• Look up your address on the zone map on Brevard Emergency Management's Have a Plan page¹, or on the state's Know Your Zone map⁶.
• Zone A goes first. The county calls a mandatory evacuation for Zone A, which includes the barrier islands, Merritt Island and some low-lying mainland areas. People in mobile or manufactured homes, or in low-lying or flood-prone areas, should also leave, on the mainland or the islands¹.
• Why the islands empty out: the county includes all parts of the barrier islands in an evacuation because of storm surge¹.
• Not every zone is ordered out every time. Zone A is the most likely to evacuate first. If no evacuation order is issued for your area, the state says you may consider sheltering in place, as long as you know your home can stand up to strong winds and heavy rain⁶.

If you have to leave

• Evacuate early¹
• Travel tens of miles, not hundreds, and shelter locally¹
• Pick a sturdy home or hotel outside the evacuation zone, or a public shelter¹
• Know a primary and an alternate route, with destinations in different directions¹
• Make a household plan: how you'll get alerts, where you'll meet and how you'll reach each other if phones are down¹