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RECON

The purpose of the State Emergency Response Team (SERT) RECON Unit is to provide an initial assessment of the impacted area boundaries, evacuation routes and communities for the SERT. Information will be provided to the SERT Chief and the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) Plans and Operations Sections. RECON Teams expedite situation assessments of areas impacted by emergencies when deployed. RECON Teams move expeditiously through damaged areas relaying information that assists the SERT with meeting the following Standing Orders:

  1. Establish Communications with impacted areas
  2. Search and Secure
  3. Meet Basic Humans Needs
    1. Medical
    2. Water
    3. Food
    4. Shelter
    5. Emergency Fuel
    6. Ice
  4. Restore Critical Infrastructure
  5. Open Schools/Local Business
  6. Begin Recovery

RECON Reporting Website

RECON Reporting website is located at https://apps.floridadisaster.org/recon. A user name and password is required to access the site.

Documents/Links

Contacts

SERT RECON Asset Team Leads:

DEM  Rob Dietrich 850-413-9943
FWC  Major Rett Boyd 850-251-0272 / Capt Jack Martin 850-251-7265   
FLNG Captain Melissa Deleon 850-251-0962
DEP John Johnson  850-251-1476
CAP  Jack Payne 772-332-2633

SERT RECON Coordination Team Leads:

DOT John Lanham 850-414-4852
DOH Bobby Mills 850-245-4445 ext 3334

Coordinate Transformation Tools

Online tool - transform coordinates between common Lat/Long formats and USNG

Offline coordinate transformation tools - download and install
MSP GEOTRANS

Incident Mapper - interactive mapping site to search by address, Lat/Long, and USNG, click on map and obtain coordinates (which can be copied and pasted)

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Florida Division of Emergency Management

2555 Shumard Oak Blvd. Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100

Phone: 850-815-4000

For Florida Relay Service:
Dial 711 (TDD/TTY)        

Weather Outlook

Thursday, October 31, 2024

...Frontal Boundary To the West To Weaken High Pressure Over the State; However, Mostly Dry Conditions Will Persist Across the State...Breezy Onshore Winds to Bring Isolated Showers Along the East Coast and Keys...Isolated Shower and Thunderstorm or Two Possible In the Western Panhandle Ahead of The Frontal Boundary...Abnormally Dry to Moderate Drought Conditions Return Along the Florida Panhandle; Locally Sensitive Wildfire Conditions Possible Today...Breezy Easterly to Southeasterly Winds With Gusts Upwards of 15-25 MPH Along Peninsula and Keys...High Risk for Rip Currents Along Florida Panhandle and East Coast...Red Tide Observed At Background to High Concentrations Along Florida's Gulf Coast...Minor Coastal Flooding Along Portions of The St. Johns River Basin Near and At Times of High Tide...Moderate to Major Coastal Flooding Continues Along the Withlacoochee River With Minor to Moderate Flooding Along the St. Johns River...NHC Continues to Monitor A Potential Disturbance Over the Southwestern Caribbean Sea (50%)...

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