Hurricane & Storm Communications Toolkit

Start of Season

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  • _______________________ [insert utility name] prepares year-round for hurricane season by hardening infrastructure, trimming trees, maintaining and replacing poles, wires, and other equipment, and conducting annual storm readiness drills. These ongoing efforts help keep our system resilient during storms and other emergencies. Your Florida public power utility is ready for the _______________________ [insert year] hurricane season, and our nationwide mutual aid network stands ready to support power restoration when needed.
  • Hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30! Florida families and businesses should have a disaster preparedness plan and a stocked emergency supply kit before a storm threatens. Start at www.ready.gov and www.floridadisaster.org.
  • Your family’s hurricane preparedness plan should include contact information for everyone in your family, medical information (including prescriptions), established emergency meeting places and evacuation routes, and strategies for preparing your home for a hurricane. Get started at https://www.floridadisaster.org/planprepare/home/.
  • Hurricane season is here. Prepare now: trim trees near power lines now to prevent outages later. Assemble your emergency supply kits. Plan for possible extended outages. Bookmark our storm response page for updates: _______________________ [insert link to webpage].
  • A business hurricane preparedness plan is just as important as a family plan. Make sure you have a building evacuation plan, copies of important paperwork, a system for communicating with employees and a plan for business operations following a storm.