FEMA SitRep

Food, Water, Sheltering: • Emergency boil water advisory issued • Commonwealth Utility Corporation will set up water stations for residents while well systems are being repaired • 50% of grocers, 33% of restaurants and 31% of retailers have re-opened on Saipan • Shelters/Occupants: 15 (-7) / 934 (-72) across CNMI; all Rota shelters have closed

Health and Medical: • Saipan: the only hospital on the island is operational on generator power with no fuel issues, grid power may be restored October 27; both dialysis centers open, private facility re-opened October 26; Chest Clinic resumed services for half-day • Tinian: the only medical facility on the island is structurally compromised, no current patients but patient surge is expected • Patient numbers are decreasing but second wave of patients is possible once people return home and begin cleaning up the damage

Energy: • 46% of gas stations re-opening on Saipan; fuel availability sufficient to meet normal purchasing needs, but heavy generator use may further deplete existing supplies • CNMI: 21 day fuel supply available based on all power generation facilities operating at normal rate; working on refueling plan • CNMI: 100% of customers without electric grid power (19k on Saipan, 1k on Tinian, 1k on Rota) • Saipan: fuel supply for generators not a concern at this time, but distribution may be challenging due to road debris • Saipan: 9 out of 9 power feeders are down; emergency generator assessments ongoing; deploying generators from DC Guam • Tinian: 4 out of 4 power feeders down; power plant damaged, 80-90% damage to distribution structures; expect to return station to service within 24-48 hours; 2-3 weeks fuel supply for generator power • Rota: 3 out of 3 power feeders are online; unable to gain direct access to assess damage; assessment overflight scheduled today

 

Communication: • CNMI: restoration of mobile services to Saipan: ( 2 resorts/hotels and 2 communities/village), Tinian: (1 community/village), Rota: (2 resorts/hotels, 1 village, and the library) • Exchange connection between islands is on generator power with 96 hour capacity • 11 of 11 cell towers on generator power; fuel plan for communication cell towers identified

Transportation: • All sea ports open with no restrictions • Airports: o Saipan: will open Oct 28 for commercial outbound passengers only; closed to incoming commercial traffic until farther notice; flight operations limited to humanitarian relief flights only o Tinian: open for humanitarian relief flights only o Rota: open • Major roads and most secondary roads are accessible and utility crews have begun to restore power on Saipan and Tinian Hazardous Waste: • Solid Waste facility in Puerto Rico, Saipan open for green waste, metals, and white good disposal

Safety and Security: • Saipan: 1 confirmed fatality

State/Local Response • CNMI EOC at Full Activation (24/7)

FEMA HQ/Federal Response • Emergency Declaration FEMA-3408-EM-CNMI approved October 23 • Expedited Major Disaster Declaration FEMA-4404-DR-CNMI approved October 26 • FEMA Region IX RWC at Steady State, continues to monitor • FEMA Region IX IMAT-2 deployed to Saipan; LNOs in Guam, Rota and Tinian • FEMA Region VII IMAT deployed to CNMI (already deployed for Mangkhut) • FEMA NRCC Response Operations Cell (ROC) activated (24/7) • FEMA HQ ISB team and MERS assets deployed • HHS: Federal Health Coordinating Officer, DMAT, and IMT deployed • USACE: 249th Engineer BN ‘Prime Power’ deployed