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Contact Information

In order to complete the Business Continuity Plan, you may need additional information regarding vulnerability to specific hazards (i.e., hurricane evacuation zones, flood zones, locations of storage of extremely hazardous materials, etc.) in your county and/or region. In this section you will find the contact information for county emergency management, regional planning councils and local/state agencies to assist you.

Regional Planning Councils

District 1 - West Florida Regional Planning Council
Bay, Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, Washington

District 2 - Appalachee Regional Planning Council
Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla

District 3 - North Central Florida Regional Planning Council
Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee, Taylor, Union

District 4 - Northeast Florida Regional Planning Council
Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns

District 5 - Withlacoochee Regional Planning Council
Citrus, Hernando, Levy, Marion, Sumter

District 6 - East Central Florida Regional Planning Council
Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia

District 7 - Central Florida Regional Planning Council
De Soto, Hardee, Highlands, Okeechobee, Polk

District 8 - Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council
Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas

District 9 - Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council
Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee, Sarasota

District 10 - Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council
Indian River, Martin, Palm Beach, St. Lucie

District 11 - South Florida Regional Planning Council
Broward, Dade, Monroe

County Emergency Management Agencies

Comprehensive Emergency Management is the primary responsibility of local government. When a disaster threatens or incident occurs, it is your county emergency management, your local fire department, law enforcement and government who are on the scene and provide the incident command and control.

State and federal agencies serve in a support role to the local government during the times of crisis. When the crisis situation exceeds the resources of the local government, state and federal agencies provide and coordinate the distribution of needed resources to the local operation.

Each county in the State of Florida has an emergency management program which will coordinate response and recovery operations in a disaster. They can provide you with information concerning local emergency plans, evacuation zones, etc. However, do NOT contact them for planning information during an emergency. Obviously, your planning should be conducted before an emergency occurs. When a hurricane threatens, you should already know if and when you would have to evacuate. Your plans should be in place. Your employees should be aware of the plan, trained and prepared at home and at work.

Contact information for your county emergency management is available on the resources page of this site or in your local telephone directory.