(CNN) Florida is setting up staging and response areas are set up across the state in preparation for Hurricane Milton to hit the Central Gulf Coast on Wednesday.
Gov. Ron DeSantis, speaking from one of those response sites at the Florida Horse Park in Ocala, said the goal is to be able to deploy equipment and personnel quickly after the storm passes.
DeSantis said there are “massive amounts of equipment” already at the Ocala site, including bucket trucks, generators and other vehicles. The state has been amassing resources to the various sites since the weekend, the government said.
Here’s a look at Florida’s preparations, by the numbers:
On the 500-acre Horse Park property:
- More than 2,000 pieces of equipment, including pumps, restroom and laundry trailers, forklifts and air conditioning units.
- More than 400 personnel, including crews to work the pumps and other equipment as well as drivers.
- Fuel trucks are also on site, though the governor did not specify how many
Florida Department of Emergency Management:
- The agency is working to send “hundreds of thousands” of shelf-stable meals, water bottles and sandbags, among other resources, to counties and staging areas.
- The state has also deployed 11,000 feet of temporary dams to protect critical infrastructure like hospitals and electrical sites.
Fuel supplies from the state that is ready to be used, if needed:
- 268,000 gallons of diesel.
- 110,000 gallons of regular gas
- An additional 1.2 million gallons of both diesel and gas are “currently en route to the state”
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