Hampton Roads Incident Management Team

Hampton Roads Incident Management Team The Hampton Roads Incident Management Team is a Type 3 IMT located in the southeastern region of Virginia.

As members continue to support Alaska HRIMT members A. Booden is assisting as the Liaison Officer.
10/26/2025

As members continue to support Alaska HRIMT members A. Booden is assisting as the Liaison Officer.

HRIMT members are deployed to Alaska with other members from Virginia to assist the citizens that were affected by the d...
10/22/2025

HRIMT members are deployed to Alaska with other members from Virginia to assist the citizens that were affected by the disaster that hit their area. Today Andy Booden participated in the VOAD meeting at the EOC. Please keep everyone in your prayers and thoughts as they continue to assist those in need.

Members from the different IMT teams have been working in Alaska. Please keep them and their families in mind while they...
10/18/2025

Members from the different IMT teams have been working in Alaska. Please keep them and their families in mind while they are away. Here is a photo of the Operations Meeting at the State EOC.

09/03/2025

Here is an Update from NM Deployment Team:

Our deployed team members participated in a morning planning and operations meetings held in the Ruidoso EOC. During that meeting the team was advised of tropical storm Lorena developing off the west coast of Mexico (Lorena was upgraded to a Hurricane at 0200 today, 9/3/2025).

The storm is currently projected to impact the Village of Ruidoso on or about this Saturday (9/6/202). The team completed the planning cycle for the next weeklong operational period with the understanding that the process may be repeated if severe weather changes the operational outlook for the village.

Our team is scheduled to demobilize on Sunday (9/7/2025). However, on Saturday Hurricane Lorena is expected to impact the Village with an anticipated rainfall amounts of seven inches or more. If that occurs either our team will be impacted demobilizing and/or they may be requested by New Mexico to extend their deployment.

A locally staffed Point of Distribution (POD) is being stood up at the Ruidoso Convention Center at the request of the state. Bill Skelaney will be shifting from the Deputy Operations Section Chief to the POD manager. Our team assisted in creating and submitting resource requests for National Guard personnel to staff the POD.

The village remains in a recovery posture, and this will remain a public works heavy operational period pending any severe weather.

08/27/2025

Ruidoso NM EMAC Update #3

Yesterday (8/26/2025) started out with bright sunshine and the word there is that it is bad to have a sunny morning. About 1230 the team was summoned to the Ruidoso EOC to assist with potential flash flood operations.

Rain cells were being funneled through Ruidoso, and they were hit hard with rain and hail. The runoff from the scarred mountains took about ½ hour to start causing problems closing roads and requiring rescues from cars. The response lasted for about 2 hours before it began to taper off.

Bill Skelaney (HRIMT) was monitoring the fire radio and documented the positions of the units as they reported conditions. Nick Nestlerode (CVIMT) assisted with maintaining communications with Public Works supervisor and Kate Kibler (CVIMT) and Justin Bryan (CVIMT) were shadowing their counterparts.

After this incident we met with the Ruidoso Emergency Manager. Our crew was ordered to replace the city workers that are currently working dual roles (EOC & normal job duties).

Our team is expected to have increased role in the local EOC this weekend when the The weather outlook is appearing to shape up for some bad weather next week and the week after.

The blended team morale is good and they are anticipating a great deal more action in the coming days.

🚨 New Mexico Deployment Update #1🚨 Here are some photos for the blended team in Ruidoso, NM. They arrived safety and h...
08/26/2025

🚨 New Mexico Deployment Update #1🚨

Here are some photos for the blended team in Ruidoso, NM. They arrived safety and hit the ground running. After lunch the team went to the EOC and met up with the EM, Eric Queller, who gave them a tour of the EOC and briefed them on the situation. The Village of Ruidoso had a huge wildfire last year that destroyed over 1,400 structures and caused the entire village to evacuate. The resulting fire burned over 40,000 acres and scarred 4 mountain tops. When they receive as little of ½ inch of rain, a flash flood occurs and destroys any efforts of rebuilding! This will be a constant situation for years to come until the forests heal themselves.

This week they are expecting flash flooding to occur... how serious depends on the amount of rain they will receive. It's not looking good for the village this week. Eric says the situation can change drastically. Currently, Ruidoso is using a weekly IAP, but if floods come again that will all change.

The Fire Chief is the Incident Commander and Bill Skelaney (Operations Section Chief) will be working as his deputy for the duration. It looks like they are going to be here until September 7th.

08/25/2025

🚨 New Mexico Deployment 🚨
Yesterday, one member of the Hampton Roads Incident Management Team (HRIMT) along with, three members of the Central Virginia Incident Management Team (CVIMT) deployed to the Village of Ruidoso, New Mexico. This mission comes at the request of the Village of Ruidoso through an EMAC (Emergency Management Assistance Compact) request coordinated via Virginia Department of Emergency Management.
Team members will be providing support in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), focusing primarily on Logistics and Planning roles, while remaining ready to assist wherever needed once on the ground.
They will be in New Mexico for approximately two weeks, proudly representing HRIMT, CVIMT and the Commonwealth of Virginia. Please join us in wishing them a safe and successful deployment.


Hampton Roads Incident Management Team
Chesapeake Fire Department

08/24/2025

Today HRIMT DAS Bill Skelaney was deployed to New Mexico with a blend team from Virginia. Please keep these guys/gals safe while they assist those that are recovering from the floods down there.

It is that time!!! Yes, the time where we start providing updates on current storms that may impact us, and this week's ...
08/15/2025

It is that time!!! Yes, the time where we start providing updates on current storms that may impact us, and this week's guest is Hurricane Erin. This just became a hurricane today, with a current projected path between the US and Bermuda. The models have not agreed completely on the long term path, but they are starting to align a bit more. Below is from the 5pm update.

The National Hurricane Center:Tropical Storm Erin is likely to become the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane...
08/12/2025

The National Hurricane Center:

Tropical Storm Erin is likely to become the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, and a major one at that, according to forecasters at the National Hurricane Center.

Erin formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on Monday and is projected to move west. During the course of this week, it’s expected to strengthen. The NHC said it's still "too early" to determine what sort of impacts Erin could have, if any, on the U.S. East Coast, Bermuda or the northern Leeward Islands, but added that now is a good time to make sure preparedness plans are in place.

The HRIMT DAS/Planning staff has been working hard to get ready for the upcoming hurricane season. They have been worki...
08/04/2025

The HRIMT DAS/Planning staff has been working hard to get ready for the upcoming hurricane season. They have been working on the communications trailer and the planning staff has been working on updating their office box.

Yesterday Eight members of the Virginia Beach Fire Department’s Swiftwater Rescue Team, VA-2, are deploying to Texas Sun...
07/07/2025

Yesterday Eight members of the Virginia Beach Fire Department’s Swiftwater Rescue Team, VA-2, are deploying to Texas Sunday evening to assist with ongoing flood response operations. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers as they assist the folks in Texas.

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