

Federal USAR Teams from Virginia, Texas and Indiana stand ready to assist in response and recovery efforts, and a federal USAR Team from Ohio is currently mobilizing. Five Florida Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Teams are activated, and will be prepared to deploy to impacted areas.100,000 tarps to protect homes and allow more residents to stay at home rather than in a public shelter.Several hundred generators and pumps, in addition to debris equipment, have been staged for response and recovery efforts.160 truckloads (85 loads of water and 75 loads of MREs) are ready to deploy, with some of this supply already en route to Hillsborough and Pinellas counties.This includes the coordination of resources such as: trucks of food and water, generators and water pumps. Requests are currently being processed and are either en route or being mobilized. The Division has received more than 600 resource requests for Hurricane Ian and fulfilled 495.FDEM is leading the State Emergency Response Team (SERT) for the Hurricane Ian response, with more than 350 SERT members staffing the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC).FDEM is deploying several hundred shelter support staff to address staffing needs in counties that have opened their Special Needs hurricane shelters.At the direction of FDEM Director and State Coordinating Officer Kevin Guthrie, an Incident Management Team (IMT) from Ohio is en route to Florida to ensure additional support for response and recovery efforts after the storm.FDEM Liaisons are being identified and deployed to counties to provide on-site response assistance and to conduct damage assessments after the storm.Residents and visitors can call this toll-free hotline at 1-80. FDEM has activated the State Assistance Information Line (SAIL) to provide an additional resource for Floridians to receive up-to-date information regarding Hurricane Ian.State preparation and response efforts include:įlorida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM)

A Surge Warning is also in effect along the St.

Johns, Duval, Coastal Nassau, Clay, Putnam counties. Lucie, Indian River, Brevard, Pasco, Hernando, Citrus, Sumter, Levy, Dixie, Coastal Taylor, Coastal Jefferson, Coastal Wakulla, Coastal Franklin, Marion, Volusia, Flagler, St. Tropical Storm Warnings are in effect for Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Inland Collier, Glades, Hendry, Highlands, Martin, St.A Hurricane Watch has been issued for Glades, Hendry, Inland Collier counties.A Hurricane Warning has been issued for west central Florida including Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota, Polk, Lake, Seminole, Orange, Osceola, Okeechobee, Hardee, Highlands, Desoto, Charlotte, Lee, Coastal Collier counties.Mandatory Evacuation Orders have been issued for coastal communities, mobile homes and low-lying areas in the following counties: Hurricane Ian will approach the southwest coast of Florida on Wednesday and storm impacts are expected to spread northward throughout the week. Ian became a Category 3 hurricane early this morning and is located in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, roughly 180 miles south of Punta Gorda as of 8pm. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - This Afternoon, Governor Ron DeSantis issued updates on Hurricane Ian at the State Emergency Operations Center with Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie.
