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Situation Report #44
Division of Emergency Management
Operational Period
EVENT/INCIDENT EOC Activation
May 05, 2020, 0800 HRS
COVID-19 Level 2 (Partial Activation)
May 12, 2020, 0800 HRS
Date: May 4, 2020 Time: 1500 HRS
To date, the State has received 17,959 Mission Requests which continue to strain their ability to prioritize and
fulfill these requests. St. Lucie has 580 missions sent to State, 437 of those missions have been partially or
completely filled. 42 missions have been marked canceled per State.
State EOC Updates:
The State pushed out 40,000 Test Collection Kits last week; they are anticipating receiving another
600,000 kits this month. Deputy Director Guthrie will be sending out guidance on the submission of
Mission Requests for Test Collection Kits later today: if Counties already have established relationship
with a particular laboratory then continue with that relationship. However, if a County is in need of a
laboratory then they should submit a Mission Request with the number of labs needed, identify the
physician or doctor authorizing the lab, identify the person or entity responsible for notifying the client of
their test results, identify the person or entity responsible for entering the data into the State Merlin
System.
Leon asked about increasing the number of test collection kits they are receiving from the State. They
are currently performing 400 kits a day; the State said if they felt that they could handle more kits then
they could increase it to 750 kits a day. This message was also intended for any County/State supported
Test Collection Kit sites, if they think that they could handle more kits the State could support up to 750.
St. Lucie County EOC Updates:
Apply for a Job Earn Free Pizza at Big Apple Pizza. Beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 9, Sunday,
May 10 and again Saturday, May 16, and Sunday, May 17, St. Lucie County residents can stop by Big
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Apple Pizza at 2311 South 35 Street, just across the street from Indian River State Main
Campus, apply for a job with up to five different local employers, get linked to a database for additional
positions, update career skills and find out about skill and career opportunities through Career Source of
the Research Coast. There is no cost to the public at all, but only 250 pizzas per day will be donated, so
be on time and ready to apply for a position because, in addition to representatives from Career Source
ofthe Research Coast, hiring managers from St. Lucie County, A&G Concrete Pools, Inc., the St. Lucie
County Office, Expert Shutter Services, Inc., and Surfside Grill and Pizzeria will be on handto
take your application and hook you up with potential employment, and a delicious pizza. If you, or
someone you know, is seeking employment during this difficult time, why not help spread the word, put
on your best job-applying clothes (because maybe all forgotten how to wear much besides sweats
and pajamas lately), and plan to make lemons out of lemonade or rather paychecks out of pizza and
join in the fun as we ensure that St. Lucie Works! For additional information, please contact Big Apple
Pizza at 772-466-8303.
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Division of Emergency Management
COMPREHENSIVE STAKEHOLDER STATUS UPDATES
Department of Health in St. Lucie (DOH) Two hundred sixty (260) positive COVID-19 Residents, including
eight(8) positive COVID-19 non-residents. Three thousand six hundred eight six (3,686) COVID-19 lab testing
reports came in.
Logistic Section
St. Lucie County School District School campuses will remain closed for the rest of 2019-2020 school year
as recommended by Governor DeSantis.St. Lucie Public Schools will continue Distance Learning until the
school year ends on June 2nd.
Students were provided with laptops for in home virtual instruction. District Laptop Repair Locations: for the
week of May 4 May 8. Students in need of repair or service for the District issued laptop may visit Fairlawn
Elementary School from 9am-11am or Morningside Elementary School from 1:30pm-3:00pm. Repair
technicians are available and on-site Monday through Friday.
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The District is providing "grab and go meals" since March 23, 2020. Beginning May 4, 2020 there are new days
and changes in locations. St. Lucie Public Schools Child Nutrition Services will be serving meals for students in
our community from 11:00 AM 1:00 PM, Tuesday (two breakfasts and two lunches) and Thursday (three
locations are as follows:
North County
-CA Moore Elementary School, 827 N. 29th Street, Fort Pierce, FL 34947
-Ft. Pierce Westwood Academy, 1801 Panther Lane, Ft. Pierce Fl, 34947
-Francis K. Sweet Elementary, 1400 Avenue Q, Ft. Pierce Fl, 34950
-Lakewood Park Elementary, 7800 Indrio Road, Ft. Pierce Fl, 34951
-St. Lucie Elementary, 2020 South 13th Street, Fort Pierce, Florida 34950
-Weatherbee Elementary, 800 E. Weatherbee Road, Ft. Pierce Fl, 34982
East County
- Morningside Elementary, 2300 SE Gowin Drive, Port St. Lucie Fl, 34952-
- Northport K8, 250 NW Floresta Drive, Port St. Lucie Fl, 34983
West County
- Bayshore Elementary, 1661 Bayshore Blvd, Port St. Lucie Fl, 34984
- Manatee K8, 1450 SW Heatherwood Blvd, Port St. Lucie Fl, 34986
- Oak Hammock K8, 1451 SW California Blvd, Port St. Lucie Fl, 34953
- West Gate K8, 1050 NW Cashmere Blvd, Port St. Lucie Fl, 34986
- Windmill Point Elementary, 700 SW Darwin Blvd, Port St. Lucie Fl, 34953
Free Community Wi-Fi for Students! Beginning April 28, 2020 the St. Lucie Pubic Schools has parked buses at
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The status of St. Lucie Public schools and the details of the activities can be found on the St. Lucie Public
Schools web site at: https://www.stlucie.k12.fl.us/coronavirus-updates/marty.sanders@stlucieschools.org
St. Lucie County Fire District The Fire District does not have any unmet needs. Burn rates remain unchanged
since last week with no immediate shortage of PPE anticipated.
SECTION REPORTS
Reporting Sections
Finance/Administration Section
Logistics Section
There have been no changes in it s protective measures. Applicable employees continue to work from home if
possible, the administrative building is still closed to the public as are the fire stations, frequent cleaning and
disinfection policies are still in effect, and self-monitoring practices are still being followed. There have been no
cases of infected employees to date.
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Information on water quality concerns in buildings which have remained and will remain vacant for a timeframe.
-opening stages progress in the coming
weeks, the stagnant water in the pipes should be replaced by flushing fresh water through it. This will avoid
Legionella growth and other serious health and water quality issues that increase during the suspended use
period. The CDC and the Purdue University weblinks have useful information and instructions.
ESF01 (Transportation) No updates
ESF02 (Communications) No updates
(ESF05 Mission Resource Unit) No updates
(ESF06 Mass Care) Housing No updates
(ESF07- Resource Management) Veterans office operations continue while maintain social distancing. Van
transportation to VA hospital continues with reduced riders due to hospital non-essential clinic closures.
Preparing for opening of rental assistance program. Unemployment applications available at Community
Services Office. All other programs remain unchanged.
Operations Section
(ESF04 - Firefighting) St. Lucie County Fire District -
operations. Fortunately, the situation appears to have stabilized and no adjustments or revisions to our COVID-
19 IAP have been required. We continue to implement the protective measures that have been in place. Social
distancing, employees working from home, station lock downs, and frequent cleaning and disinfection practices
are employed. We also do not have any unmet needs at this time. We are carefully monitoring our supply of
PPE, which is adequate for the immediate future. There have been no significant changes to our burn rates.
We continue to reach out to our vendors and remain vigilant to any supplies that become available.
(ESF08 - Health and Medical) Department of Health in St. Lucie (DOH) continues to communicate with local
healthcare facilities in order to prioritize supply distribution.
Cleveland Clinic (Tradition): (177) Total beds, currently has (109) Available beds.
St. Lucie Medical Center: (229) Total beds, currently has (114) Available beds.
Lawnwood Regional Medical Center: (392) Total beds, currently has (105) Available beds.
They remain prepared and ready to assist St. Lucie County with all COVID-19 concerns.
(ESF16 Law Enforcement) Our biggest challenge this week was the opening of the beaches with
unenforceable restrictions. We ended up siting 25 vehicles for violations at the beaches. The bigger problem
was boat ramps which we fielded several calls, mainly due to the extremely long wait to get boats in and out of
the ramps. There was definitely a large influx of NON-RESIDENTS utilizing our water/waterways. With all
beaches and boat ramps still closed south of us we will probably not see any relief with this matter. People
were actually bragging that it was worth the hour drive to be able to spend all day on the beach. Calls for service
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reference COVID 19 restriction violations continue to come in, but are virtually unenforceable. We continue to
sible. This is to keep deputies from having contact with residents.
Equipment is unchanged. We are still holding to our burn-rate on masks and trying to order from any vendors
that can produce quicker than late 2020 early 2021, which are not many.
The jail continues to follow their same protocol for entry into the jail (temp, wellness interview and 14 day
quarantine whether systematic or not). No cases of COVID 19 to report in either inmates or personnel for
We are still closed for the public and utilizing social distancing in the workplace as well as
temperature monitoring upon entry into the building. We have tested several deputies that have been
symptomatic. One deputy was tested twice, sent for chest x-ray and CT of lungs, but still testing negative. They
were told that there is a high rate of false negatives and continues to self-quarantine.
Planning Section
(ESF05) Situation Unit: Developing and publishing daily Situation Snapshots for the incident. Incident Action
thth
Plan (IAP) and Situation Report provided for May 5 will be in effect through May 12 and is published in
WebEOC. For any significant facility closures please send information to the email:
planningchief@stlucieco.org. Staff is initiated review of a draft Pandemic Medical Treatment Site Plan for the
purpose of expanded emergency care capacity.
(ESF05) Mission/Resource Unit: Monitoring local Resource Requests and inputting Resource Requests into
WebEOC with approval from the Incident Commander.
Working on the methodology for projecting the 10-day supply needs for resources and PPEs. The initial
10-day period. Alternative calculations, accounting for weekends
or hybrid work days to be evaluated.
(ESF05) Documentation Unit: All constitutional agencies and stakeholders were to send updated information to
formulate a Common Operating Picture (COP) by 10:00 today. Included information should have included unmet
needs, personal protective measures, financial impacts, challenges, operational modifications, and recovery
plans. All future updates to this information should be sent to the St. Lucie County Liaison Officer, Nicole
Fogarty,at FogartyN@stlucieco.org and the Planning Section Chief, at planningchief@stlucieco.org.
(ESF05) Recovery Unit: The Recovery Unit is completing a Pandemic Recovery Plan to be utilized in expediting
a safe and robust recovery for St. Lucie County. The GIS Team is evaluating opportunities to support the
recovery efforts through data and information access, providing spatial analysis to help data-driven decisions.
Safety Officer
SOCIAL DISTANCING REMINDER:
We are relying on all stakeholders and their organizations to enforce social distancing and best practices for
preventing/slowing the spread of COVID-19. Whenever possible, the following practices should be implemented
to reduce contact within the workplace:
Avoid meeting people face-to-face. BOCC employees are encouraged to use the telephone, online conferencing
through Microsoft Teams (call IT for Assistance), e-mail or instant messaging (Cisco Jabber) to conduct
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business as much as possible, even when participants are in the same office/building. If a meeting is required,
have the meeting in a well-ventilated area and ensure that all employees are at least six (6) feet apart from one
another.Implement staggered work shifts so that everyone in your office is not working at the same time. Have
crew members report to the main work site instead of riding together in one truck. Family First Act informational
posters have been distributed for employee education to all St. Lucie County Departments.
BACKGROUND
The County has prepared the Havert L. Fenn Center as an Alternate Care Site to be available in case of surge.
The County continues to distribute information regarding COVID-19 and County services to the public through
briefs.
Executive Order 20-92 remains in effect to limit statewide movement and personal interactions of people outside
of their home to essential services.
Operations and essential public safety functions remain active and working remotely when available in order to
adhere to social distancing guidelines and best practices.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act signed by President Trump in late March
provided $150 billion in direct support to only those local governments with a population of 500,000 or more.
Congressman Mast supports the Coronavirus Community Relief Act which will provide local governments with
$250 billion in direct funding. This Bill will provide funding to all local governments with fewer than 500,000
people on a per capita basis (below 500,000 people because those entities are funded via the CARES Act),
and allow them to use the funding to offset lost revenue due to the pandemic.
All employees working EOC functions are requested to track work related hours daily and complete FEMA forms
and Summary Documents.
Department of Health in St. Lucie continues to compile a volunteer force of qualified medical professionals to
manageincreases in COVID-19 cases, if the need arises. The Florida Department of Health in St. Lucie
operates a Medical Reserve Corps that can be activated in situations such as the current pandemic. Any
licensed healthcare professional who is willing to volunteer in the event there is a need for additional doctors,
nurses, EMTs and other healthcare experts are encouraged to register
athttps://www.flhealthresponse.com/mrcvolunteer. Under Florida Statute 110.504, sovereign immunityis
providedto volunteers. State Statute 768.28 is the Sovereign Immunity Law and 768.1355 is the Volunteer
Protection Act which allows licensed professionals to volunteer, and have their licenses protected. Every
medical professional that registers will be vetted by the Florida Department of Health before being activated.
RESOURCES
On May 1, 2020, Governor Ron DeSantis announced Limited Re-Opening of Recreational Trails and Beaches.
The selected reopened state parks will have limited facilities. Reopened beach areas allow visitors access to
active recreation only. This includes walking, jogging, swimming and fishing. No sunbathing, chairs, canopies
or coolers are allowed in beach areas at this time. Reopened parks will resume normal operation hours of 8
a.m. to sunset, with the exception of beach areas. Access to beach areas will have reduced daily hours that
may vary locally along with reductions in visitor capacity to ensure social distancing. Visitors should check the
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Compliance with social distancing
requirements and approved activities will be enforced and failure to comply with proper social distancing or
approved activities may result in law enforcement action or park closure.
For a complete list of open parks and available amenities, please visit www.floridastateparks.org.
The Florida Department of Health COVID-19 Call Center can be accessed by calling 1-(866) 779-6121. The
Call Center is available 24 hours / 7 days. Public Information Line 772-460-HELP (4357). Inquiries may also
be emailed to COVID-19@flhealth.gov. You can also contact the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) for information by calling 1-800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636) or go to
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html. High recommendation is given to practice protective
measures for employees, essential functions, and alternate work capabilities (e.g., telework, alternate
schedules). For detailed information on preparing the workplace see the Occupational Safety and Health
(OSHA) Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19.
To ensure continuity of operations of essential functions, the CDC advises that critical infrastructure workers
may be permitted to continue work following potential exposure to COVID-19, provided they remain
asymptomatic and additional precautions are implemented to protect them and the community. Critical
Infrastructure workers who have had an exposure but remain asymptomatic should adhere to the following
practices prior to and during their work shift:
Pre-Screen:
them starting work. Ideally, temperature checks should happen before the individual enters the facility.
Regular Monitoring: As long as the empl
self-
Wear a Mask: The employee should wear a face mask at all times while in the workplace for 14 days
after last exposu
coverings in the event of shortages.
Social Distance: The employee should maintain 6 feet and practice social distancing as work duties
permit in the workplace.
Disinfect and Clean Work Spaces: Clean and disinfect all areas such as offices, bathrooms, common
areas, shared electronic equipment routinely.
DOH Division of Disease Control Emergency Rule: Disease or Conditions to be Reported 64DER20-26 (64D-
3.029) requires immediate reporting of suspected or confirmed cases and both positive and negative test results
of Coronavirus (COVID-19) by physicians, hospitals, and laboratories. The person to be contacted regarding
the emergency rule is: Carina Blackmore, Florida Department of Health, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Tallahassee,
Florida 32399-1703, (850) 245-4732.
staff continues to provide critical mission services
for businesses and residents; however, there will be a temporary reduction in the number of responses to calls
for service in order to further reduce the possibility of community spread of COVID-19. If residents are
experiencing an animal emergency, they can still call 911 to report an incident. Residents can also check the
www.stlucieco.gov/lost _pets to see if lost pets have been hou
animal shelter.
Poison Prevention Resources
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Chemical Exposures Reported to the National Poison Data System and Temporal Associations with COVID-19
Transmission United States, January 1, 2020
Take steps to poison-proof your home. Keep cleaning and disinfectant chemicals such as bleach and hand
sanitizers away from kids. Visit https://poisonhelp.hrsa.gov/ for more info.
Did you know? Alcohol-based hand sanitizers can cause alcohol poisoning if swallowed. Keep your family safe
and store hand sanitizers out of reach of young children. Visit https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/show-me-the-
science-hand-sanitizer.html for more info.
Household cleaners and disinfectants can cause health problems when not used properly. Follow the
instructions on the product label to ensure safe and effective use. Learn more about cleaning and disinfecting
your home:
https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/emergency/cleaning-sanitizing/household-cleaning-sanitizing.html.
Cleaning your home? Remember to never mix household bleach with ammonia or any other cleaner it can
create dangerous, toxic fumes. More info: https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/emergency/cleaning-
sanitizing/household-cleaning-sanitizing.html.
Did you know one of the most common routes of poisonings is through breathing of chemical fumes?
https://poisonhelp.hrsa.gov/
Many disinfectants contain chemicals that can irritate the lungs. Open windows or doors when cleaning with
disinfection products. More info:
https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/emergency/cleaning-sanitizing/household-cleaning-sanitizing.html.
POISON CONTROL CENTERS: Poison Centers are free and available to everyone. Call 1- 800-222-1222 and
Text POISON to 797979 to save the Poison Help line number in your smartphone. Learn how to prevent
poisonings at https://poisonhelp.hrsa.gov/.
Did you know? Poison Centers provide free, 24-hour advice regarding exposures to chemicals, poisons, drugs,
and medicine. Call 1-800-222-1222 to connect to your local poison center. Visit https://poisonhelp.hrsa.gov/ for
more info.
Phone Number: 772-462-1580
Prepared by: Jodi Nentwick
Fax Number: 772-462-1580 E-mail Address: difrancescod@stlucieco.org
County EOC 15305 W Midway Rd Latitude: 30.59824 16R DU 93318508
Location: Ft. Pierce FL 34945 Longitude: 87.06948
HOTLINE / MEDIA INFORMATION
Public Information Line #
PIO Phone #: 772-462-8100 PIO: Erick Gill
772-460-4357 (460-HELP)
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Approved by: Leslie Olson, Planning Section Chief
Date/Time: May 4, 2020; 1600 HRS
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