Sarasota County Evacuation Map
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Sarasota County Evacuation Map Hurricane Watch: An announcement that hurricane conditions (sustained winds of 74 mph or higher) are possible within the specified area. The hurricane watch is issued 48 hours in advance of the anticipated onset of tropical-storm- force winds. Hurricane Warning: An announcement that hurricane conditions (sustained winds of 74 mph or higher) are expected somewhere within the specified area. The hurricane warning is issued 36 hours in advance of the anticipated onset of tropical-storm-force winds. Source: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutgloss.shtml#h LEGEND Potential Storm Evacuation Levels Tide Heights (FT) Level A - Evacuate red areas and all manufactured home To 7’ residents Level B - Evacuate red and orange areas To 15’ and all manufactured home residents SAFFIR-SIMPSON Level C - Evacuate red, orange and yellow areas To 26’ HURRICANE WIND SCALE and all manufactured home residents Level D - Evacuate red, orange, yellow and To 33’ CATEGORY WIND VELOCITY (MPH) green areas and all manufactured homes Category 1 74 to 95 Level E - Evacuate red, orange, yellow, To 35’ Category 2 96 to 110 green and purple areas and all manufactured home residents Category 3 111 to 129 Evacuation Shelters Category 4 130 to 156 Evacuation Routes Category 5 157 and over SARASOTA COUNTY SHELTER INFORMATION IMPORTANT CONTACT INFORMATION APPROX. DOG/CAT 941-861-5000 NO. SHELTER NAME ADDRESS SARASOTA COUNTY CALL CENTER ELEVATION SHELTER WWW.SCGOV.NET 1 Booker Middle School 2250 Myrtle St. 30’ USING YOUR COUNTY MAP EVACUATION INFORMATION 941-861-5000 2 Tuttle Elementary School 2863 8th St. 34’ 1. Locate where you live and work on the map. TDD-DEAF COMMUNICATIONS 941-861-1833 2. Determine whether you are in an evacuation area, and if so, what level (color). 3 Bishop Nevins Academy 4380 Fruitville Rd. 26’ SPECIAL NEEDS REGISTRY 941-861-5000 3. If you are in an evacuation area, or mobile home/manufactured home/RV, decide where you will go if ordered to evacuate. Your choices include: AMERICAN RED CROSS 4 Sarasota High School 1000 S. School Ave. 11’ - 23’ 941-379-9300 9 Home of a relative or friend outside the evacuation zone SW FLORIDA CHAPTER 5 Brookside Middle School 3636 S. Shade Ave. 27’ 9 Hotel/motel outside the evacuation zone (make SUNCOAST COMMUNITIES BLOOD BANKS 1760 Mound Street 6 Southside Elementary School 1901 Webber St. 22’ arrangements early) Sarasota, FL 34236 9 Go to a public shelter 7 Brentwood Elementary School 2500 Vinson Ave. 25’ For more information, call toll 9 As a last resort leave the area entirely 539 US Hwy 41 Bypass North free 1-866-97-BLOOD or visit 8 Riverview High School 1 Ram Way 18’ 4. If you must go to a public shelter, use your county map to decide which one is convenient. Make sure you verify the shelter is Venice, FL 34275 WWW.SCBB.ORG. open before you go. 9 Booker High School 3201 N. Orange Ave 23’ 710 N. Brevard Ave. HURRICANE THREAT Arcadia, FL 34266 Phillippi Shores Elementary 22 4747 S. Tamiami Trail 32’ School 9 The colored areas on the map are vulnerable to storm surge. Storm surge is the saltwater flooding that rushes over coastal areas CATHOLIC CHARITIES 941-355-4680 when the eye of a hurricane crosses land. 24 Ashton Elementary School 5110 Ashton Rd. 30’ VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS 941-953-5965 9 Storm surge creates a path of destruction, wiping out structures as it rapidly surges inland and then recedes. This is a life 25 Gulf Gate Elementary School 6500 S. Lockwood Ridge Rd. 21’ threatening situation for anyone who ignores mandatory evacuation orders and stays in vulnerable areas. SALVATION ARMY 941-954-4673 9 26 Pine View School 501 Old Venice Rd. 15’ Hurricanes are categorized on a scale of 1 to 5, depending on wind strength and destructive power. The evacuation zones are color coded to designate the level of storm surge likely to occur with the five categories. UNITED WAY 941-366-2686 30 Venice Community Center 326 S. Nokomis Ave. 19’ 9 If you live in an area ordered to evacuate, gather your family/pets and emergency supplies, secure your home and leave 211 REFERRAL LINE 211 immediately. Failure to obey a mandatory evacuation order is a violation of state and local laws. 32 Glenallen Elementary School 7050 Glenallen Blvd. 20’ ANIMAL SERVICES 941-861-9500 Note: All persons living in mobile homes/manufactured homes/RVs must evacuate for all mandatory evacuation orders, 33 North Port High School 6400 W. Price Blvd. 21’ FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT 800-468-8243 regardless of where you are located in the county, due to threat of tornado or high velocity winds. 34 Heron Creek Middle School 6501 W. Price Blvd. 21’ HIGHWAY PATROL 941-492-5850 35 Toledo Blade Elementary School 1201 Geranium Ave. 24’ SHERIFF 941-861-5800 36 Woodland Middle School 2700 Panacea Blvd. 31’ SOLID WASTE 941-861-5000 37 Taylor Ranch Elementary School 2500 Taylor Ranch Rd. 19’ NOAA WEATHER RADIO, FREQ 162.40 MHz VENICE FIPS code 012115 38 Atwater Elementary School 4701 Huntsville Ave. 25’ hydrants, by vehicles, next to mailboxes or fences or on NOAA WEATHER RADIO storm drains RADIO AM In the event of a community emergency, Sarasota County has 21 emergency shelters for A NOAA weather radio can provide you with valuable hurricane 9 Do not place storm debris in the street WLSS 930 WSRQ 1220 residents and visitors available as a last resort. Become familiar with the shelter information information as well as vital warning information for tornadoes, WTMY 1280 WBRD 1420 Live on a private road? If so, residents must grant the county provided and make sure everyone in your household knows the following shelter facts: severe thunderstorms and other dangerous weather phenomena. WWPR 1490 WENG 1530 the right to enter the roadway for debris removal. For further It also broadcasts warning and post-event information for all WSDV 1450 information or to obtain the Right-of-Entry/Hold Harmless form, 9 Shelters are opened on an “as-needed” basis. types of hazards such as chemical releases and significant call 941-861-5000. 9 Shelter openings may vary with each emergency. matters of public safety. AM AND FM RADIO STATIONS RADIO FM 9 Pet friendly shelters require current vaccination records for dogs and cats. WJIS 88.1 WKZM 104.3 9 Never go to a shelter unless local officials have announced it is open. If a storm causes damage to your property, call 941-861-5000 for WSMR 89.1 WTZB 105.9 9 Current shelter information is available from local radio and television stations, the instructions on how to prepare storm-related debris for removal. WEB BASED HURRICANE WLTQ 92.1 WCTQ 106.5 Sarasota County Call Center at (941) 861-5000 and Access Sarasota. More information If debris is not properly prepared, the property owner/resident is WHPT 102.5 WSRZ 107.9 is available on the county website, www.scgov.net. INFORMATION responsible for debris disposal and the cost for removal. WSRQ 106.9 WSLR 96.5 Sarasota County Government maintains a special web site to EMERGENCY SHELTERS relay important hurricane information for local residents. You can SARASOTA COUNTY Shelter openings may vary with each emergency. Stay tuned to local media for a listing find out which, if any, evacuation zone you live in, your nearest DO NOT CALL 9-1-1 FOR HURRICANE INFORMATION of shelters that will be open. Do not go to a shelter until local officials announce in the public shelters, special needs registration forms and much more. NOTIFICATION SYSTEM – media that the shelter is open. Shelter openings will differ by size and intensity of a For more information, visit www.scgov.net, keyword: all hazards. disaster. See map and shelter list above. CodeRED SPECIAL NEEDS SHELTERS MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS Sarasota County utilizes the CodeRED Notification System - a Sarasota County provides a shelter program for those residents requiring special free, secure, advanced and effective emergency system that medically related care. Special needs shelters will be available for persons requiring (MRC) OF SARASOTA allows you to receive calls, emails alerts or text messages about A PARENT’S GUIDE ON WHAT TO more skilled medical care than available in a public shelter but not requiring an acute events that could impact your neighborhood or help protect care facility such as a hospital. If this type of extended care is needed, contact the VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY your family or property. This system allows us to send critical BRING TO A SHELTER FOR YOUR Sarasota County Emergency Management offce at 941-861-5000 or go online to www. communications to all or targeted areas within the county when scgov.net to be considered for registration into this program. The MRC is a community-based group of medical and non- immediate actions are required. Your contact information remains CHILDREN medical volunteers. Training is provided to help members private, and will only be used for PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY 9 Please bring age appropriate items for your child fulfill their roles. Examples include dispensing of medication or and WELLNESS purposes. Anyone with a physical address in FUNCTIONAL NEEDS SUPPORT SERVICES (FNSS) 9 Baby food jars - combination of vegetables, fruits, cereals and vaccinations, serving in hurricane shelters, assisting with disease Sarasota County may participate. Visit www.scgov.net for more Functional Needs Support Services are services that enable children and adults meats to maintain their usual level of independence in a general population shelter. outbreak investigation and community outreach. Please call information, to register now or update information, or call 941- 9 Cereal (child age specific) Those requiring FNSS may have physical, sensory, mental health, cognitive and/ 941-861-2900 or visit www.mrcsarasota.org if you would like to 861-5000.