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.
there is going to be people working to remedy that and we have 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 that s safe to do people are there. working to get that done. we have 8 urban search and rescue teams staged, ready to go. 33 ambulance strike teams. 5500 national guardsmen. we also have the coast guard on standby should that be mess. there will be an immediate effort to restore power to people who lose power. there s 30,000-plus linemen stationed and ready to go to commence restoration efforts.
there will be an immediate effort to restore power to people who lose power. there s 30,000 plus linemen stationed and ready to go to commence restoration efforts for local municipalities and el electric co-ops. accept mutual aid. the goal is to get everybody back on line as quickly as possible. there will be a lot of debris from this storm. there s going to be a need to have all hands on deck to be able to do, and accordingly our florida department of transportation we have 650 pieces of heavy equipment and trucks staged for cut and toss operations post storm. we anticipate there to be a lot of debris, a lot of downed trees, a lot of downed power lines and there s going to be a need for this. we also have 1,100 generators staged for traffic signal restoration. we anticipate that that s going to be a problem in a number of of communities as well. fuel. we have 1.2 million gallons
governor who is speaking about the state of things in his state. in the northern part of the state, so far, there have been 262,000 accounts that had lost power, have been restored. there are more than 250,000 accounts that are currently out of power and in need of restoration. as you d imagine, the counties that have the highest percentage of power outs ages in the main pathway of the storm. counties like dixie, taylor, jefferson and columbia. eutility workers are actively working to restore power in all affected areas. they have started doing that as soon as it was safe to do so. so those restoration efforts are ongoing. we do anticipate you could have power outage numbers could go higher, but the restoration numbers are going to go higher as well.
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 and ready to go. 33 plans strike teams, 5500 national guardsmen and the coast guard on standby should that be necessary. there will be an immediate effort to restore power to people who lose power. there s 30,000 plus linemen stationed and ready to go to commence restoration efforts for local municipalities and electric co-ops, please accept