Preparation Starts Now!

Meadows Community-Wide Emergency Preparedness Program

🗓 Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025

🕓 Time: 4:00 PM

📍 Location: The Meadows Community Lifestyle & Wellness Facility

FEATURING:

Sandra Tapfumaneyi, Emergency Management Chief

Sarasota County Emergency Services

HURRICANE SEASON BEGINS JUNE 1.

Are you ready?

Join us for the first Meadows community-wide hurricane awareness program of the season. Learn what you can do right now to protect yourself, your family, and your property.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

✅ Simple steps to begin preparing today

✅ Emergency planning tailored to your community and to your needs

✅ Reliable local resources for weather alerts and evacuation info

✅ Critical tips to help individuals with medical or mobility needs.

✅ Understand local support services available during a weather emergency

Registration Required:

Click HERE to register for the event.

Zoom Webinar Available. Click HERE

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Don’t wait for the storm—get ready today.

Sandra Tapfumaneyi has served as Chief of Emergency Management for Sarasota County since January 2024. She led the county’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) through the historic 2024 hurricane season, including during Hurricane Milton, which made landfall in Sarasota County. Sandra previously served as Chief of Lee County Emergency Management and was recognized as the Chad Reed Emergency Management Professional of the Year by the Florida Emergency Preparedness Association in 2023. In 2022, Sandra served as Incident Commander of the Lee County Emergency Operations Center during Hurricane Ian, one of the most catastrophic hurricanes to hit the United States. Under her leadership, Sandra’s team worked diligently to stabilize the impacted community and successfully manage the massive response from state and federal partner agencies.