Before leaving your place of residence, check road conditions to ensure your efficiency and safety.

Various factors can cause travel conditions to change including:

• construction
• floods
• protests
• outages

Use multiple sources of information, including government websites and trusted media, to check travel conditions.

Follow AC Homeland Security on Twitter for in-time updates on safety conditions

Check the INDOT website to see travel conditions in our area.

Go to TREC the Fort to see a map of all road closures.

Our partners at the American Red Cross have released an emergency app for smartphone and tablet users.  It provides location-based severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service, as well as the ability to quickly send an "I'm Safe" message to the Red Cross in case loved ones are unable to contact you.  The application provides access to lifesaving tips on actions to take, shelter locations, and more.  Follow the link above to see it and other Red Cross safety applications designed to help you prepare for and respond to life-threatening weather emergencies and other hazards.