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Disaster Proclamation

PROCLAMATIONS
County	Declaration Date	Expiration Date
Blackhawk County	May 25, 2008	June 24, 2008
Buchanan County	May 25, 2008	June 24, 2008
Butler County	May 25, 2008	June 24, 2008
Delaware County	May 25, 2008	June 24, 2008
Statewide IDOT for Regualtory Waiver of Provisions Hours Worked, Registration and Fuel Tax Reporting, Weight, Length and Minimum Age	May 25, 2008	June 24. 2008
Blackhawk, Buchanan, Butler, Delaware Counties IDOT Waiver for Replacement Licenses, Identification Cards and Titles	May 25, 2008	June 24, 2008

FATALITY / INJURY SUMMARY

Fatalities

5 in Parkersburg

2 in New Hartford

Injuries

50 (estimate)

Media is reporting higher numbers however numbers not confirmed

State Resources
Agency	City / County	Resource / Date
Dept of Public Safety	Parkersburg/Butler	State Patrol Fifth Wheel Command Trailer Security Resources FLIR to assist in search - complete
Dept of Public Safety	New Hartford/Butler	State Patrol, Security Resources - complete
Dept of Public Safety	Hazleton/Buchanan	Command trailer- complete 1 Chaplain
Dept of Public Safety	Dunkerton/Blackhawk	Security Resources - complete
Iowa Task Force One-CR Division	Parkersburg/Butler	10 USAR staff; communications unit; lights and generators to Parkersburg to assist-complete 2 search dogs/2 handlers-complete
Dept of Transportation	Parkersburg/Butler	Trucks/Front loaders/ 2 excavators for emergency vehicles - complete 6 heavy duty perimeter lights (10kw) - complete 4 DOT Message Boards Highway Alert Radio System 10 trucks, 2 excavators, 1 end-loader for debris clearance
Dept of Natural Resources	Parkersburg/Butler	Assisting with debris issues, including household disposal issues, disposal of fertilizers, herbicides, etc.
Dept of Public Health	Parkersburg/Butler	Environmental Health Response Team (EHRT) to assist with Hazardous Material issues - complete
Dept of Agriculture and Land Stewardship	Parkersburg/Butler	Vet response team for injured pets -complete Disposal/removal of dead domestic animals-cremators Coordinating with the Farm Service Agency
Iowa National Guard	Parkersburg/Butler	Waterloo National Guard Armory being used as temporary Red Cross headquarters 187 National Guard personnel support for security missions 60 kw generator for ICS post Water tanker, 10,000 gal per day - complete 2 Public Affairs Officers to monitor and coordinate press activity
Incident Management Team (IMT)	Parkersburg/Butler	Support Parkersburg EOC, logistics and planning Support to county EOC for Operations, Logistics and Planning
Dept of Human Services	Affected areas	Mental health response Damage Assessment Teams

federal Resources

Agency

City / County

Resource

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Parkersburg

Two (2) 1610 Alert Max Transmitters

OTHER
Agency	City / County	Resource
Salvation Army	Buchanan Butler/Buchanan Co's	Staging at Independence Fire 4 Mobile feeding units @ Parkersburg Fire Station
American Red Cross	Parkersburg/Butler Aplington/Butler	Shelter in Aplington 4 Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV) A Red Cross Service Center at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Parkersburg Crisis counselors Damage assessmwnt team -
Animal Rescue League	Parkersburg/Butler	Domestic animal disposal
Iowa Utilities Board	Statewide	Working outages and restorations - complete
Civil Air Patrol	Civil Air Patrol Fly over for damage assessment and aerial photography	Two crews, one from Iowa Falls, and one from Cedar Rapids- complete

State/Federal Employees
Agency	Number staffed
Homeland Security	23
Natural Resources	3
National Guard	187
Public Health	1
FEMA	2
Agriculture	3
American Red Cross	(personnel & ERV's) 108
Salvation Army	(mobile feeding units) 4
Transportation	11
Public Safety-ISP	20
County coordinators	7
Baptist Convention of Iowa	(feeding unit) 1
TOTAL STAFFED	370

SHELTER SUMMARY

Butler:

Aplington Middle School, American Red Cross reporting 16 evacuees.

Black Hawk:

Dunkerton Elementary School shelter closed at 2300 hours on 5/25/08

EVACUATION SUMMARY

Butler:

Parkersburg residents evacuated to Aplington Middle School

COUNTY SUMMARIES / ASSESSMENT INFORMATION

Recovery team in in the process of collecting damage assessment information for this event.

UTILITIES & SERVICES - INFORMATION RECEIVED THROUGH IOWA UTILITIES BOARD (IUB)

Towns (Area) Impacted: Pomeroy - Palmer - Rural Pocahontas Co Outage start time: 5/29/2008 1:43:35 PM Cause of outage: Pole fire Number of customers: 350 Estimated time of restoration: 3 hours estimated Number of people used in restoration: 6 Facts of the Incident: 34.5 kv line down at 60573 220th, circuit dropped to make emergency repairs.

RECOVERY ITEMS

Donations management and volunteer coordination activities are currently underway.

Request for Presidential Disaster Declaration sent to FEMA Region VII office. Public Assistance requested for:

Black Hawk; Buchanan; Butler; Delaware. Preliminary damage estimates:

COUNTY	DAMAGE ASSESSMENT	PER CAPITA
Black Hawk	$ 717,012	$ 5.60
Buchanan	$ 690,727	$ 32.75
Butler	$3,772,396	$246.48
Delaware	$ 631,305	$ 34.30
Statewide	$6,011,724	$ 2.05

Individual Assistance is requested for Black Hawk, Buchanan and Delaware counties. Preliminary damage estimates:

COUNTY	Destroyed	Major	Minor	Affected by Habitable
Black Hawk	28	14	16	94
Buchanan	13	14	89	73
Delaware	0	0	5	57

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION - Other Partners

Red Cross, ARC sending out press release regarding 866-GET INFO number, Call takers can help locating a shelter or to attempt to locate a missing family member.

Numerous private companies have offered their services to the affected areas.

United Postal Inspector will be delivering mail to all residences in affected areas through the local Post Offices.

Iowa Concern Hotline taking calls for donations of goods and services. About 322 calls were received over the last 24 hour period, with calls continuing.