Escambia County Chairman Lumon May and City of Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward are working together to keep residents safe and informed during this Winter Storm.
Escambia County Public Safety is staffing the Emergency Operations Center a “Level 2” and will be monitoring local weather conditions through the night. A local state of emergency will begin at 12 a.m. Tuesday, January 28. At this time, residents should be preparing for the possibility of icy conditions on local roads and bridges.
The next Emergency Operations Center planning meeting with the National Weather Service will take place at 7 a.m. Tuesday, January 28. The EOC Media Room will be open to accredited members of the media beginning at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Local residents are encouraged to stay home and off roadways through the duration of this weather event and should take the following precautionary steps before the severe weather arrives:
Review your disaster plan and prepaid for freezing temperatures •
Prepare your disaster kit to include water, clothing, medications and other necessary items.
For more tips, log onto www.bereadyescambia.com and be sure to follow Escambia County Emergency Management on Twitter @bereadyescambia.
The following closures have been announced for Tuesday, January 28, and Wednesday, January 29:
- Escambia County Board of County Commissioners offices
- Escambia County Clerk of Court and Comptroller, all Clerk locations
- Escambia County Property Appraiser
- Escambia County School District
- Escambia County Tax Collector
- Escambia County Supervisor of Elections
- West Florida Public Libraries
- Florida Department of Health, Escambia County
- City of Pensacola offices, excluding sanitation collections
- Escambia and Santa Rosa County and Circuit Courts
- ARC Gateway
- United Cerebral Palsy of Northwest Florida, Capstone Academy Pensacola
- United Way of Escambia County
The following scheduled meetings have been cancelled:
- Natural Resources Damage Assessment (NRDA) meeting scheduled for the Bay Center at 6 p.m. on Tuesday
- Navy Boulevard Corridor Management Plan meeting scheduled for the Lexington Terrace Community Center at 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
- Development Review Committee meeting scheduled for Wednesday at Central Office Complex at 1 p.m. and has been rescheduled for Wednesday, February 5, at 1 p.m.
- The County Administrator interviews scheduled for Thursday, January 30
- The Special Board of County Commission Meeting to discuss County Administrator candidates on Friday, January 31
- Visit Pensacola meeting scheduled for Wednesday, January 29 has been rescheduled for Wednesday, February 5 at 3:00 p.m. in the Hagler/Mason room at City Hall.
The Pensacola International Airport will remain open and is conducting normal flight operations until airfield conditions necessitate closure. Airport personnel will be monitoring all airfield surfaces by utilizing specialized equipment that measures breaking efficiency. If runway conditions deteriorate due to ice or snow, airport staff will report field conditions to air traffic control and flight crews. If conditions fall to a poor breaking action, Pensacola International Airport will then close.
Airlines may decide to preemptively cancel flights at Pensacola International Airport out of concerns for people traveling on roads and bridges to get to the airport. Passengers should check the status of their flight at www.flypensacola.com for real-time flight information.
Additional information will be released as it becomes available.
