Hurricane Milton Response

Coordination of Hurricane Milton Response between federal, state and local public safety organizations. Available as a single page at https://milton.takps.org backed by a GitHub repository

Table of Contents

• TAK Servers
• Team Colors
• Data Packages and Resources
• Alternate Comms
• Power Outage Data
• TAK Server Plugin for FL511
• PulsePoint Integration

TAK Servers

The following TAK Servers are available:

• LEO / Federal - https://milton.tak.gov. You'll need to reach out to takrequest at leo.gov for credentials
• SOCOM: CTIC is hosting the server. Contact your appropriate authorities
• FLNG / FLSAR - PAR / BAH is hosting the Sit(X) server for these groups. If you don't have contact info reach out below and we'll connect you
• Florida public safety / responders: https://fltak.us should be your starting point. Registration / contact information is available there
• TAK Public Safety has a last resort server at https://takserver.takps.org

If you are authorized to access any of the above and need contact information reach out to hurricanemilton at takps.org and we'll get you routed to the right spot

A locator URL is available at https://takserver.takps.org:8446/locate/index.html which will broadcast locations through the federated groups. Please reach out to the above takps email address for more information

Team Colors

• For users of FLTAK please refer to their callsigns page for official colors
• For federal users, please refer to your local protocols for team colors and callsigns
• For all others, these are suggested team colors for responders

Data Packages and Resources

• FEMA.REGIONS.nws.zip
• Fire_and_Emergency_Medical_Service__EMS__Stations.kml
• hospital_helipad_20240905.xlsx
• NWS KML Data Package Zip
• Animal_Shelter_MILTON_HADRv1-1.kmz
• GeoJSONs for various Florida assets is available at https://github.com/TAK-Public-Safety/evt-hurricane-milton/tree/main/geojson

Alternate Comms

• The Hurricane Watch Net is active on 14.325.00 MHz (USB) and 7.268.00 MHz (LSB)

Power Outage Data

• Power Outage Map for Florida https://poweroutage.us/area/state/florida
• Josh Fuller has created a KML network link available at https://milton-tak.ddns.network/
• Source code is available at https://github.com/joshuafuller/PowerOutage2ATAK

TAK Server Plugin for FL511

Raytheon BBN (Nate Soule) has developed a TAK Server plugin for FL511 Data. Refer to https://github.com/TAK-Public-Safety/evt-hurricane-milton/tree/main/fl511-plugin to download and install instructions

PulsePoint Integration

• If you want a feed of PulsePoint data, you can federate to the HurricaneMiltonDataFeed on the TAKPS Servers or follow the steps here