Hurricane Relief Emergency Websites, Apps and Telephone Numbers

Nov 08, 2022 at 08:30 am by Staff


Orlando Medical News urges everyone to please be safe and secure, to have needed items on hand and to stay on top of all warnings and advisories:

 

Important links:

 

FloridaDisaster.org

 

National Hurricane Center

 

Orange County Emergency Management

 

Seminole County Emergency Management

 

Volusia County Emergency Management

 

Lake County Emergency Management

 

Sumter County Emergency Management

 

 

Red Cross Central Florida

 

Salvation Army

 

Feeding Florida

 

Human Society Central Florida

 

 

Apps for hurricane updates:

 

Florida Storms - Florida Public Radio Emergency Network 

 

GooglePlay iTunesFlorida 511 - Get up-to-the-minute, real-time traffic conditions and incident information for the State of Florida with Florida 511.

 

FEMA - mobile app

 

Red Cross - mobile apps

 

Gas Buddy - Gas stations availability

 

 

A few important telephone numbers to have at hand:

 

Always available 911

 

Florida emergency information line: 800.342.3557

 

Orange County non-emergency: 407.836.4357

 

Seminole County non-emergency: 407.665.6600

 

Oviedo non-emergency: 407.971.5700

 

Winter Springs non-emergency: 407.327.1000

 

Duke Energy: 800.228.8485

 

 

FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES

 

Federal Emergency Management Agency, disaster assistance: 800-621-3362, fema.gov

 

FEMA (TTY for hearing-impaired): 800-462-7585

 

Florida Division of Emergency Management: 850-413-9969. In a declared disaster, call Florida Emergency Information at 800-342-3557; floridadisaster.com

 

Florida Department of Elder Affairs: 850-414-2000; Elder Help Line 800-963-5337 elderaffairs.org

 

Florida Division of Insurance Fraud: 850-413-3115

 

Florida Department of Financial Services: 877-693-5236, myfloridacfo.com

 

National Flood Insurance Program questions, FEMA: 877-336-2627

 

NOAA, National Hurricane Center: nhc.noaa.gov; contact at NHC.Public.Affairs@noaa.gov.

 

National Weather Service Jacksonville: (904) 741-4370, weather.gov/jax

 

Small Business Administration: 800-827-5722.

 

TRAFFIC INFO

 

For real-time traffic information go to fl511.com or download the Florida 511 smartphone app

 

 

Price Gouging

 

1-866-966-7226

 

Report Online

 

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