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Franklin County Emergency Management

Responding, preventing, recovering from, and mitigating against the effects of a wide variety of disasters in Franklin County, Florida.

CONTACT US

850-653-8977

emfranklin@franklinemergencymanagement.com

Welcome to Franklin County Emergency Management

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 Mission:

Franklin County Emergency Management’s Mission is to minimize loss of life, personal injury, damage to property or the environment caused by natural or man-made disasters that affect the community.

 

The Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) Planning Committee/ Community Stakeholders are meeting via Zoom on Wednesday,

November 17, 2021, at 10:00AM (EST) in the Franklin County Emergency Operations Center. The County encourages any interested citizens and business owners to attend and
provide input. The Committee guides the preparation of the Franklin County LMS, which serves as a plan to reduce the community’s long-term risk for protecting people and
property from the effects of natural disasters and to build a safer and stronger community.
You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Nov 17, 2021 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: LMS Meeting
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
Or One tap mobile :
US: +13126266799,,88984309628# or +19292056099,,88984309628#
Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 929 205 6099 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 253 215 8782
Webinar ID: 889 8430 9628

International numbers available: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kbfaqFKPeI

 

11-17-21 LMS Invite

Project List – November 2021

NOFA DR-4486

 

Free Smoke Alarms through Home Fire Campaign

While the American Red Cross is known for its role in large disaster responses, 80% of our disaster response activities are actually for home fires. Unfortunately, in the U.S. 7 people die from a home fire every single day. Having working smoke alarms in your home reduces the risk of home-fire-related fatalities by 50%. That is why the American Red Cross set a goal of reducing the incidence of fire related deaths and injury by 25% through smoke alarm installations and fire safety education. Anyone can request a smoke alarm through our online request form. 

Preparedness Education

As part of our grant, we are required to do 3 of 5 of the following with each client:

  • Check pre-existing smoke alarms
  • Install new smoke alarms
  • Go over the Home Fire Safety Checklist (most common causes of house fires and how to avoid them)
  • Go over Home Fire Escape plan (2 minutes or less, 2 ways out of every room, pre-designated meet up point, practice)
  • Go over preparedness for local hazard (Hurricanes)

Ashley Teat from Apalachicola Fire and Hugh Hartsfield from Alligator Point Fire have agreed to be our local POCs for smoke alarm requests. Through these partnerships, anyone in the community can request smoke alarms for their homes.