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Saint Tammany Parish <br />Emergency Operations Center <br />Overview <br />TERT Response to: <br />Hurricane Katrina <br />September 2005 <br />Saint Tammany Parish <br />• 854 square miles <br />• Population 213,553 (2004 Census) <br />• Public Safety <br />— LE: Sheriff, 7 Municipal PD's, State Police <br />— Fire: 14 Fire Districts <br />— EMS: Private Ambulance Service (Acadian) <br />— EM: Office of Emergency Preparedness / <br />Homeland Security <br />Damage From Hurricane Katrina <br />• 15 foot storm surge with 7 foot waves. <br />• Storm surge flooding up to 1 '/ miles inlund <br />• 9 -1 -1 telephone network down for nearly 2 weeks <br />• Radio system down for several days. <br />• 3000 in shelters immediately following hurricane, <br />reduced to 800 by week 2 <br />• Boiled water restrictions for more than 2 weeks. <br />• Parish ordered closed for nearly 2 weeks <br />I <br />