TEMA DEPARTMENTS -
OPERATIONS
The Operations
Directorate includes the major functions that serve as the heartbeat of the
agency, i.e., those functions that actually provide the underlying support that
allows the remainder of the agency to work.
Operations - Operations is the central point for all emergency warning,
communications and response in Tennessee 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Operations officers coordinate incidents and missions with numerous state,
local, private sector and research organizations. Tornadoes, severe weather,
flash floods, earthquakes, hazardous materials accidents and civil emergencies
are just a few of the natural and technological hazards coordinated as
incidents and missions through the Operations office. This section utilizes a
statewide communications system to coordinate its activities. Operations is commonly known throughout Tennessee, from
state and local government agencies to private sector industry as the 9-1-1 of
state government.
Weekly Operations Summary
June 22-28th, 2008
West Tennessee
Flooding Report
The National Weather Service has not issued any
additional flood warnings for West Tennessee this week due to the large amount
of water flowing south with the Mississippi River. The graph below shows the most recent river
gauges available. The green dots along
Tennessee’s western border represent river stages that are below the action
stage and are not high enough to merit flooding concerns.
Field inspections by TEMA Area Coordinator
indicate that rivers such as the Obion River at Bogota
and the Forked Deer at Dyersburg are at slightly higher levels than last week,
but still within their banks. Except for a few low lying fields near the
Observed/Forecast
River Conditions
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lmrfc/
Missions:
There were six new missions for this week.
|
|
County |
Region |
Date Opened |
Time Opened |
Incident Description |
Type of event |
|
73 |
Multiple |
Statewide |
6/28/2008 |
17:45 |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
Severe Weather |
|
72 |
Hardeman |
West |
6/26/2008 |
20:00 |
|
Fire |
|
71 |
|
East |
6/26/2008 |
14:27 |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
Severe Weather |
|
70 |
DeKalb |
Middle |
6/24/2008 |
13:45 |
Old Time Fiddlers Convention |
General Incident |
|
69 |
Knox |
East |
6/24/2008 |
10:00 |
DOH POD Exercise |
General Incident |
|
68 |
|
East |
6/23/2008 |
18:00 |
Rad Shipment |
Rad Shipment |
|
67 |
|
East |
6/23/2008 |
18:00 |
Rad Shipment |
Rad Shipment |
|
66 |
Van Buren |
Middle |
6/23/2008 |
14:48 |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
Severe Weather |
This severe weather mission was opened during
the mid afternoon of Monday, June 23rd to monitor a line of severe
thunderstorms passing through the middle and eastern portions of
This mission was opened to monitor the
participation and support of a Department of Health POD Exercise on June 30th,
2008. Various members of TEMA EAST and
the Department of Military will be involved with this drill.
This mission was opened in support of the 37th
Annual Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree & Crafts Festival on Friday and
Saturday, July 4-5, 2008.
This severe weather mission was issued in the early
afternoon of Thursday, June 26, 2008. A
single severe thunderstorm warning was issued for
The Hardeman County EMA reported a fire at Kings
Auto Parts in Bolivar, Tenn., causing an unknown amount of oil and antifreeze
to be released. TEMA Area Coordinator
responded to the scene due to the possibility that the spill may spread to the Hatchee River Wildlife Area via runoff water and the storm
drain system. First Response was contracted to cleanup the surrounding area
outside of the store and the city was able to block the storm drain water from
entering the Wildlife Area. At this
time, no arrangements have been made to cleanup the inside of the building and
the LEMA is checking into obtaining frac tanks to
collect contaminated water from the surrounding area until it can be disposed
of properly.
Eight separate severe thunderstorm warnings were
issued during the late evening of Saturday, June 28, 2008. Much of East Tennessee remained under these
warnings until the storm passed at about quarter to 11 p.m., eastern daylight
time. No injuries or damages were reported
in conjunction with this storm.
Incidents:
There were 44 incidents
for this week.
|
Incident Number |
County |
Region |
Date Opened |
Time Opened |
Incident Description |
Type of event |
|
1153 |
|
East |
6/29/2008 |
17:09 |
TT
accident I-24W and Hwy 27 split |
Transport
Incident |
|
1152 |
Davidson |
Middle |
6/29/2008 |
7:30 |
TT
accident on I-40E MM207 |
Transport
Incident |
|
1151 |
Multiple |
Multiple |
6/28/2008 |
20:57 |
Severe
Thunderstorm Warning |
Severe
Weather |
|
1150 |
Multiple |
Multiple |
6/28/2008 |
19:18 |
Severe Thunderstorm
Warning |
Severe
Weather |
|
1149 |
Robertson |
Middle |
6/28/2008 |
19:00 |
50 yards
of motor oil on HWY 76 East |
TDOT
Hazmat |
|
1148 |
Multiple |
Multiple |
6/28/2008 |
19:01 |
Severe
Thunderstorm Warning |
Severe
Weather |
|
1147 |
Multiple |
Multiple |
6/28/2008 |
18:58 |
Severe
Thunderstorm Warning |
Severe
Weather |
|
1146 |
Multiple |
Multiple |
6/28/2008 |
18:36 |
Severe
Thunderstorm Warning |
Severe
Weather |
|
1145 |
Multiple |
Multiple |
6/28/2008 |
18:27 |
Severe Thunderstorm
Warning |
Severe
Weather |
|
1144 |
Multiple |
Multiple |
6/28/2008 |
18:23 |
Severe
Thunderstorm Warning |
Severe
Weather |
|
1143 |
Davidson |
Middle |
6/28/2008 |
15:21 |
MVA I-24E
bet. |
Transport
Incident |
|
1142 |
|
Middle |
6/27/2008 |
21:14 |
75
gallons of motor oil in soil |
General
Hazmat |
|
1141 |
Cocke |
East |
6/27/2008 |
20:16 |
Jack
knife TT I-40W MM 432 |
Transport
Incident |
|
1140 |
Hamblen |
East |
6/27/2008 |
19:44 |
I-81 mm
12 lane closures |
General
Incident |
|
1139 |
|
East |
6/27/2008 |
10:14 |
Sunken
House Boat w/Spill |
Water
Hazmat |
|
1138 |
Rhea |
East |
6/26/2008 |
20:30 |
WBN PNS
Fail |
|
|
1137 |
Hardeman |
West |
6/26/2008 |
20:15 |
Fire-Kings
Auto Parts Store |
Fire |
|
1136 |
Dickson |
Middle |
6/26/2008 |
18:49 |
50-100
gallons of diesel spill on I-40 MM 155 |
TDOT
Hazmat |
|
1135 |
Humphreys |
Middle |
6/26/2008 |
18:00 |
TT on
Fire I-40 W MM 147-148 |
Highway
HAZMAT |
|
1134 |
|
West |