Emergency Management and Government

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNMENT Federal Emergency Management A Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) Agency (FEMA) opened today (Wednesday 8/18/04) 800-621-FEMA (3362) at the Harold Recreation Center TTY: 800-462-7585 located at 23400 Harold Avenue in Port Charlotte. map Anyone who needs transportation to FEMA or to a Shelter should call The center will be open from 8:00 Dial-A-Ride or Sunshine Ride Bus a.m. to 7:00 p.m. seven days a week. between 8am & 4pm. The center will have local, state, and 941-505-4637 federal agencies available to assist hurricane victims. Red Cross Organization Help & Shelter Info - 866-GET- Some of the agencies and services INFO that will be available are: Use the number above for info on relatives.  FEMA Donor Assistance Line – 800-  Federal disaster aid registration HELPNOW  Red Cross Charlotte County Office - 941-629-  Insurance companies 4345 representatives Make a Credit Card Donation -  Assistance with temporary 800-435-7669 housing, food, and rent  Crisis counseling Salvation Army Florida 813-962-6611, 813-903-0944 Agency for Workforce Innovation File Unemployment Claims, Find State of Florida Emergency Work Management now located on Toledo Blade Blvd between the new and old Home Report Insurance Fraud online Report Price Gouging online Depots.

UF’s Institute of Food and Charlotte County Emergency Agricultural Sciences Management online disaster handbook 941-505-4620 813-416-2550 media only

DeSoto County Emergency Management 941-993-4831

Lee County Public Safety

Sarasota County Emergency Management 941-861-4636

MEDIA WZVN – ABC 7 WFTX - FOX 4

WBBH - NBC-2 SNN & Herald Tribune Public Information Line 941-957- WINK-TV 5171 Charlotte Herald Tribune 941-474- 9340

Charlotte Sun Herald 941-629-2085

CONTRACTOR INFORMATION top Registered Charlotte County Charlotte County Community Licensed Contrators Development Department Information (licensing, permitting Check to see if a Contractor is and inspections) Licensed FL Dept of Business & Contractors with employees that Professional Regulation wish to work need to report to an 800-487-1395 Ashbritt representative located at the Charlotte County Sports Parks File a complaint against a (former Texas Ranger Stadium) on Contrator 776 in Port Charlotte. FL Dept of Business & Professional Regulation Volunteer contracting companies 850-488-6602 and individual contractors should report to the Sports Park and locate Report Price Gouging the Ashbritt representative for further Hotline 800-646-0444 instructions. Phone: (954) 545-3535 Attorney General's Office Fax: (954) 545-3585 850-414-3300

UTILITY CONTACTS top Florida Power & Light At 8pm Monday 8/16/04, water 800-4OUTAGE (800-468-8243) pressure will begin to be restored and will gradually increase. This may Sprint Telephone Repair expose leaks. Be prepared to identify Residential 800-788-6300 or 611 both the address location and the Business 800-786-6272 nearest interstion of leaks.

Verizon Telephone Repair Reports must be made in person to 800-483-1000 one of the following comfort site locations:

 Charlotte Town Center Mall parking lot - Murdock  Winn-Dixie parking lot at Kings Hwy and Rampart Blvd.in Port Charlotte  Charlotte Justice Center in Punta Gorda

Charlotte County Utilities (water & sewer) (941) 764-4300

Charlotte County Public Works (roads) (941) 575-3600

HOSPITAL CONTACTS top All 3 area hospitals were damaged Bon Secours-St. Joseph's Hospital by hurricane force winds and rain 941-766-4122 from Hurricane Charley. Fawcett Charlotte Regional Medical 941- Memorial Hospital, Bon Secours- 639-3131 St. Joseph's and Charlotte Fawcett Memorial Hospital 941- Regional Medical center had power 629-1181 outtages along with window and roof damage. Emergency Rooms at the 3 hospitals have reopened.. Patients were transferred to hospitals in Sarasota and Manatee The Charlotte County Health Counties. Department opened two locations Tuesday, August 17, 2004. Both Bon Secours-Venice locations will be open from 8:30am to 941-485-7711 5:00pm. The office at 6868 SanCasa Blvd. will provide primary nursing Doctors Hospital-Sarasota care services. Call 941-474-3240 for 941-342-1100 an appointment. The Punta Gorda location at 514 Grace St. can provide Sarasota Memorial Hospital only very limited services. There is 941-917-9000 no water at this location. Both Blake Medical Center-Bradenton locations have a limited supply of 941-792-6611 tetanus vaccination.

Manatee Memorial Hospital- Bradenton (941) 746-5111 VOLUNTEER / DONATIONS top Volunteer Connections 941-496- Donation Sites in Sarasota/Venice 8466 Area

Volunteers should report between The Salvation Army is accepting the hours of 10am and 6pm to donations at ABC 7 studios - 1477 either of the following Volunteer 10th Street Sarasota - until 8pm Reception Centers: tonight, and again Wednesday from 6am to 8pm.  Planning and Development Services, Building A, 1301 The Salvation Army needs the Cattlemen Road, Sarasota following items baby formula, plastic  Volunteer Connections, Suite silverware, paper products, duct A-5, 7810 S. Tamiami Trail, tape, work gloves, large heavy-duty Venice garbage bags, tarps, staple guns, feminine hygiene products, canned Murdock Library (single story goods, bread, water, diapers. building at 18400 Murdock Circle) is having a Volunteer Reception The Sailor Circus is accepting Monday 8/23. 743-1462 donations at 2075 Bahia Vista Street from 9am to 4pm Monday through Amateur radio operators who Friday. For more information, call have their own equipment are 316-8108. They are requesting baby asked to report to the staging area and children's items along with non- in the shopping center near Winn perishable foods, bug repellant. Dixie on Kings Highway (exit 170 west off I-75). Contact is Dave Mobile Home Depot on US41 in Armbrust. Venice near Bill Buck Chevrolet is accepting donations of nonperishable Medical Staffing Volunteers items, paper products, towels, To all of the health professionals, a personal hygiene producs. For more toll-free hotline and website have information 493-7500. been established. Please call 1- 800-FLHELP1 (1-800-354-3571) or Donation Sites in Englewood go to the Volunteer Florida website to volunteer. (08/16/04) Olde Englewood Village Association is collecting State Volunteer & Donations nonperishable food for Port Charlotte Hotline 800-354-3571 and Punta Gorda residents. Drop-off at the Grass Roots Gallery, Monetary Donations: 411 W. Dearborn Street, Englewood. For more information, call 473-8782. Make a Credit Card Donation to the American Red Cross disaster Other Drop-off locations: relief fund - 800-435-7669 Englewood Community Hospital American Red Cross 700 Medical Blvd Englewood 1300 Enterprise Dr. Port Charlotte, Trailer parked in front entrance FL 33951 Make checks payable to "Charlotte Office of Avelino F. Millares, MD County American Red Cross." 695 Old Englewood Road Englewood Due to the lack of storage space, Inside office the public is asked not to drop off donated items at shelter. For more All donations are welcome including information call 941-473-9891. diapers, baby wipes, personal hygiene items, paper plates and Florida Jaycees Disaster Relief cups, plastic utensils, batteries. Foundation 2000 North Gilmore Ave. Lakeland, Florida 33805 941-688-5481

Salvation Army Florida 941-954-4673 or 813-962-6611

United Way of Florida PO Box 11084 Tallahassee, FL 32302 You may also make a donation at Publix by adding your donation amount to the total of your bill.

Charlotte Co. Donation Stations

The Charlotte County Sports Complex in Port Charlotte (formerly Ranger's Stadium) is the main distribution center for supplies being run the the Florida Jaycees. The complex is located on State Road 776, 4 ½ miles west of US 41.

Donations of baby formula & diapers and women’s personal hygiene products are urgently needed to assist the residents of Charlotte County who have been displaced from their homes due to Hurricane Charley. Other items needed: camping supplies, cleaning supplies, batteries, am/fm radios, flashlights. The station will be accepting donations seven days a week from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Drop-off donation sites

 Red Cross (Rampart & Kings Hwy)

 Salvation Army

HOTEL ACCOMODATION LISTINGS top Venice Accomodations Manatee County Accomodations

Sarasota Area Hotels Please note: Many area hotels are at capacity. Please call ahead and make sure you have reservations before arriving. VETERINARY/ANIMAL SERVICES top Veterinary Services & All Animal Suncoast Animal Shelter Needs on San Casa Dr. Englewood- 6am to 9pm Accepting unwanted pets Carmalita Street & Florida Street 941-474-7884

Volunteer Animal Rescue Committee (VARC) members are requested to report to Carmalita Street and Florida Street or the Suncoast Animal Shelter as soon as possible.