Evacuation Transportation for Unregistered Residents

For a variety of reasons, there are Brevard County residents who need transportation to Red Cross shelters, although they have not registered into the Special Needs Shelter & Transportation program.

The EvacuTrans program has been initiated to serve these residents.

• Transportation vehicles will be school buses and drivers.
• Each municipality, as well as unincorporated areas of the county, selects central locations for bus pick up of these citizens. (Suggested locations were gathering points for homeless, mobile home parks, church or parks.)
• If the estimated count of residents who want to use this central pick up program can be obtained, the Emergency Management Office and SCAT would record the information for planning purposes.
• Once an evacuation has been declared, all municipality and county pick-up locations will be notified by SCAT of estimated arrival times of the school bus.
• All possible methods will be used for getting the word out, including a blanketed media promotion involving all agencies (faith-based, not-for-profit, municipal fire, police, county resources). Locations will be published countywide.
• If more clients are at a pick-up location than the bus can load, dispatch will be informed and a second/third bus will be sent to the overloaded pick-up location.
• Round trip from pick up location to shelter and back will be provided.