Pinellas County ACS now at Activation Level 2 – MOBILIZE

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Pinellas ACS has received an activation notice from Pinellas County Emergency Management. The activation is due to Hurricane Milton. We have been asked to staff the EOC Radio Room starting tomorrow morning (October 7th) at 0700.  Specific information about shelters has not yet been released; however, everyone should begin preparations for potential shelter deployment.

The PinCo ACS Leadership team will be meeting tomorrow morning to discuss shelter team activation. The leadership team will notify everyone as soon as the shelter list and shelter openings are finalized. 

Remember, do not self deploy.

Updated Shelter Activations

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Pinellas County has scheduled an additional 4 shelters for activation. We now have 10 shelters scheduled for activation starting tomorrow morning, Wednesday 25 September, at 0700.

The following shelters are now scheduled for activation:

  • John Hopkins – Help Needed
  • Dunedin Middle School – Manned
  • Palm Harbor University – Manned
  • Largo High School – Manned
  • Gibbs High School – Manned
  • Lealman Innovation Center – Manned
  • Campbell Park – Help Needed
  • Clearwater Fundamental – Manned
  • Carwise – Help Needed
  • Palm Harbor Middle School – Manned

We are still looking for 3 volunteers to support this activation event. Please let me know as soon as possible if you are available to support this activation event. I can be contacted at mikehdrake@gmail.com.

Request for Volunteers – Evacuation Shelters

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Pinellas County will be opening the following evacuation shelters at 0700 on Wednesday 25 September. The county has requested that ACS provide a radio communicator at each shelter. An additional 2 to 10 shelter activations are possible based on the storm track and intensity.

  • John Hopkins
  • Dunedin Middle School
  • Palm Harbor University
  • Largo High School
  • Gibbs High School
  • Lealman Innovation Center

Please let me know as soon as possible if you are available to support this activation event. I can be contacted at mikehdrake@gmail.com.

Pinellas ACS now at Activation Level 2 MOBILZE

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Pinellas ACS has received an activation notice (Partial Activation – Level 2) from Pinellas County Emergency Management. The activation is due to Potential Tropical Cyclone #9. We have been asked to staff the EOC Radio Room starting tomorrow morning (September 24th) at 0700. This a day shift only. No Evening shift is currently planned for Tuesday. We anticipate that ACS will begin staffing the EOC radio room full time staring Wednesday morning. Specific information about shelters has not yet been released; however, everyone should begin preparations for potential shelter deployment.

Remember, do not self deploy. The leadership team is currently working to determine the number ACS volunteers needed to support this activation.