Looking for the latest Pinellas-specific
information during times of emergency activations?
Get it by e-mail! By using the new Emergency
Information Subscription Service, you will
get e-mails with the very latest official information:
- News Releases
- Shelter Openings
- Declarations of Emergency
- Road Closures
- Status Reports
- E-lert Newsletter
Please
note: By signing up for the Emergency News
Service you will receive a monthly newsletter,
the Pinellas County E-lert, and, in the event
of an emergency, updates from the Pinellas
County Emergency Operations Center.
E-mail
addresses are public records under Florida
law and are not exempt from public-records
requirements. If you do not want your e-mail
address to be subject to being released pursuant
to a public-records request, do not send electronic
mail to this entity. Instead contact this office
by telephone
or in writing, via the United States Postal
Service.
Also Available now...
Free Emergency Information
Text Messaging Service:
 Be
Prepared…Get Storm Alerts
Pinellas County Emergency Management has resources
such as the new Community Notification
Service.
- To
sign up call 1-888-689-8905 from the device
you wish to register and enter your zip code.
You must be able to make a call and receive
text messages from the device, such as a
cell phone.
- If
you don’t have FREE text messaging on
your cell phone, you will be charged between
5 and 10 cents for text messages for this service.
Check with your cell phone provider.
- Community
Notification Service does not work with a pre-paid
cell phone.
Sign
Up NOW If You If Have Special Needs
Planning ahead for hurricane season is especially
important for residents with special needs. The
Pinellas County Special Needs/Evacuation Assistance
Program is for individuals who have no other evacuation
plan and need to go to a public shelter during
an emergency. More>>
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