [PDF*] [Español*] Fact Sheet [PDF*] If you need to contact OSHA for an emergency situation, PREVENTING FALLS Grounding Portable Fact Sheet [PDF*] Generators please call the toll-free hotline [Español*] [Portuguese*] Fact Sheet [PDF*] 1-800-321-OSHA. For non-urgent matters, you can call Carbon Monoxide the OSHA hotline or send an email. Poisoning PORTABLE LADDERS OSHA urges workers and members of the public engaged QuickCard [PDF*] QuickCard [PDF*] in cleanup and recovery activities to be aware of the [Español*] Slips, Trips, and Falls hazards they might encounter and the necessary steps they should take to protect themselves.
  • 8. US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS CURRENT OPERATIONS AS O F19 NOV 2012 CRITICAL PUBLIC FACILITIES • USACE has more than 3,000 employees within the North Atlantic Division, and at • USACE assets at the New Jersey Recovery Field Office are providing Technical the peak of response activities an additional 990 team members from other Assistance to FEMA. Planning Teams are helping entities complete grant USACE divisions were engaged to support the response mission. applications/project worksheets. Technical assistance is also being provided for site layouts to include the placement of structures, infrastructure, and other site • USACE debris teams are in ports, waterways and coastal areas in NJ and NY requirements-- clearing debris along the Atlantic seaboard. Thirty-five debris teams are assisting local NY and NJ authorities. 59,422 cubic yards of debris have been removed • The Critical Public Facilities PRT is completing 30 percent design for local entities within NY. (and assisting with the independent government estimate), and assisting in the preparation of environmental documentation as required by local, state and the • Planning response teams also are assisting with debris management, Federal government. infrastructure assessment, temporary roofing, critical public facilities, and temporary housing. • The Critical Public Facilities Mission includes assessing of fire, police, school, city halls, EMS, hospitals and public works facilities. The assessment of these facilities • FEMA assigned the New Jersey Recovery Field Office (NJ RFO) the mission to re- in New Jersey is complete for all 158 facilities and found a need for 29 facilities. design Building 365 on Fort Monmouth to prepare for temporary housing for Those that require temporary structures are: 8 fire, 8 police, 3 schools, 1 city hall, people who need housing following Hurricane Sandy. 1 EMS and 8 public works facilities. • With local authorities USACE concentrated pumping efforts at 14 critical locations • Estimated completion date for the Critical Public Facilities Technical Assistance as determined by local officials. Pumping is complete at all 14 locations. During mission is Dec 15. de-watering operations USACE controlled 162 pumps and removed more than 275 million gallons of water, equivalent to 864 Olympic-sized swimming pools. TEMPORARY POWER • USACE deployed teams to strategic locations in NY, NJ, PA and WV, with • The USACE Water Delivery Mission is complete. USACE provided 512 truckloads resources in place to haul, install, operate and maintain generators at critical (18,000 liters per load) of water to NY, NJ, PA, and WV. facilities. USACE installed 198 generators in critical locations. • 101 de-installs of generators have been completed as grid power had been restored. • At peak capacity, USACE generated 55MW of power, enough to support the power needs of 50,000 families. • Additionally, we sent power experts and generators to support NY Public Housing, the Hoboken High Rise Complex, the Kinder Morgan Petroleum Terminal and Hoboken Terminal. • USACE deployed temporary emergency power assets - Planning and Response Teams, the 249thEngineer Battalion, Emergency Command and Control Vehicles/Deployable Tactical Operating Systems (ECCV/DTOS), Mobile Command USACE – 19 NOV 2012 Vehicle (MCV) to provide support to areas impacted by Hurricane Sandy.
  • 9. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE (HHS) As hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare Public Health Emergency – ASPR facilities return to service and HHS medical support is no Twitter | Facebook longer needed, HHS teams return to their home states. • HHS has 500 personnel in New York and Four Disaster Medical Assistance Teams from the New Jersey, providing public health and National Disaster Medical System with caches of medical medical assistance. supplies and a team of U.S. Public Health Service • A Disaster Distress Help Line has been commissioned corps officers are currently in New York established with counselors to provide providing care in medical shelters and augmenting support and referrals to mental help hospital staff the state’s and city’s request. resources: Call 1-800-985-5990 or SMS (text “TalkWithUs” to 66746) 21 NOV 2012 the medical team providing care in CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL temporary facilities set up in a Long Beach, N.Y., soccer Twitter | Facebook field will begin transitioning care back to the Long Beach • Text “SANDY” to 87000 for Sandy Storm Medical Center. The medical center closed due to severe Health Updates storm damage and the LBMC will use a Mobile Satellite • CASPER: Community Assessment for Emergency Department to resume emergency care Public Health Emergency Response services for the community. The MSED came from (CASPER) Toolkit • CDC house proof vs hurricane Hackensack University Medical Center and the New Jersey Emergency Medical Services Task Force. NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (NIOSH) Approximately 500 HHS personnel remain deployed to Hurricane Sandy - Common Hazards: provide public health and medical assistance to New Please be extra vigilant for hazards likely to York and New Jersey in Hurricane Sandy recovery appear during the Hurricane Sandy response, efforts, including a disaster case management team including: exposures while cleaning up flood water and mold, carbon monoxide deployed by the Administration for Children and Families exposures, working in cold weather. to assist impacted New Jersey residents connect with needed local, state and federal disaster recovery services. AMBULANCES Approximately 40 ambulances remain deployed in the New York City area to assist with emergency management services. These ambulances deployed from other areas of the country under a FEMA contract. At the height of the response, 350 ambulances were deployed in the New York City area. PUBLIC HEALTH SITUATION UPDATES – 20 and 19 NOV 2012 NYT- Storm Victims, In Cleanup Face Rise in Injury and Illness
  • 10. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES EMERGENCY SYSTEM FOR ADVANCE REGISTRATION OF FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION: A team of specialists from the Administration for VOLUNTEER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS (ESAR-VHP) AND Children and Families continues to support child LOCAL MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS (MRC). • How to keep food and water clean care, foster care, and Head Start recovery efforts and safe In addition to requesting HHS medical team support, New York and in New York and New Jersey. This support includes New Jersey health departments have called on more than 615 medical developing a plan to provide child care services to • Immediate assistance with water and volunteers available through two HHS sponsored programs: each families who have lost child care services as a food 1-888-INFO-FDA (1-888-463- state’s Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health result of storm impacts to child care facilities. To 6332). The FDA reminds consumers Professionals (ESAR-VHP) and local Medical Reserve Corps find open child care facilities in New York State, to take precautions for storing water (MRC). ESAR-VHP and MRC are fully integrated programs in New York call 800-345-KIDS(5437) and in New Jersey call the and ensuring the safety of their food and New Jersey. These volunteers are assisting in shelters, including Child Care Help Line of New Jersey, 800-332-9227. and medical supplies for themselves, general, American Red Cross, and special medical needs shelters; their families, and their pets during FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION emergency departments; special needs registries, and call centers. and after any hurricane-related rain, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration personnel possible flooding and power outages. NATIONAL VETERINARY RESPONSE TEAM assisted the state of New Jersey in assessing more For at least the next 30 days a National Veterinary Response Team of than 50 retail food establishments, such as nine veterinarians and veterinary technicians from HHS is providing • For food and drug safety messaging, restaurants and grocery stores, in two days. These primary and acute care for pets in the hard hit area New York City visit the Food and Drug personnel remain available should additional known as Far Rockaway and at a large pet shelter in the New York City Administration hurricane safety assistance be needed in New Jersey or other states area. The vet team members are working from a mobile vet clinic in the checklist, available in English and impacted by Hurricane Sandy. Far Rockaway area as local veterinary practices repair their offices and Spanish become available again in the community. The large pet shelter is being http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Pu CRISIS COUNSELING managed by the ASPCA with funding from television personality Rachel blicHealthFocus/ucm317232.htm. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Ray. Members of the HHS vet team came from as far as Alaska and Administration has increased staff for the National Florida to support the New York City community. • Medical Devices - If you have a "life- Disaster Distress Helpline to help New York and supporting" or "life-sustaining" New Jersey residents connect with local crisis device that depends on electricity, counselors during the holiday season. This toll- you should contact your healthcare free, multilingual, crisis support service is available provider for information on how to 24/7 via telephone (1-800-985-5990) and SMS maintain function in the event of a (text ‘TalkWithUs’ to 66746). loss of power. Keep your device and supplies clean and dry. If possible, EMERGENCY PRESCRIPTION ASSISTANCE notify your local Public Health PROGRAM (EPAP) Authority to request evacuation prior HHS activated the Emergency Prescription to adverse weather events. For more Assistance Program (EPAP) to assist people in the information, see FDA Offers Tips impacted areas without any form of health about Medical Devices and Hurricane insurance coverage to replace certain prescription Disasters medications and limited durable medical equipment lost or damaged in the hurricane. To A member of a Department of Health and Human Services National Veterinary Response Team examines a dog belonging to a Hurricane Sandy survivor in Rockaway, N.Y., Nov. 16, 2012. learn about EPAP, visit www.phe.gov/epap. (DoD photo by Eliud Echevarria, FEMA/Released)
  • 11. AMERICAN RED CROSS The American Red Cross is still on the ground in New York and New Jersey, helping people affected by Superstorm Sandy. Thanks to the generosity of the American public, the Red Cross has been able to serve more than 6.4 million meals and snacks, distribute 3.6 million relief items and provide thousands of shelter stays. The Red Cross has also provided more than 75,000 health services and emotional support contacts for people who have been living in very tough conditions. SHELTERS: Some people are still unable to return to their homes. About 750 people spent Sunday night, 18 NOV, in ten shelters. Since Sandy hit, organizations have provided more than 148,000 shelter stays. The Red Cross has provided more than 76,000 of those stays. FEEDING - In partnership with the Southern Baptist Convention, the Red Cross is handing out meals at fixed sites and on mobile routes throughout the affected neighborhoods. More than 5,000 Red Cross volunteers are driving through neighborhoods to hand out food and relief supplies in more than 300 Red Cross vehicles as well as rental cars, trucks and other vehicles. Over the weekend in New York, the Red Cross mobilized a large effort and handed out more than 1.4 million items to people in need. List of Red Cross feeding sites currently open in NYC and on Long Island See Link THANKSGIVING - American Red Cross volunteers will be working throughout this holiday weekend to provide meals and comfort to people affected by Sandy. This includes: - Delivering about 20,000 boxes of food in New York during Thanksgiving week. • The boxes contain enough non-perishable food to feed a family of four for several days; items such as canned sweet potatoes, green beans and corn, and packages of mashed potatoes and rice. • Red Cross workers and volunteers from Feeding America and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints packed the boxes. ‒ Providing about 35,000 hot meals on Thanksgiving Day to people across New York and New Jersey. ‒ Supporting faith-based and community Thanksgiving meal programs in many neighborhoods in New York and New Jersey. Red Cross Graphic Massive Sandy Relief Effort Still Ongoing Red Cross News Room
  • 12. NEW JERSEY New Jersey Office of Emergency Management MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES Twitter Facebook FEMA Region 2 The New Jersey Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services - Disaster and Terrorism Branch is coordinating statewide efforts IMPACT to help individuals and communities manage the emotional impact of the storm. The Disaster and Terrorism Branch partners with the Mental Health Association in New STATE OF EMERGENCY for NJ is still in effect, with NJ ROIC and NJOEM currently at Jersey to offer assistance through a toll-free Disaster Mental Health Helpline: 1-877- operational Level 4. All 21 counties are still included for Public and Individual 294-HELP (4357). A TTY line is available for persons who are deaf and hearing Assistance in areas determined to have been adversely affected by the event impaired at 1-877-294-4356. The federal government also has a Disaster Distress declared a major disaster by POTUS on October 30, 2012. website and provides 24/7 crisis counseling and support resources available at 1- DEATH TOLL: 37 deaths have been tied to Sandy and at least five were attributed to 800-985-5990 or Text TalkWithUS to 66746. The federal Helpline is staffed by trained carbon monoxide poisoning, mostly from the fumes of gas or diesel-powered counselors from a network of crisis call centers located across the United States. generators. DOE HOTLINE INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE: As of 6 p.m. EST Nov. 15, 29,367 applications have been approved; Total Individual & Households Program: $149.9 million (approved); Total DOE Hotline -- The Department of Education announced the launch of a hotline Housing Assistance: $140.2 million (approved); Total Other Needs Assistance: $9.6 for families displaced by Hurricane Sandy. Call 609-292-2070. M-F 8am-4pm to million (approved) See here for daily updates. speak with a department staffer with any questions about the schooling options. A free legal hotline for storm victims has been launched by the New Jersey State COST: New Jersey is still computing the toll of storm damages, but it is expected to Bar Association, ABA Young Lawyers Division and FEMA help residents who reach into the billions of dollars; some estimates of the insured losses are already at cannot afford to pay an attorney. To request free legal assistance call 888-541- $20 billion. As part of the emergency funds, the governor’s office said New Jersey 1900 from 9-5 (M-F). Messages can be left and calls will be returned the next day. will seek to have the federal government pick up 90% of cleanup and recovery costs instead of the usual 75%. That upgrade has taken place before during major DISASTER RECOVER CENTERS disasters, such as Katrina. New Jersey could also seek trailers to house people during THANKSGIVING: All Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) and Small Business the repair phase. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has staged trailers in Administration (SBA) Business Recovery Centers in New Jersey will be closed on the area, but they have not been distributed pending an official request. Thanksgiving Day, the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management and FEMA announced today. Starting Friday, Nov. 23, all but one of the DRCs will go to a daily SHELTERS: 6 NJ Shelters Open, Occupancy 526 schedule of 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. to assist people who suffered damage in Hurricane Sandy. The center in Bay Head will resume its previous schedule of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily while the curfew is still in effect. All DRCs have representatives available to help PUBLIC HEALTH answer questions about assistance and recovery programs. SBA Business Recovery Centers (BRCs) will resume their regular hours on Monday, Nov. 26. Public health experts are available through the state's 2-1-1 system to answer questions about food and water safety and mold removal due to the affects of Anyone affected by Hurricane Sandy can now visit four newly opened DRCs if they Hurricane Sandy. Call 2-1-1 24/7 or 1-866-234-0964 from 8am to 8pm on have questions about recxzovery programs. There are now 25 DRCs are open daily weekdays and 10am to 5pm on weekends. from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. until further notice. For locations and times, see here. Or text DRC and a Zip Code to 43362 (4FEMA). Click here for most current information on transit, power, fuel, and public health notices.
  • 13. NEW JERSEY DRINKING WATER MASS TRANSIT POWER ROAD CLOSURES Click here for most current information on transit, power, fuel, and public health notices.
  • 14. NEW JERSEY HURRICANE RECOVERY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES HURRICANE SANDY BY THE NUMBERS FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS 2 - The number of hospitals evacuated Healthcare professionals interested in helping with New Jersey's response 5 - Number of state shelters opened to Hurricane Sandy can register with the New Jersey Medical Reserve 11 - The number of long-term care facilities evacuated Corps (NJMRC) program. The NJMRC Program is a statewide county- 39 - The number of acute care hospitals that lost power based program that is comprised of healthcare professionals and 60 - Number of DOH staff who worked in Health Command Center and the community health volunteers. Regional Operations and Intelligence Center 73 - The number of conference calls hosted by DOH with partners Individuals can submit an application online to volunteer for an MRC Unit 74 - The number of assisted living facilities that lost power where they reside or work. Once the application is submitted, an NJMRC 100 - Number of EMS Task Force units activated Unit Coordinator will be in contact. Contact information for all NJMRC 127 - Number of shelters at height of the storm Unit Coordinators in New Jersey is available on the NJMRC website. 135 - Number of out-of-state ambulance units, sent from 5 states, that assisted during the storm Currently there are more than 5,800 volunteers statewide in 25 MRC 137 - The number of health care facilities that lost power units. Health care professional makes up approximately 3,800 of the 1,746 - The number of health care facility residents evacuated volunteers and more than 2,000 are community volunteers. 7,005 - Number of people in shelters at the height of the storm 2.7 million - Number of households that lost power at the height of the storm Hurricane Recovery Volunteer Opportunities for Health Care Professionals NJ Health News Letter October/November 2012
  • 15. NEW JERSEY MONMOUTH COUNTY HUDSON COUNTY http://www.visitmonmouth.com/ http://www.hudsoncountynj.org/home.aspx List of Municipal Emergency Management Offices BAYONNE CITY CURFEW REMAIN IN THREE COASTAL TOWNS SEE LINK Coping with the historic oil that rose Communities restricted during designated hours to the surface on the city’s east side • The curfew in three of Monmouth County’s coastal communities remain in when Hurricane Sandy struck, the effect as follows: Bayonne City Council approved three – Highlands - 11 p.m. - 6 a.m. curfew contracts yesterday to help address the problem. The city officially hired – Manasquan - 7 p.m. - 7 a.m. curfew in effect East of East Main Street EQ Industrial Services and Ken’s Bridge – Union Beach - 6 p.m. - 6 a.m. curfew • In Belmar, the curfew is lifted, but only essential personnel are allowed on Marine Service, both of Bayonne, to remove and dispose of oil from roads and Ocean Avenue. properties in the area roughly bounded by Avenue F, Prospect Avenue, East 19th Street and East 22nd Street. After Hurricane Sandy struck the region on Oct. 29, the • In towns where the county curfew remains in effect, only essential personnel water surge from New York Bay pushed oil above ground that had been left in the may be outside and on the roads between designated hours. This includes area, most likely by a long gone oil refiner, creating a slick mess for residents emergency service personnel and those who are responsible for critical services within the county. JERSEY CITY • “The curfew continues for selected coastal communities to assist our law Hot Meal Distribution Sites Here. Also Check Out The Fourth Annual A Community enforcement operations, ensure the safety of our residents and also help That Cares Thanksgiving Feeding At The Bethune Center, 140 MLK Dr. Volunteers meet the needs of our communities,” said Sheriff Shaun Golden. and Donations of Prepared Food Needed! Update 11/19 -Update 11/19 – SANDY BUSINESS RECOVERY: A toll-free hotline, PETS - The Humane Society has a phone number to report lost/missing pets, pets left 1-888-541-1900,is now available for NJ survivors facing legal issues because of behind, and donations related to Hurricane Sandy. Call 1-855-407-4787.) Hurricane Sandy. Disaster survivors with storm-related legal issues can call the hotline to request free legal assistance. HOBOKEN Mayor Dawn Zimmer is strongly urging all residents to file with FEMA with their latest storm-related damage estimates. Local businesses are urged to complete an online survey so the City can establish an accurate accounting of damage: http://hobokennj.wufoo.com/forms/hoboken- A home in Union Beach that was destroyed by Sandy's surge. The mayor said some 200 homes had been wrecked by the business-storm-damage-survey. superstorm, with as many as five times that number flooded by seawater. (Christopher Weaver/The Wall Street Journal
  • 16. NEW JERSEY ATLANTIC COUNTY: OCEAN COUNTY: http://www.aclink.org/ http://www.co.ocean.nj.us/ Public Safety http://www.aclink.org/oep/ Emergency Management: http://www.co.ocean.nj.us/EmMgmt/Main.aspx Citizens enrolled in SNAP will receive an automatic 25% replacement benefit on their Atlantic County has received a federal declaration for public and individual EBT cards to account for food lost due to power outages assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as of October 30. Residents and businesses may now apply for assistance for Link to pantries & soup kitchens open in the county uninsured or underinsured losses from Hurricane/Tropical Storm Sandy. Applications are available online at The Dept. of Banking and Insurance will have staff at a mobile office to provide www.fema.gov or by calling customer service at 1-800-621-3362. information and handle consumer’s complaints on Thursday, Nov. 15 from 9am- 5pm. Address: Berkeley Township Recreation Center, 630 Route 9, Bayville, NJ. Owners of Storm Damaged Properties Urged to Apply for Tax Assessment Ocean County Library branches are open providing free e-device charging stations Reductions (11/19/2012) and free WIFI access to the Internet Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson urges all property owners whose Shelter open at St. Mary’s of the Pine Church dwellings have been destroyed or made significantly less valuable as a result of Clothing distribution available at Nai Israel Synagogue in Manahawkin and Your Superstorm Sandy to notify their local tax assessor in writing before January 10, Grandmothers Cupboard in Roslyn Plaza 2013 to see if ... Click here for more. Ocean County YMCA open from 7am-5pm for showers, coffee and electronic charging Second FEMA Disaster Recovery Center Opening Today in Hamilton Township (15 NOV 2012) Boil Water Advisory still in affect for (NJDEP): A second FEMA Disaster Recovery Center will be opening in Atlantic County as of (Last Updated: November 17, 2012 at 3:45 PM) 2 PM today, Thursday, November 15, behind the Hamilton Mall at 4403 Black • Beach Haven Water Dept. Horse Pike (Rt. 322), Mays Landing, Hamilton Township. An existing DRC is located at the Atlantic ... Click here for more. • Fountainhead Parks – Jackson Township • Long Beach Township Water Dept. – Brant Beach and Storm Debris Removal Tips - The following tips are provided by the New Jersey • Holgate, Long Beach Township Department of Environmental Protection to help residents impacted by Sandy • NJAW – Coastal North, Ortley beach and Pelican Island manage their trash and debris: 1. Storm-affected residents should take special • Seaside Heights Water Dept.– Seaside Heights care to document storm damages before disposing ... Click here for more. • Seaside Park Water Dept. – Seaside Park • Shore Water Company
  • 17. NEW YORK NY Division Homeland Security & Emergency Services FOOD ASSITANCE Twitter / Facebook / FEMA Region 2 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced New York State has received a Gov. Cuomo declared a state of emergency on 10/26/12 for all 62 counties in advance of waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to replace food lost by Hurricane Sandy in anticipation of severe weather impacting New York. recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, formerly known as Food Stamps, in areas hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy. Under this grant, current recipients of SNAP will be automatically issued 50 IMPACT percent of monthly benefits to replace food lost as a result of the storm • DEATH TOLL: 64 in New York State (See Slide) starting next week. The Governor also announced that SNAP recipients in • MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION: There are now 13 New York counties these areas will be able to purchase hot and prepared foods with their designated for both individual and public assistance under President Obama’s benefits. See link for more details. Federal Disaster Declaration for New York, including: Bronx, Kings, Nassau, SHELTERS New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester. 4 shelters open with 555 occupants DIALYSIS DRINKING WATER The New York State Department of Health (DOH) is advising renal patients in DRINKING WATER ADVISORIES FOLLOWING HURRICANE SANDY: (link) need of dialysis to first contact their dialysis facility to schedule treatment. If the DO NOT DRINK: facility is unable to deliver the needed dialysis treatment, patients should call the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network Hotline at: 1-800-238-ESRD (3773) to obtain information on outpatient dialysis facilities that can provide needed BOIL WATER NOTICES treatment. This hotline is operational 24 hours/7 days a week during this recovery period. Patients are being urged to avoid visiting an emergency department for dialysis since many emergency departments are at full capacity handling other storm-related health needs. Here is what you need to do if your drinking water system is under a boil water notice: Bring tap water to a rolling boil, boil for one minute, and cool before using. Or use bottled water certified for sale by the New York State Department of Health. Boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, making ice, washing dishes, brushing teeth, and preparing food until further notice. Much more information on how to protect your family during a boil water notice may be found at Boiling Water and Emergency Disinfection. PHARMACIES THAT ARE OPEN AND DELIVERING: See Link 1 or Link 2
  • 18. NEW YORK POWER HEALTHCARE FACILITIES Con Edison reported that there are 2,700 customers in areas of Brooklyn, Bellevue Hospital is offering walk-in non-emergency services 24 hours a day, 7 Queens and Staten Island who are not able to receive power. Those days a week, and will open limited adult and pediatric outpatient primary care customers cannot get electrical service until their own internal equipment clinics and routine OB-GYN services to women from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday is repaired, tested and certified by an electrician as ready for service. The through Friday. In patient services are closed due to the damages inflicted by Sandy. Limited emergency care services are expected to open in December and company is working with the New York City Buildings Department to the hospital will resume full operations in February 2013. expedite the restoration of these customers. Coney Island Hospital is providing walk-in services, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) reported that there are 6,460 in addition to primary care services and some specialty clinics, Monday through customers in Nassau, Long Beach, and Suffolk and 24,000 in the Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday to Sunday, 8 a.m. 4 p.m. Pharmacy services Rockaways who are unable to safely receive power without repairs. LIPA is are available for prescription renewals, 9am-5pm. Call 718-794-6712 for pharmacy working with local jurisdictions to complete needed surveys to determine information. Cancer patients can be served at Kings County Hospital and can whether or not electric power can be delivered to customer homes in call 718-245-2848. those areas. A mobile medical van is serving the community at 19th Street and Mermaid Avenue from 9am to 5pm, 7 days a week. Another medical van is providing limited services at 43 Seba Avenue in Geritsen Beach, from 9am to 5pm, through Fri LIPA has completed surveys Nassau and Suffolk counties, and they 11/23. Neither van will be open on Thanksgiving, 11/22. continue working with community representatives in the City of Long In patient services are closed due to the damages inflicted by Sandy Beach, Atlantic Beach, Lido Beach, and Point Lookout to assess whether homes and businesses are safe to receive power. In Rockaway Peninsula, Manhattan VA Medical Center remains closed - As of November 16, VA, working the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) is inspecting buildings with Federal and state partners, has found extensive damage to the electrical damaged by Hurricane Sandy to inform residents about the condition of systems, building circuitry, heating, fire protection, elevator, water pumping, and their building information technology support structure of the medical center. NYU Langone Medical Center's main campus at 550 First Avenue is in the process of reopening after Hurricane Sandy. If you have a medical emergency, call 911. See FEMA’s NY • Physician Practices (FGPs) are open and most practices previously located in Hurricane Sandy Skirball at 530 First Avenue have re-opened. See below for more detailed website for information, including practices still at temporary locations and contact more info. information for all practices. • Tisch Hospital, physician offices located in Schwartz Health Care Center (HCC), and 400 East 34th Street (Rusk) are temporarily closed, as is the Emergency Room. • Outpatient lab testing services and the blood bank are temporarily closed. • The Outpatient Pharmacy on the 1st floor of HCC is now open. Hours are from Monday-Friday from 9:00 am-5:00 pm. • All other NYU Langone sites are operational and patient appointments have resumed.
  • 19. NEW YORK ROCKLAND COUNTY: NASSAU COUNTY: County Information County Information FUEL POLICY has been lifted. There are no longer restrictions on purchasing MEGA RECOVERY CENTER AT CEDAR CREEK PARK gasoline or diesel. FEMA REGISTRATION CENTER: FEMA’s Disaster Recovery Center at Cedar Creek Park is now open daily from ASSITANCE 9am to 7pm. Applicants may go to the Center to receive guidance regarding disaster recovery aid, clarification of any written correspondence received, • Visit the FEMA Disaster Recovery Center at Provident Bank Park The Center Housing Assistance and Rental Resource information, resolutions to problems will be closed for Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 22 and Friday, and referrals to agencies that may provide further assistance, status of November 23. applications being processed by FEMA, as well as U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) program information. • Piermont residents can visit the FEMA Disaster Recovery Center at Piermont Village Hall, November 17 - 21, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. INSURANCE RESOURCE CENTER: The New York State Department of Financial Services is available at Cedar Creek • Apply at www.DisasterAssistance.gov Park daily from 8am to 8pm to offer residents advice on how to file an insurance • Call 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) claim for property damage from Hurricane Sandy. Representatives will also be • The TTY number is 1-800-462-7585 present from several of the nation’s largest insurance companies, including: Allstate, Metlife, New York Life, Travelers, USAA and more. • To apply for unemployment benefits or disaster unemployment assistance RED CROSS FOOD DISTRIBUTION because of the storm, call the Department of Labor Telephone Claims Center (TCC) at 1-888-209-8124. The Red Cross has opened a meal distribution centers at Cedar Creek Park. Daily meals are served from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. • Guide to Disaster Assistance and Relief Funding FREE LAUNDRY AND SHOWER FACILITIES SOME COUNTY PARKS REOPENED - 11/20/2012 11:12 AM: The following County Showers, as well as washers and dryers (open 9am – 6pm), are available to parks have been reopened to the public, although some trails residents at Cedar Creek Park. Residents may utilize these facilities free of remain closed: Haverstraw Bay Park, Demarest Kill Park, Dutch Gardens, Kennedy charge. Free detergent is also available. Park, Kakiat Park, Samuel G. Fisher Mount Ivy Environmental Park, H. Pierson Mapes Flat Rock Park, Sean Hunter Ryan Park, Gurnee Park and Amphitheater, South CONTACT NUMBERS: Mountain Park and Monsey Glen Park. LIPA: 1-800-490-0075/631-755-6900 INFORMATION ABOUT FLOODING AND SEWAGE OVERFLOWS FROM HEALTH DEPT. National Grid: 1-800-490-0045 (Gas Leaks)/ 1-800-930-5003 (Service) Cleaning Up After A Flood Or Sewage Overflow Nassau County Non-Emergency Hotline: 1-888-684-4274 Disinfecting Drinking Water Consumer Affairs Price Gouging Hotline: 516-571-2449 Rockland County Registered Well Testing Laboratories FEMA Disaster Assistance Hotline: 1-800-621-3362 Rockland County Registered Well Contractors NYS Hotline for Insurance Issues: 1-800-339-1759 If Your Private Well Has Been Flooded Nassau Chapter of American Red Cross: 516-747-3500
  • 20. NEW YORK SUFFOLK COUNTY: WESTCHESTER COUNTY: County Information County Information The Suffolk County Water Authority announced today that it would provide free well • MULTI-PURPOSE HURRICANE RECOVERY CENTER is open from 8am-8pm testing in its service area to Suffolk County residents using private wells who want to make daily at 198 Central Ave., White Plains. Parking fees have been waived. The sure their water supply has not been compromised by Super Storm Sandy. SCWA Chairman center will be staffed with representatives from FEMA, Con Edison, SBA, a James F. Gaughran said the program will be extended for one month, from November 20 variety of social services agencies and the Department of Health. through December 20, to allow Suffolk homeowners in communities that suffered extensive storm damage sufficient time to take care of their other priorities. In addition, tithe time • DISASTER SNAP BENEFITS are available to residents impacted by Hurricane period will be extended indefinitely for anyone who has not returned to their homes by Sandy. Applications are accepted 11/16-11/23. For location, see link. December 20. Tests would be conducted to make sure that private wells have not been contaminated by bacteria, fuels or chlorides via saltwater intrusion during the storm. Suffolk residents interested in having their water tested free call (631) 698-9500. • PUBLIC HEALTH: o The Westchester County Department of Health is advising people New-Suffolk County Water Authority Update Water Supply is Safe to Drink For Nearly All of who use the Hudson River waters for recreational purposes, namely Fire Island. Fire Island, which was impacted severely by Super Storm Sandy, was the only area swimmers, boaters, kayakers and windsurfers to avoid direct contact in SCWA’s service territory to incur significant service interruptions as a result of the storm. Fire Island residents with any questions about their water should call the SCWA call center with the water until further notice. at (631) 698-9500. o Tetanus shots will be offered free of charge at the Multi-Purpose Hurricane Recovery Center to anyone involved with cleanup. SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES The Suffolk County Department of Health Services (SCDHS) has collected and analyzed approximately 145 samples from various public water supply systems throughout Suffolk County to ensure the bacteriological quality of the county’s drinking water. All major public water supply systems, serving a population of approximately 1,364,000 on the mainland of Suffolk County, have not reported any service disruptions and the water has been safe for potable use throughout the duration of the storm and its aftermath. There are currently four water systems that are still under boil water advisories. SCDHS is in the process of notifying system operators and attempting to collect follow-up samples. For additional information, residents should contact their water suppliers or SCDHS at: (631) 852-5810. (Note: This is a NEW contact number for residents to call re: water supply questions.) Suffolk Department of Health Services Offering FREE Vaccination Clinics at FEMA DRCs this week. NEW updated schedule. Please see NEW hours for this week (11/19 - 11/25) for the SCDHS Free Adult Vaccination Clinics at the Disaster Recovery Assistance Centers. FREE Tetanus and Influenza immunizations will be provided for first responders, volunteers and personnel responding to storm aftermath, and residents who have been affected by Super Storm Sandy. This week's immunization schedule at the DRCs for adults only is listed below. Please check the schedule as days and hours vary by site.
  • 21. NEW YORK CITY IMPACT FOOD, WATER & SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION AT CITY-RUN RESOURCE SITES • DEATH TOLL: 43 in New York City, 23 of which were in Staten Island. The City has opened food and water distribution sites in the hardest hit • POWER OUTAGES: Con Edison reported that there are 2,700 customers in areas areas and are staffed by City employees, volunteers, the Salvation Army of Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island who are not able to receive power. Those and National Guard. Locations and hours: customers cannot get electrical service until their own internal equipment is repaired, tested and certified by an electrician as ready for service. The company http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/foodandwater.html. is working with the New York City Buildings Department to expedite the restoration of these customers PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL FOOD TRUCKS The Mayors Fund to Advance New York City partnered with the NYC EXTENSION OF THE ODD-EVEN GASOLINE PURCHASING SYSTEM Food Truck Association and local food trucks to coordinate hot food distribution in areas severely impacted by Hurricane Sandy in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. Since the start of the partnership, the food Mayor Bloomberg extended the emergency order establishing an odd-even license plate system for gasoline purchases. It will remain in effect until and including trucks have served or donated 161,337 meals. The locations and hours Friday, November 23, and operates as follows: Vehicles with license plates ending are available here: in an even number or 'zero' purchase fuel on even numbered days. Vehicles with http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/hot_food.html. license plates ending in an odd number purchase fuel on odd numbered days. Vehicles with licenses plates ending in letters will be deemed as odd numbered SANITATION 24-HOUR DEBRIS CLEANUP CONTINUES plates and can make purchases on odd numbered days. Commercial vehicles, emergency vehicles, buses and paratransit vehicles, Medical Doctor (MD) plates Mayor Bloomberg directed the Department of Sanitation to adjust and vehicles licensed by the Taxi and limousine Commission are exempt collections schedule so that 24-hour cleanup could continue in the hard-hit areas of Staten Island, Queens and Brooklyn. SHELTER FOR THOSE WITHOUT HEAT Sanitation crews have collected more than 271,073 tons of trash, Evacuation shelters remain open and as of 19 NOV, they were 286 evacuees and 71 debris and tree as a part of storm cleanup operations. They has staff. A list of evacuation shelters is available online: continued work throughout the weekend to clean up backlogged http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/hurricane_shelters.html. recycling and refuse left at curbside from redeployment to emergency The City also has opened daytime-only warming centers at senior centers in every storm debris cleanup borough: ttp://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/warming_ctr.html. TREES AND DEBRIS - Tree service requests from both Hurricane Sandy Those who are using generators in their homes to run their heat should be very and the nor'easter total 26,011, and 15,432 of those were for trees careful to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning by never using portable generators down. indoors, in garages or near open windows. The City has addressed 16,908 of these emergency tree conditions and Early signs of hypothermia include uncontrollable shivering, confusion or sleepiness, crews continue to work around the clock to address conditions. slowed or slurred speech, stiffness in arms and legs, poor control over body UPDATE ON CITY RECOVERY AND ASSISTANCE OPERATIONS -19 NOCV 2012 movements and slow reaction.