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Emergency Management
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400 S. Fort Harrison Ave.
Clearwater, FL 33756
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(727) 464-3800
FAX: (727) 464-4024
TDD: (727) 464-4431

Pinellas County Emergency Management

Surviving the Storm, It's Your Responsibility

Find your evacuation level Knowing your evacuation level is one of the most important first steps to preparing for hurricane season.

The Pinellas County Official Hurricane Guide: Surviving the Storm. This year’s guide has even more of everything you need to know about preparing your home, family and pets before, during and after a storm. From useful phone numbers and websites to a family plan and disaster survival kit, it’s the guide you’ll want to keep at your fingertips from June through November.

Entire Hurricane Guide

Sections:
   Timing is Critical
   Stay Connected
   Making Informed Decisions About Hurricanes
   Preparation is Key
   Evacuation Map and Shelter List
   Elderly, Disabled and Transportation Assistance
   Host Homes and Pet Information
   During and After a Storm
   Contact Numbers and Checklists

Weather Report Guide Promoting Hazardous Weather Awareness in Florida.

Sign Up NOW If You Have Special Needs
Planning ahead for hurricane season is especially important for residents with special needs. The Pinellas County Special Needs/Evacuation Assistance Program is for individuals who have no other evacuation plan and need to go to a public shelter during an emergency. more>>

Sign up for the electronic newsletter. Hurricane and Safety News is a resource for the latest Pinellas-specific information about hurricanes, severe weather and other disasters. Get it monthly by e-mail! Sign up now!

Be Prepared…Survive the Storm
Pinellas County Emergency Management will send you up-to-the-minute emergency reports on your cell phone via text messages through the Community Notification Service.

To sign up call 1-888-689-8905 from the device you wish to register and enter your zip code. You must be able to make a call and receive text messages from the device, such as a cell phone.
If you don’t have FREE text messaging on your cell phone, you will be charged between 5 and 10 cents for text messages for this service. Check with your cell phone provider.
Community Notification Service does not work with a pre-paid cell phone.

Host Homes Program
Providing information for organizations to establish their own volunteer host home program to provide a safe shelter for their members or employees. Host Homes Program

Pinellas County Emergency Management offers local businesses and organizations the opportunity to receive timely and detailed emergency information electronically. If you are a Pinellas-based business, agency or organization and interested in being notified of significant weather threats or other emergencies, please contact Emergency Management at 727-464-5550 and ask about this service.

Did you escape the flooding of Hurricane Katrina in 2005?
Did you hide from the powerful winds of Hurricane Charley in 2004?
Or, maybe you or a friend, neighbor or relative has firsthand experience of any one of the scores of hurricanes that made landfall throughout the Atlantic basin. If so, we want to hear from you! More >>

Emergency Management Services:

Develop, review, and enhance the County's disaster preparedness and recovery plans for "All Hazards".
Distribute and coordinate those plans on a County-wide basis.
Operate, maintain, and enhance the County's Emergency Operations Center(EOC).
Manage and coordinate County-wide response to, and recovery from, natural and technological disasters.
Coordinate the County's disaster response/recovery needs with higher levels of government.
Review and approve health care facility plans as required by Florida Statute 252.
Serve as coordination point for federal disaster relief programs.
Develop and deliver public information and education programs about disaster preparedness.
Provide administrative and logistical support to the County's Hazardous Materials Response Team.
Plan, conduct, and critique exercises that test and improve preparedness.
Develop, distribute, and provide instruction on guidelines for businesses and industry disaster planning.