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.

1. www.davey.com
Prioritizing Work After The Storm
Natural Disaster Preparation and Response Conference
February 7, 2018

2. Assets Liabilities

3. Where do you start!

5. Storm
Response
Plan

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

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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
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100.00
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250.00
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350.00
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500.00
JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC
TONS

25. Equipment-What Works

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

28. Urban Forest
Strike Team
www.ufst.org

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