HURRICANE GUIDE 2022: Important phone numbers and websites for St. Augustine and St. Johns County
ALERT ST. JOHNS
Sign up for important community alerts at alertstjohns.com.
AMERICAN RED CROSS
American Red Cross national: 800-RED-CROSS, redcross.org
BUSINESS PLANNING WEBSITES
FloridaDisaster.biz, a partnership between the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity and the Division of Emergency Management.
Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety: disastersafety.org/hurricane
Ready.gov: ready.gov/business
CITY GOVERNMENT
St. Augustine: citystaug.com. Public works: 904-825-1040. Fire department non-emergency: 904-825-1098. Police non-emergency: 904-825-1070. Twitter: @citystaug, @staugpd.
St. Augustine Beach: staugbch.com, 904-471-2122. Public Works: 904-471-1119. Police non-emergency: 904-471-3600.
COUNCIL ON AGING
St. Johns County Council on Aging: 904-209-3700, coasjc.org
COUNSELING SERVICES
The Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990, samhsa.gov/find-help/disaster-distress-helpline. People can call or text the number at any time to connect with a trained crisis counselor to help with emotional distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
St. Johns County Emergency Management: 904-824-5550, sjcemergencymanagement.com, Facebook: facebook.com/StJohnsEOC, Twitter: @StJohnsEOC
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.
FLOOD INSURANCE
St. Johns County Flood Zone Viewer: www.gis.sjcfl.us/floodviewer
POWER OUTAGES
Florida Power & Light Company: FPL.com/outage or 800-4-OUTAGE (800-468-8243). General storm safety info: FPL.com/storm.
JEA: jea.com/outage
STAYING IN TOUCH
FCC/FEMA Tips for Communicating During an Emergency: fcc.gov/emergency
TRAFFIC INFO
For real-time traffic information go to fl511.com or download the Florida 511 smartphone app
This article originally appeared on St. Augustine Record: Hurricane prep: Contacts for St. Johns County and St. Augustine
