Tourism Emergency Preparedness
Resources to help Tallahassee’s tourism and hospitality partners prepare, respond and recover.
Emergency Information
Tourism’s Role in an Emergency
When severe weather or other emergencies impact Leon County, Visit Tallahassee works with our tourism partners to share accurate information, understand industry needs and support destination recovery. Use the resources below to prepare your business and know what to do before, during and after an emergency.
Build your Business Emergency Plan Checklist
- Review your emergency preparedness and business continuity plans.
- Update employee communication lists.
- Identify who is responsible for key decisions.
- Back up important business documents.
- Review insurance coverage.
- Confirm emergency vendors and suppliers.
- Prepare your property.
- Plan how you will communicate closures or operational changes to guests.
- Confirm your primary and backup Visit Tallahassee emergency contacts.
Build your Hurricane Bucket
Leon County encourages citizens and businesses to store disaster supplies in a waterproof, durable 5-gallon bucket.
- Flashlights
- Batteries
- First aid kit
- Portable phone charger
- Basic hand tools
- Water (1G per person per day)
- Non-perishable food
- Insurance information
- Family documents
- Medications (1 month supply)
- Cash
- Hygiene items
Stay connected with Visit Tallahassee
Every tourism partner has a designated primary and backup contact to coordinate messaging and identify resource needs.
During an emergency, your designated contacts will help:
- Share official updates
- Gather operational status
- Identify resource needs
- Coordinate destination-wide messaging
Find your partner sector below to identify your primary and backup Visit Tallahassee contacts.
During a Storm
- Monitor official information. Follow Leon County Emergency Management and trusted weather sources rather than unofficial social media reports.
- Stay connected with Visit Tallahassee.
- Know what to do as conditions change:
After an Emergency: Help Tallahassee Recover
Once officials determine it is safe to resume operations, Visit Tallahassee will work with partners to provide visitors with accurate information and support destination recovery. Once it is safe to do so, please share your operational status with Visit Tallahassee so we can keep visitors informed with accurate, up-to-date information.
Report your status to Visit Tallahassee:
- Are you open, closed or operating on modified hours?
- Have your services or amenities changed?
- Are you experiencing staffing or supply challenges?
- Do you have lodging availability?
- Are there visitor impacts we should be aware of?
Industry Partners Contact Form
Please update your contact information for Visit Tallahassee
Additional Resources
- Leon County Emergency Information Portal
- Leon Ready is a hub of resources to help you, your family and your neighborhood prepare for disasters.
- FloridaDisaster.org for the latest on the state’s response actions
- FloridaDisaster.biz for emergency resources for businesses
- The National Hurricane Center for current weather alerts and forecast information
- The Executive Office of the Governor for the latest state executive orders
- Follow FLSERT on Twitter (X) for real-time updates from the State’s Emergency Response Team
- Florida 511 for the latest on traffic conditions
- Alert Florida to sign up for emergency alerts and other public safety notifications in your community
- Visit Florida current travel safety information page
- To track general airport delays, visit the Tallahassee International Airport website
