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Plank #19 · Public Safety

Hurricane Preparedness and Response

Improve emergency systems, evacuation routes, shelter access, multilingual public education, debris and supply logistics, utility restoration support, and post-storm rebuilding help...

Within Authority

Classification

Within Authority

The city can act directly, subject to budget, staffing, procurement, and execution quality.

§ 01The Promise

Improve emergency systems, evacuation routes, shelter access, multilingual public education, debris and supply logistics, utility restoration support, and post-storm rebuilding help.

§ 02Authority Scope

Emergency-management authority, declarations, city emergency operations

Execution still has to coordinate with Orange County, the state, and FEMA reimbursement rules, but the city's emergency-management lane is already well established.

§ 03Analysis

Hurricane readiness is not an authority problem. It is a planning, contracting, communications, and capital-readiness problem.

§ 04Recurring Barriers

Implementation barriers identified across the audit; tap to expand a definition.

Jurisdictional Limits

Jurisdictional Limits

Authority belongs to another government layer (county, school district, regional authority, state).

§ 06Legislative Record

She has helped secure appropriations for fire stations and water infrastructure in her district, but the key question here is municipal execution rather than legislative sponsorship.

§ 07Within-Authority Path

Tie this plank to drills, multilingual outreach, shelter contracts, backup-power planning, and publishable post-storm performance metrics.

Authority scope
Emergency-management authority, declarations, city emergency operations
Category
Public Safety
Candidate
Anna Eskamani
Last reviewed
May 4, 2026

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OrlandoFirst.city
Published
April 24, 2026
Last reviewed
May 4, 2026
Last updated
May 4, 2026