Ambulance strike team hurricane deployment a 24/7 responsibility ems1.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ems1.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
lines are still hot and live. there s going to be people working to remedy that, and we ve got a lot of people staged. but that is very hazardous in the immediate aftermath of the storm. we currently have 54,000 households that are out of power throughout the state of florida, but there have been over 100,000 households that have already been restored through hard work all through the night, and those restoration efforts are ongoing any place it s safe to do, people are there working to get that done. as soon as it s safe to do so when the winds die down to a sufficient level search and rescue efforts will begin. we have eight urban search and rescue teams staged ready to go, 33 ambulance strike teams, 5,500 national guardsmen. we also have the coast guard on stand by should that be necessary.
running as soon as possible when the storm passes. as wind becomes stronger later today and into the night, fdot will coordinate with local law enforcement to close bridges once speeds reach in excess of 40 miles per hour. road rangers will be concentrated along evacuation routes to help motorists. we have also called up 33 ambulance strike teams, so over 200 ambulances ready to surge into any impacted area. we ve also requested an additional six strike teams through our emergency management assistance compact with other states. and so this storm is going to hit tomorrow morning. you will start certainly seeing effects of this in different parts of the state later on today. you still have time this morning to be able to make your final preparations. if you are in one of those areas that is in line for some of the major storm surge and you are told to evacuate, you have time
Hurricane Hilary live updates: Palm Springs area schools closed Monday jsonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jsonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In advance of Hurricane Hilary, Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued a State of Emergency for San Diego and much of Southern California to support response and recovery efforts.