Hurricane Armando
A Neighborhood Tabletop Exercise

Exercise - Mission
With the mission of bringing neighborhood residents together to work through how neighbors should collectively help the neighborhood plan and prepare for, respond to, recover from and mitigate the effects of a HURRICANE, the following organizations have undertaken the coordination of this very unique disaster exercise. Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross

City of Tallahassee

Council of Neighborhood Associations
Leon County

North Florida Regional Domestic Security Task Force

This four hour tabletop exercise provides neighborhood leaders and residents an opportunity to learn the importance of working together when disaster strikes. Participants will work within their neighborhood group as they undertake coordination of activities such as neighborhood planning and preparedness, threat assessment, needs assessment, debris removal and damage assessment.

The Exercise - April 23, 2005
Neighborhoods throughout Leon County were invited to participate in this exercise which was held on April 23 from 9:00AM through 1:00PM at the Leon County Health Department's Orange Avenue location in Tallahassee.

Neighborhoods participating in the exercise were asked to recruit a minimum of four residents who represented the entire neighborhood.

Document	Format
Hurricane Armando Overview	PDF	Power Point

Exercise - Situation Manual

Document	Format
Neighborhood Planning And Preparedness Master Sequence Of Events List	PDF
Neighborhood During The Storm Sequence Of Events List	PDF
Neighborhood Response And Recovery Master Sequence Of Events List	PDF

Exercise - Advisories

National Hurricane Center	Date	Time
Advisory Number One	April 20 2005	11:00AM
Advisory Number Two	April 20 2005	5:00PM
Advisory Number Three	April 20 2005	11:00PM
Advisory Number Four	April 21 2005	5:00AM
Advisory Number Five	April 21 2005	11:00AM
Advisory Number Six	April 21 2005	5:00PM
Advisory Number Seven	April 21 2005	11:00PM
Advisory Number Eight	April 22 2005	5:00AM
Advisory Number Nine	April 22 2005	11:00AM
Advisory Number Ten	April 22 2005	5:00PM
Advisory Number Eleven	April 22 2005	11:00PM
Advisory Number Twelve	April 23 2005	5:00AM
Advisory Number Thirteen	April 23 2005	11:00AM
Advisory Number Fourteen	April 23 2005	5:00PM
Advisory Number Fifteen	April 23 2005	11:00PM

Exercise - Maps

Neighborhood	Format
Bond Westside	PDF
Callen	PDF
Centre Pointe Village	PDF
Charter Oaks	PDF
Dellview Drive	PDF
Eastgate	PDF
Hartsfield Village	PDF
Liberty Hills	PDF
Los Robles	PDF
Oak Valley	PDF
Piney-Z Plantation	PDF
San Luis Ridge	PDF
Southwood	PDF
Springhill Cox	PDF
Timbers Townhomes	PDF
Waverly Hills	PDF
Whispering Pines	PDF
Woodland Drive	PDF

Exercise - Benefits

In addition to the lessons neighborhoods learned by taking part in this unique exercise, each participating neighborhood received a free NEIGHBORHOOD DISASTER RESPONSE KIT. Lunch was provided as part of this important learning opportunity and useful door prizes such as NOAA Weather Radios were be given away.

Exercise - Neighborhood Hazard Identification / Vulnerability Assessment

Neighborhoods who participated in the Hurricane Armando - A Neighborhood Tabletop Exercise were required to complete a Neighborhood Hazard Identification / Vulnerability Assessment (HIVA) prior to the exercise.

Exercise - Preparing And Preparedness Resources

Vital on-line information on how to prepare individuals, families and neighborhoods for a hurricane can be found at:

Document	Format
Building Disaster Resistant Neighborhoods	HTML
Disaster Education, Preparedness, Planning and Mitigation Library	HTML
Hurricane Survival Guide For The Capital Area	HTML