Community Emergency Response Team of The Villages
Special Medical Needs Form
Thanks to BJ Gearhart for passing this along.
You may not need this
information but someone you know might need it for themselves or for someone
they know. Please forward this to anyone you know who lives in the Villages.
Subject: Special Medical Needs Form
Date: Monday, July 27, 2009, 9:22 AM
 Each
county in Florida is required to have shelters designated as
“Special Needs” shelters. The purpose of
these shelters is to provide a safe location to accommodate individuals who have
special medical needs during and after a hurricane, or other disasters, within
their county. Because this facilities will have electricity, this is especially
important to people who are dependent on an oxygen supply or in-home dialysis.
If you are eligible to stay in one of these
shelters, you must bring a person with you who will assist you during your stay.
If you feel that you will need to go to a
Special Medical Needs shelter during or after an emergency or disaster, you
must fill out a form and register
with your county management center PRIOR TO THE
EMERGENCY. Now would be a good time
to do that.
 You
can click on the link below, which will take you to your county emergency
management website, where you can acquire the form that you must fill out. Or,
you can call the emergency management center and request the form be mailed to
you. Fill it out and mail it back to the correct
address below. If you have questions, you can contact emergency
management personnel at the phone number listed below for your county. Now
would be a good time to ask those questions.
Sumter County Special Needs
(Click on link.)
Sumter County Emergency Management
1010 N. Main Street
Bushnell, FL 33513-5441
Office: 352-569-6000
Fax: 352-569-1222
Lake_County_Special_Needs (Click on link.)
Lake County Emergency Management
PO Box 7800
Tavares, FL 32778-7800
(352) 343-9420
Marion
County Special Needs (Click on link.)
Marion County Sheriff’s Office
Division of Emergency Management
Attn: Pat Stefanski
P.O. Box 1987
Ocala, FL 34478-1987
352-369-8100
Fax 352-369-6762
Thank you for your help.
Wayne Ward
Training Officer
Villages CERT
We train for
disasters. The real disaster would be losing a neighbor, friend or loved one
because you had not taken advantage of that training.
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