STATEWIDE REGIONAL EVACUATION STUDY PROGRAM
Continuing a longstanding partnership, the Florida Division of Emergency Management works with the ten Regional Planning Councils to update the Statewide Regional Evacuation Study. 
With funding allocated from the State Legislature, regional planning council staff coordinates with local Emergency Management Directors, the Florida Department of Transportation, the National Hurricane Center and others to update components of the Study including the Behavioral Analysis, Shelter Inventory, Storm Surge Analysis and Demographic Data.
The Storm Surge Analysis provides data to local emergency management officials to validate and update regional evacuation zones. Data from the Study is used to model specific information such as evacuation clearance times, vulnerable populations and local shelter demand. This gives Emergency Managers needed information to make evacuation decisions in preparation for disasters. The Division of Emergency Management is maintaining the Regional Evacuation Study online at: www.floridadisaster.org/res.
Executive Summary
The Florida Division of Emergency Management, Department of Community Affairs Division of Community Planning and Department of Transportation in coordination with the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council developed the Statewide Regional Evacuation Study for the Southwest Florida Region. This report updates the region’s evacuation population estimates, evacuation clearance times and public shelter demand. The study covers Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry Lee and Sarasota Counties and their municipalities.
