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North Port emergency manager urges written evacuation plans, warns first-responder delays
Summary
City emergency management coordinator advised residents to write evacuation plans with multiple routes, listed four sheltering options and warned that first-responder response may be delayed after storms due to safety and road hazards.
Stacy Alozio, Emergency Management Coordinator for the City of North Port, told residents at the April 22 meeting that households should prepare written evacuation plans, identify multiple travel routes and share plans with family and neighbors before a storm.
“It's important to have an evacuation plan ahead of time, and it's very important to write it down,” Alozio said. She told listeners to have multiple routes because traffic on I‑75 can become gridlocked and…
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