When it is time to return home, the reentry process can be as difficult as the original evacuation. Therefore, the same methods of dissemination as in Phase Two will be used. The Department of Community Affairs needs to pursue a major upgrade of its current Internet site to include the provision of emergency management information by zip code for coastal county residents, including those hosted in public shelters. The Department of Community Affairs shall develop an annex to this procedure for the dissemination of emergency public information. In order to create a statewide, coordinated, emergency public information strategy, current local capabilities must be identified and integrated into this program.
Many locales already have variable signage resources, agreements with local media outlets, and more.
The State system should be designed to enhance these local capabilities, where at all feasible. Such announcements should be developed to educate the public on the evacuation process and what to expect once on evacuation routes.