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25 <br /> <br />• Opened 9/17 at 3:00 p.m. (Monday) <br />• Peak population of 15 individuals <br />• Closed 9/21 at 2:00 p.m. (Friday) <br />• Pet friendly: no pets required shelter <br /> <br />Sheltering Operations <br />• Shelter Staffing <br />o Department of Social Services & Health Department <br /> 122 Twelve Hour Shifts <br />– Supervisors and Managers <br />– Social Workers <br />– Public Health Nurses <br />– Environmental Health Specialists <br /> Contracted with Nurse Aide <br />– Personal Care and Mobility <br />o Animal Services <br /> 29 Twelve Hour Shifts <br />– Program Coordinator <br />– Office Staff <br />– Animal Control Officers <br />– Community Emergency Response Volunteers <br />• State Shelter - UNC Friday Center <br />o Shelter Designed for Evacuees of Impacted Areas <br /> State Contracted with Red Cross to Manage <br /> Reached 500 Person Capacity on 9/17 <br />o County Staff Support <br /> Ambulance 9/15-9/19 <br /> Three personnel on a 24 Hour Basis <br /> Provided Essential Medical Supplies and Coordinated Oxygen Delivery <br /> Established Rely MD Service for Online Medical Evaluations and <br />Prescriptions – No Cost <br />o UNC Hospital Provided Prescription Medication at No Cost <br />o Pet Care Provided by NCSU Veterinarian <br /> OC Animal Services Available for Large Dogs <br />o Sheltering Operations <br /> <br />Communications <br />• County Website <br />o Hurricane Florence Page - 4,100 Page Views <br />o Emergency Preparedness Page – 3,500 Page Views <br />o Road Closure Page – 9,000 Page Views <br />• OC Facebook & Twitter <br />o Experienced More Than 10% Increase in Followers and Page Likes <br />o Almost 50 Posts & Facebook Alerts During the Storm <br />o Tweeted or Re-tweeted More than 100 Times <br />o 7,900 Visits and 11,000 Page Views in September <br /> Compared to 1,300 Visits and 2,600 Page Views in October <br />• OCSTORM Text Notification Service <br />o Text Subscription Service through OC Alerts <br />o Most Reliable Communication During Power Interruptions