Emergency Management

Mission Statement

The mission of Hardee County Emergency Management is to provide a comprehensive and integrated emergency management system that coordinates community resources to protect lives, property, and the environment through mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery from all natural and man-made hazards that may impact our county.

WeatherSTEM

Hardee County Emergency Management in partnership with the Florida Severe Weather Mesonet is providing local real-time weather data at two locations within Hardee County.  These units are solar-powered, cellular Weatherstem units rated to withstand the most intense weather and winds up to 185 miles per hour.  The view the live feeds visit https://hardee.weatherstem.com/.

Events

Hardee County keeps citizens safe and informed with Everbridge Resident Alerts. Residents and businesses can sign up to receive critical Communications and Emergency Alerts

Hardee County 2025 Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS)

Hurricane Milton Resources

FEMA Individual & Business Assistance for Hurricane Milton – apply in several ways:

• Online at DisasterAssistance.gov
• On the FEMA mobile app
• Call (800) 621-3662 from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. EST

Deadline has past to apply. Late applications for special circumstances are available for sixty days after 1/7/2025.

For FEMA Disaster Assistance – Please have the following available:

• Your address and zip code
• Condition of your damaged home
• Insurance information, if available
• Social Security number
• Phone number where you can be contacted
• Address where you can get mail or email address to receive electronic notifications

FEMA Disaster Recovery Center (DRC)

• Closed 1/4/2025

Hurricane Ian Resources