North Central Florida Hurricane
Response Exhibition
2001
Friday, April 20 & Saturday, April 21, 2001
10:00am - 4:00pm
Flightline -
General Aviation
4701 NE 40th Terrace
Gainesville Regional Airport
Gainesville, Florida
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ALACHUA COUNTY, FLORIDA:
A Proclamation Declaring "AWARENESS FOR
PREPAREDNESS WEEK" in Alachua County, Florida
City of
Gainesville, Florida, Office of Mayor Paula M.
DeLaney, PROCLAMATION: NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA "AWARENESS
FOR PREPARDNESS" WEEK April 15-21, 2001 & HURRICANE
RESPONSE EXPOSITION April 20-21, 2001
Event
- Air Force Hurricane Hunter Aircraft
(WC-130, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, 403rd Wing, Keesler Air Force
Base, Biloxi, Mississippi) Static Display
- Friday,
April 20, 2001, & Saturday, April 21, 2001, 10:00am - 4:00pm
- Map/Directions
- Field Trip Information
- Participant
Profile (PDF version)
Displays
- USAFR
WC-130 Hurricane Hunter Plane
- ASO/GPD
Helicopters
- Fire
Engine
- Fire
Safety House
- Emergency
Communications
- Hazardous
Materials Spill Prevention
- Weather
Safety
- Community,
Home, Workplace Safety
- Helping
Agencies
Purpose
- to
increase local and regional public awareness of large scale weather hazards
(i.e. hurricanes) and other hazards that may impact our community
- education
of hurricane relief agencies, focus on the many agencies that come together
to mitigate or respond to a disaster
Sponsors & Participants
- Alachua County
- Alachua County Emergency Management
- Alachua County Fire Rescue
- Alachua County Red Cross
- Alachua County Water Rescue
Team
- Albertson's / Archer Road
- AM 850
- ASO/GPD Joint Aviation Unit
- Beechler's Printing
- Best Western
Gateway Grand
- Boat
U.S. Foundation
- Carol Hudson / Ionic
Filtration Water Bottle
- Cedar
Key Beacon / Spring Arts Festival-April 21/22
- City of Gainesville
- Chick-fil-A
- The
Creative Workshop
- D.A.R.T. - Disaster
Animal Response Team
- EAA Chapter 98,
Gainesville, Florida
- e-TechServices
- Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA)
- Federation
of Manufactured Home Owners of Florida, Inc.
- Flightline Gainesville
- Florida Baptist Child Care
Center
- Florida Division of Emergency
Management - News
& Bulletins
- Florida Division of Forestry
- Florida Department of
Transportation - Aviation Office
- Florida
Department of Transportation - District 2
- Florida Search Dog
Association
- Florida Emergency Preparedness Association
- Florida
Institute of Technology - School of Aeronautics
- Florida State Fire College
- Florida
Volunteers Active in Disaster (VOAD)
- Gainesville/Alachua County Airport
Authority
- Gainesville Amateur Radio Society
- Gainesville Fire Rescue
- Gainesville
High School Band, Mary Ann Sickon, Director; Dr. Charles Hall, Principal
- Gainesville
Regional Airport
- Gainesville Regional
Utilities
- Gainesville Sun/The Sourcebook
- Gator Aluminum &
Window, Inc.
- Gator Amateur Radio Club
- Grady
House
- Hooters of Gainesville
- Jacksonville National
Weather Service Office
- Keystone
Heights Fire Department
- Levy
County Emergency Management
- Marion County
Sheriff's Office-Division of Emergency Management
- Naval Atlantic Meteorology and
Oceanography Facility - Jacksonville
- North Central Florida Local Emergency
Planning Committee
- ROCK104
- Red Cross Gators
- ShandsCair Emergency
Flight Program
- Subway of Gainesville
- The Trophy Shop
- University of Florida
- UF Agricultural & Biological
Engineering
- UF Air Force ROTC
- UF Athletic Association
- UF College of Architecture-M.E.
Rinker, Sr. School of Building Construction
- UF
College of Design, Construction and Planning, Shimberg Center for Affordable
Housing; Hurricane Wind Storm Mitigation & Training Demonstration
Centers
- UF Natural Disaster/Hurricane Emergency
Plan Committee
- UF Northeast Regional Data Center
- UF Police Department
- U.S. Air Force - 53rd Weather
Reconnaissance Squadron
- U.S. Air Force - 14th Flying Training
Wing
- U.S. Army - First U.S. Army
- US Coast Guard - 7th
District - Air Station Clearwater
- United Way of Alachua County
- WCJB TV 20
- Windsor Volunteer Fire Department
- WLUF-LP
- WLUS-AM
- WKTK 98.5 FM
- WKZY-FM
- WRUF
- WSKY-FM
97.3
- WUFT FM 89
- WUFT TV 5
Related
Sites
Contacts
- Steve
Abrams, Alachua County Emergency Manager (e-mail
acem@co.alachua.fl.us) or
call (352) 264-6500 for any questions regarding this event.
- Allan
Pither, NERDC Program Development Manager(e-mail
pither@ufl.edu) or call (352) 392-2061
updated: 4/16/01
