Hurricane Preparedness

Critical Information

Lee County is fortunate to have a very strong hospitality industry. We must all take a moment to insure that we as an industry are prepared to deal with a major storm or other emergencies that may interrupt our ability to do business. The Visitor and Convention Bureau has put together this booklet so that you can use it as a guide to develop your own disaster preparedness plan. This guide will enable your organization to get back to what we do best, providing a safe, relaxing environment for our guests. If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact Jennifer Walla (jwalla@leegov.com). 

To locate your business for evacuation zones, routes, and public shelters, please download the attached document Evacuation Routes/Information. This is a public document and can be distributed to your guests and visitors.

We suggest that all hotel and attraction executive and management personnel complete the Tourism Industry Contact Form. Once you have accessed the Simpleview Extranet, please click on “Learn More” under 2024 Hurricane Preparedness. This information is kept strictly confidential within the crisis staff of the VCB – used only during a time of emergency. This assists the VCB in obtaining information or relaying information to or from your property should a crisis occur.

Please visit Lee County Emergency Management http://www.leeeoc.com/ and/or National Hurricane Center/NOAA http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ for more information on current weather updates and emergency information.

X (Twitter)

• Lee County Emergency Operations Center – LeeEOC: www.twitter.com/LeeEOC
• FEMA: https://twitter.com/fema
• South Florida Water Management District: www.twitter.com/SFWMD
• Florida Power & Light (FPL): www.twitter.com/insideFPL
• Weather Channel – Jim Cantore: www.twitter.com/JimCantore
• Lee County NewsPress: www.twitter.com/thenewspress
• WINK News: www.twitter.com/winknews

Useful Links

• Lee County Emergency Management
  http://www.leeeoc.com/

• Visit Florida https://www.visitflorida.com/en-us/florida-now.html

• Florida Department of Transportation
  www.fl511.com

• State of Florida Emergency Management
  http://floridadisaster.org/

• State of Florida - Government
  http://www.myflorida.com/

• National Hurricane Center/NOAA
  http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

• Intellicast weather website
  http://www.intellicast.com

• Boat US Hurricane Resource Center
  http://www.boatus.com/hurricanes/tracking.asp

• FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Association)
  www.fema.gov

• Department of Homeland Security
  www.dhs.gov/topic/disasters/

• FPL Storm Center:
  www.fpl.com

• LCEC Storm Center: www.lcec.net

• Economic Development in collaboration with Emergency Management created a Business Continuity Guide - Business Continuity Planning Guide (horizoncouncilfoundation.com)

• All Hazard Guide

• All Hazard Guide Website

• Know your zone

• LeeTran Evacuation Routes

• Tax Free Holidays

Important Documents