Business Hurricane Early Reentry Placard Program

Monroe County Emergency Management acknowledges the need for qualified critical private sector businesses that provide services and crucial supplies to be granted early reentry. Together with essential response personnel, this will further allow the restoration of community lifelines more efficiently and timely.

Emergency Management has updated the Business Early Reentry Placard registration form for 2023. The questions are similar but require additional documentation to be uploaded.

The documentation requirements are essential to assist County and municipal officials govern how they can utilize all critical businesses and their services for response efforts post-event.

Please read below to learn what documentation your business will need to apply for Early Businesses Reentry Placards.

Hurricane Business Early Reentry Placard Application

If your Monroe County-based business qualifies as providing a critical service, you can obtain early re-entry placards for your essential personnel prior to a storm. This will allow timely access into the county for damage assessment of your business before continuing your essential business functions to assist in recovery efforts. Each business owner or manager is encouraged to register and submit required documentation and credentials prior to hurricane season for our County/municipal officials.

The application period for 2023 Early Reentry Placards now closed.

Updated Information

Do not proceed to apply until you have gathered all the required documentation. Once you begin to apply, you must complete the form in the same session. There is no option to Save and return to finish where you left off.

Medical professionals of any kind need to go through the hospitals. Hospital officials can contact you for assistance and will grant you reentry when and if needed.

All critical businesses that are based or operate in OCEAN REEF must contact the Ocean Reef Public Safety office for early reentry.

Required documents for ALL applications:

For-Profit Business - A copy of your current ‘Monroe County Business Tax Receipt’ is required. NOT YOUR FEDERAL TAX RETURN
Nonprofit Business - A copy of 501(c)3 Determination Letter OR 4506-B Affirmation Letter
- **misplaced your letter? You can download copies of original determination letters (issued Jan. 1, 2014 and later) using the online search tool: Tax Exempt Organization Search (TEOS).
A list of essential personnel and their job title, and driver’s license number if asking for more than two placards for your business using the spreadsheet provided here. USE OF THIS PROVIDED FORM IS REQUIRED. Save to your computer and upload the completed document where requested on the application.

Additional Documents required where applicable:

A fully executed current memo or contract in effect through December 2023 with Monroe County or Municipality specific to assisting the government, first responders, or municipalities in recovery where one exists.
Those who do not attach a contract are required to create a Business Emergency Plan using the fillable .pdf found here. USE OF THIS PROVIDED FORM IS REQUIRED. Save to your computer to upload where requested and retain for your reference.
If your company has more than one holding, please find and complete the spreadsheet provided here: Holdings List Spreadsheet. USE OF THIS PROVIDED FORM IS REQUIRED. Upload to form where requested. You’ll be asked for a list of additional locations and a point of contact for each location, along with their job title and phone number where they can be reached during a State of Emergency.

Applications that do not provide complete information, including supporting documentation and/or provide false/misleading information, will be denied and may be banned from future consideration in the Placard Program.

Application

The application period for 2023 Early Reentry Placards is now closed.

Questions?

For questions on completing the application email here.
For technical questions use this link.
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Monroe County Emergency Reserves Corp (MERC)

Individuals who go through Monroe County’s Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) and become part of the volunteer Monroe Emergency Reserve Corps also can obtain early re-entry placards.

Monroe Emergency Reserve Corps (MERCORPS.ORG)