Prioritizing work after the storm
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Prioritizing work after a storm event is critical to serving your community. Having a Storm Preparedness Plan can help with this process. This presentation details what information is needed and what tools are available to assist with this effort.
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Prioritizing work after the storm
- 1. www.davey.com Prioritizing Work After The Storm Natural Disaster Preparation and Response Conference February 7, 2018
- 3. Where do you start!
- 7. 1. Assemble a team 2. Assess your urban forest 3. Assess your other resources 4. Know the roles and procedures of all key players 5. Determine funding needs 6. Perform public relations Emergency Response Plan Tasks
- 8. Priority Roads Photo credit Scott Altenhoff & Eric Cariaga – City of Eugene, OR
- 9. Urban Forestry Priority Roads
- 10. www.davey.com 20’ ROW Buffer • High = 453 miles • Medium = 158 miles • Low = 47 miles
- 11. Forestry Statistics – Ft. Wayne, IN • Compared ice damage to street trees pruned in the current year to trees pruned 7 years ago. • Trees pruned 7 years ago had a 54% damage rate. • Trees pruned in the current year had a damage rate of only 20%
- 12. Know your pruning cycle
- 13. Pasadena, CA 2012 Condition Class Failure Class Count Percent of Condition Class Percent of Total Population Very Good Branch Failure 1 0.83% 0.00% Very Good Whole Tree Failure 1 0.83% 0.00% Good Branch Failure 890 3.80% 1.59% Good Major Limb Failure 111 0.47% 0.20% Good Other 126 0.54% 0.22% Good Whole Tree Failure 500 2.14% 0.89% Fair Branch Failure 975 4.49% 1.74% Fair Major Limb Failure 126 0.58% 0.22% Fair Other 73 0.34% 0.13% Fair Whole Tree Failure 493 2.27% 0.88% Poor Branch Failure 127 5.02% 0.23% Poor Major Limb Failure 14 0.55% 0.02% Poor Other 6 0.24% 0.01% Poor Whole Tree Failure 56 2.21% 0.10% Critical Branch Failure 4 4.71% 0.01% Critical Whole Tree Failure 2 2.35% 0.00% Dead Branch Failure 6 2.23% 0.01% Dead Other 1 0.37% 0.00% Dead Whole Tree Failure 6 2.23% 0.01%
- 14. Slide & Research credit – Dr. Tom Smiley via Andrew Koeser
- 15. Likelihood of Failure (Imminent) = 131 trees
- 16. Likelihood of Failure (Imminent) = 131 trees
- 17. Imminent Under Primaries – 18 trees
- 20. Photo & Research credit – Dr. Johnson & Dr. North University of Minnesota
- 21. Photo & Research credit – Dr. Johnson & Dr. North University of Minnesota
- 23. www.davey.com Disposing of Debris Ft. Wayne, IN • 300 truck loads a day hauled to drop off sites • City placed 23 roll off containers for collection in neighborhoods • Grinding branches into mulch at all six drop off sites
- 24. Debris Removal Timeline Yard Waste Taken To BioSolids Facility Zoo & Parks combined 2009 15.41 91.97 467.33 40.24 143.09 165.03 53.07 72.55 48.01 104.40 107.49 66.06 0.00 50.00 100.00 150.00 200.00 250.00 300.00 350.00 400.00 450.00 500.00 JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC TONS
- 26. Assess & know when & what to restore… Assess damage first before deciding to restore. To learn about which trees can be restored and which should be removed, refer to our website: http://treesandhurricanes.ifas.ufl. edu
- 27. How long does restoration take? A tree requires 2-5 years or more to restore depending on various factors: Size of tree smaller trees take less time to recover Age mature trees will require more time and maintenance Species decay resistant trees will recover better Amount of damage more damage done = more time and visits
- 29. Texas A&M Forest Service Tree Risk Assessment – Level 1 Free App
- 32. i-Tree Storm
- 33. i-Tree Storm
- 34. Tree Management Software - TreeKeeper
- 35. Tree Management Software - TreeKeeper
- 36. ESRI ArcGIS – 2016 Ice Storm hazard Tree Response app (Eugene, OR) http://www.esri.com/esri-news/arcnews/fall17articles/following-ice-storm-city-fixes-tree-hazards-in-real-time
- 38. Thank You! Josh Behounek Davey Resource Group 573-673-7530 Josh.behounek@davey.com @treesrtheanswr