Debris & cleanup
Debris pickup rules and dates, and free volunteer help with trees, tarps, and muck-outs.
Text 7 to (850) 898-1741 to get this list on your phone.
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Crisis Cleanup hotline (free volunteer help)
Ask volunteer groups for free help with tree removal, debris, roof tarps, and mucking out flooded homes. Help depends on volunteers and is not guaranteed.
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City of Gulf Breeze storm debris pickup
Collection scheduled to start Tuesday Oct 13, per City of Gulf Breeze (Oct 12).
Inside Gulf Breeze city limits, the city's contractor CWR is collecting storm debris with several passes. Put tree debris by the roadside, not in the road, apart from building materials, shingles, and garbage. Keep it away from power lines, hydrants, sidewalks, and storm drains.
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Santa Rosa County storm debris pickup
First pass expected to start Wednesday Oct 14 on public roads, per Santa Rosa County (Oct 12).
Put storm debris on the public right-of-way. Keep tree debris and building debris in separate piles. Do not bag it. Keep it away from ditches, drains, mailboxes, meters, hydrants, and power lines.
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Gulf Breeze Transfer Station: free for city residents
Free Tue Oct 13 through Sat Oct 17 for city residents, per City of Gulf Breeze (Oct 12).
Gulf Breeze city residents can drop off their own storm debris free. Closed to non-city customers during this period.
325 S. Sunset Boulevard, Gulf Breeze, FL
Hours: Oct 13-17, regular business hours
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Free tree and debris removal sign-up: God's Pit Crew, Pace
Listed on the county Isaias resources page (checked Oct 13). Started Oct 12. No hours posted.
Volunteer group taking walk-in requests for tree and debris removal at the front office of Pace Assembly of God. Park in the grass lot across the street from the front office.
Pace Assembly of God, 3948 US-90, Pace, FL
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Jay Transfer Station reopened
Reopened Tuesday Oct 13, cash only, per Santa Rosa County Update #11 (Oct 12).
Santa Rosa County's Jay Transfer Station is open on its regular days. Cash only for now.
Hours: Tue, Thu, Sat 8am-4pm
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Santa Rosa Central Landfill (Milton) open
Open for regular operations with cards accepted, per Santa Rosa County Update #11 (Oct 12). Update #10 (Oct 11) listed 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The county's Central Landfill in Milton is back to regular operations. Credit and debit cards are accepted. Keep household garbage and spoiled food in your regular cans, not in storm debris piles.
Hours: 7am-5pm (per Oct 11 county update)
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Tree removal and muck-outs: Minute Men, Pace
Listed on the county Isaias resources page (checked Oct 13). No contact number or hours posted.
Faith-based volunteer group doing tree and yard debris removal and muck-outs, staging from the Alyssa's parking lot. The county lists no public phone for this group.
Alyssa's, 4562 Chumuckla Highway, Pace, FL
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Lowe's free cleanup bucket distribution
Free cleanup buckets with sponges, flashlights, bottled water, trash bags, goggles, and hand sanitizer. 240 buckets total, first come first served.
Hours: Starting 10 AM, October 13