Emergency Information
View the latest tropical information from the National Hurricane Center.
Get a Family or Business Plan by visiting Get A Plan!. This tool allows you to build a downloaded plan for your family and/or business with a preparedness checklist, emergency management contacts.
All Florida coastal counties and counties are susceptible to storm surge and most have designated evacuation zones. Use the mapping tool above to search by address and determine if you are in a designated evacuation zone.
Evacuation Zones - to determine if you are in a designated evacuation zone
Evacuation Orders - View Florida county evacuation orders
Read More About Evacuation Zones - learn more about designated evacuation zones, which counties have them and which don't, how flood zones are factored into evacuations, and evacuation orders
County Emergency Management - county emergency management contacts and websites
Alert Florida - sign up to receive emergency alerts and other public safety notifications in your community
Florida Storms - Florida Public Radio Emergency Network Google Play iTunes
Florida 511 - Get up-to-the-minute, real-time traffic conditions and incident information for the State of Florida with Florida 511.
FEMA - mobile app
Red Cross - mobile apps
Everbridge - mobile apps
Gas Buddy - Gas stations availability
Florida 511 - Get up-to-the-minute, real-time traffic conditions and incident information for the State of Florida with Florida 511.
Florida Highway Patrol - Florida Highway Patrol Live Traffic Crash and Road Condition Report. Reports are updated every five minutes. Incidents located within city limits also may not show on the map since it is not common practice for FHP to work incidents inside city limits.
Florida Traffic - Traffic incidents and conditions from Florida 511 and Florida Highway Patrol brought to you by Florida State Emergency Response Team Geographic Information Systems.
School districts, state colleges and universities are beginning to announce closing dates as they assess conditions for Tropical Storm Nicole. For the most up-to-date closings information, please visit fldoe.org/storminfo.
Please go to Summary Shelter Information for currently open general and special needs shelters within the State of Florida.
For information from your county Emergency Management program regarding shelter preparedness and lists of potential shelters that may be opened, please visit Shelter Information Index and choose your county.
View Open Shelters on a map.
Special Needs Assistance
If you know or care for an individual with a disability or a special need, such as a medical condition that requires assistance but not hospitalization, it is important that you pre-register with the Florida Special Needs Shelter Registry.
For more Special Needs Sheltering detailed Information here.
Check with https://floridastateparks.org/StormUpdates for closings to state parks in the event of a disaster.
