Get Engaged

Citizen Engagement Series: Disaster Resilience Edition

Step behind the scenes at the Emergency Operations Center and learn how to prepare for disasters with local public safety experts at Leon County’s Citizen Engagement Series: Disaster Resilience Edition, taking place on Thursday, June 19, at 6 p.m. at the Public Safety Complex, 911 Easterwood Drive.

This interactive event will feature hands-on activities and demonstrations for the whole family. This year’s program includes new breakout sessions and hands-on activities, like Leon County Emergency Medical Services’ Stop the Bleed training, which teaches participants how to control bleeding in emergency situations. Citizens who attend the event will have a chance to win items that will be a great addition to their disaster preparedness supplies.

Dinner will be provided. Please note that this event requires walking to and from sessions. While assistance services will be available, they are limited. We encourage all attendees to prepare accordingly for walking throughout the event.

Register at LeonCountyFL.gov/CES. Registration closes Thursday, June 19, at noon. Space is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Looking for ways to get engaged in your community? Check out some of Leon County’s upcoming events and programs.

Since 2017, Leon County Government has implemented more than 500 citizen ideas to improve programs and services for Leon County residents.  Citizens have submitted bright ideas like:

• Adding a button to translate the County’s Emergency Information Portal website to keep citizens of any language proficiency informed during a disaster.

• Creating a “Help My Pet” sticker to assist first responders in contacting a pet caretaker when the owner cannot be reached.

• Declaring Florida Emancipation Day as a County holiday.

• As a pilot program, installing three electric vehicle charging stations at the Main Library and Eastside Branch Library.

• Transferring surplus Leon County EMS ambulances to Lively Technical Center to be used for training in the Diesel Truck Maintenance Program.

All of these suggestions came from citizens like you and are now implemented in Leon County!

Join Leon County in co-creating our one-of-a-kind community by sending your own bright ideas.