Here are phone numbers, websites to know for the start of hurricane season

FLORIDA TODAY STAFF
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Key emergency resources for hurricane season

Brevard County Emergency Management Office

321-637-6670

Twitter: @BrevardEOC

Facebook: Brevard County Emergency Management

Brevard beaches suffered heavy erosion from winds and high seas from Hurricane Teddy in September 2020. The south beaches near Ponce de Leon Landing suffered heavy erosion to the dunes.
Brevard beaches suffered heavy erosion from winds and high seas from Hurricane Teddy in September 2020. The south beaches near Ponce de Leon Landing suffered heavy erosion to the dunes.

How to sign up for text message alerts: http://www.brevardfl.gov/EmergencyManagement/AlertSignup

or text: BrevardEOC to 888777 (normal text messaging rates apply)

Special-needs emergency help

Online application:

http://www.brevardfl.gov/EmergencyManagement/BePrepared/Step3HaveAPlan/SpecialNeeds

Call: 321-637-6670

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Aging Matters in Brevard: 321-639-8770; agingmattersbrevard.org; Facebook, facebook.com/agingmattersbrevard; Twitter, @Aging_Matters

Red Cross, Space Coast chapter: 321-890-1002. For 24-hour emergency help: 1-800 RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767); prompt 4.

United Way of Brevard: 321-631-2740. Facebook: facebook.com/UnitedWayBrevard; Instagram, instagram.com/unitedwaybrevard.

2-1-1 helpline, 24-hour: 2-1-1 or 321-632-6688. Online: 211brevard.org; Twitter, @211Brevard; Facebook, facebook.com/211Brevard.

Brevard County Fire Rescue (non-emergency): 321-633-2056

Brevard County Crime Tip Line: 800-423-8477

Brevard County Sheriff's Office (non-emergency):

North Area: 321-264-5100

Central Area: 321-633-7162

South Area: 321-952-6371

Hurricane Forecast: CSU forecasters predict another active hurricane season with 19 tropical storms, 9 hurricanes

State emergency contacts

Florida Information Line (active during disasters): 800-342-3557

Florida Power & Light (to report an outage or emergency conditions): 800-468-8243 or 800-4OUTAGE

Florida City Gas: 888-352-5325

Florida Price Gouging Hotline (to report): 866-966-7226

Florida Highway Patrol (from any cellphone): *FHP

Florida Department of Environmental Protection: 850-245-2118

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: 850-488-4676

Federal Emergency Management Agency: 800-621-3362

Here are key websites:

Brevard County Emergency Management: www.embrevard.com

Florida Division of Emergency Management: www.floridadisaster.org

Federal Emergency Management Agency: www.ready.gov

National Weather Service in Melbourne: www.weather.gov/mlb

National Hurricane Center: www.nhc.noaa.gov

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: www.cdc.gov

What about storm shelters?

Brevard County does not release shelter location information until there is a storm approaching, because the number and locations of shelters change from storm to storm, based on intensity.

This article originally appeared on Florida Today: Hurricane season: Phone numbers, websites to know in Brevard