First Lady Casey DeSantis on Tuesday announced a Florida Division of Emergency Management website resource for Hurricane Ian first responders to help with mental health needs post-hurricane.
The site directs users to a variety of bilingual mental health resource hotlines including ones specifically tailored for disaster response. Further, hotlines have been made available specific to different lines of first responder work including firefighting, law enforcement, and medical responders.
A number of agencies have sent volunteers to southwest Florida from across both the state and nation to assist in disaster relief and storm damage cleanup. Necessary tasks have been fulfilled using volunteer service including the monitoring of supplies, search and rescue missions, and responding to 911 calls.