CITY OF ORLANDO MONITORS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC
City Emergency Managers in Dialogue with Local, Volunteer, State and Federal Organizations

ORLANDO, FL (August 24, 2012) – Orlando Mayor Dyer and the City of Orlando’s Office of Emergency Management have taken proactive steps in monitoring Tropical Storm Isaac, working with various local, volunteer, state and federal organizations, to ensure Orlando citizens and all of Central Florida are prepared for a possible storm.

City Emergency Managers continue to be in constant dialogue with officials from the National Hurricane Center and State Emergency Management Division to obtain the most up-to-date information for citizens. The City of Orlando’s Emergency Operations Center remains at the monitoring level and City departments are continuing to take precautionary measure for any potential impacts from a possible storm.

Mayor Dyer encourages all residents, visitors and businesses to closely monitor the storm, stay informed and begin preparing family emergency kits.

Residents should not place limbs, leaves and other material at the curb until their regularly scheduled yard waste collection day or until the City announces alternate plans after a storm. Limbs and bags of leaves can be placed next to the resident's home during a storm and then placed curbside after a storm has passed. This will help reduce possible flooding problems and allow for easy pick up after the storm has passed.

For information on ways residents and businesses can get prepared and remain informed during a hurricane, please visit the Office of Emergency Management’s website at www.cityoforlando.net/emergency, follow them on Twitter at www.twitter.com/orloem and friend them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/orloem.

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