Cleaning Up After a Hurricane: Safety Comes First!

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Release Date: 4/29/2026

DOI: 10.32473/EDIS-FR170-2007

Urban Horticulture

Abstract

Stay safe! This fact sheet offers general safety tips, how to create a safe work zone, chain saw safety, and personal protective equipment.

About this Publication

This document is FOR 115, one of a series of the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date January 2007. Revised March 2019 and March 2026. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Delgado, A., Kampf, E., Lehtola, C., Partin, T., Duryea, M., & Gilman, E. (2007). Cleaning Up After a Hurricane — Safety Comes First! EDIS, 2007(6). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fr170-2007

Authors

Eliana Kampf
Eliana Kampf

former urban forester, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Astrid Delgado
Astrid Delgado

former urban forester and landscaping specialist, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Carol Lehtola
Carol Lehtola

former associate professor and Extension agricultural safety specialist, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Mary Duryea
Mary Duryea

professor emeritus, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences; and former associate dean for research, director of Florida Agricultural Experiment Station

Richard Hauer
Richard Hauer

professor emeritus, urban forestry, UWSP College of Natural Resources, Stevens Point, WI

Allyson Salisbury
Allyson Salisbury
assistant teaching professor, urban forestry, Rutgers Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, New Brunswick, NJ
Michael Andreu
Michael Andreu
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, forest systems, UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Alyssa Vinson
Alyssa Vinson
County agent
University of Florida

Extension agent II, urban forestry, UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County, Seffner, FL

Ryan Klein
Ryan Klein
Specialist
University of Florida

assistant professor, arboriculture, UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

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