Our Savannah practice sits east of the Truman Parkway. Which CEMA zone are we in, and what does that mean for orders?

CEMA places areas east of the Truman Parkway and the Vernon River in Zone A. A placed order leaves Florida as usual. When CEMA orders Zone A out, place the next order after the office reopens and your named signer is back at the desk.

Can our Savannah clinic get back in before residents after a hurricane evacuation?

Only with a GEMA/HS business re-entry pass, requested at 1-800-TRY-GEMA before the storm arrives. Phase 3 covers essential sectors such as non-emergency medical facilities and pharmaceutical providers, while other owners return in Phase 4. Passes are unlikely to be granted once a storm is expected.

Savannah's St. Patrick's Day parade starts near our Abercorn Street office. Should we keep parade day clear of arrivals?

Yes. The City calls the parade Savannah's largest event, and it steps off from the intersection of Gwinnett and Abercorn streets. Check the parade date on the City's St. Patrick's Day page, then time the order so the carton is not due that day.

Exosome supply for Savannah practices

Savannah practices with a verified wholesale account can order biomolecular signaling vesicles (exosomes), sent frozen from Florida by carrier on the Georgia lane. Our 503A pharmacy partner holds a Georgia Board of Pharmacy nonresident license, so Savannah prescribers can send it individual prescriptions for compounded preparations, shipped from Texas.

Savannah at a glance

Savannah at a glance
Item	Savannah
County agency	Chatham Emergency Management Agency (CEMA), 124 Bull Street. Zone A lies east of the Truman Parkway and Vernon River, Zone B between the parkway and I-95, Zone C west of it
Re-entry	Since June 2018 the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency runs re-entry after a Chatham County evacuation, in five phases
Summer heat	Normal July high of 92.3°F at the Savannah International Airport station, with about 25 days at or above 90°F that month (NOAA normals, 1991 to 2020)
Delivery lane	National carrier lane
Shipping from Florida	Overnight shipping; arrival can take 1 to 3 business days
Free cold-chain shipping	On orders from $3,000
503A compounded preparations	Available. Prepared to an individual prescription by our 503A pharmacy partner, which is authorized as a nonresident pharmacy in Georgia, and dispensed for the patient named on the prescription. The pharmacy ships from Texas to the clinic or directly to the patient; ask us about shipping for a specific formulation.
Licensed practitioners in Savannah	Dermatology 14, plastic surgery 13, nurse practitioners 444, internal medicine 150, by primary specialty in the NPPES registry as of 17 October 2026
State guide	How to buy exosomes in Georgia

When an order reaches a Savannah practice

Exosome material travels frozen from Florida to Chatham County by carrier, inside the transit window in the panel above. Compounded preparations leave Texas on a separate shipment, dispensed by the pharmacy partner against an individual prescription and sent to the clinic or the patient. Shipping varies by formulation, so ask us before the first prescription.

CEMA issues two kinds of evacuation order. A general order encourages residents of a zone to leave, while a mandatory order requires every resident, visitor and business in the target area to go. A placed order leaves Florida as usual, so a Savannah practice expecting to close should order after it reopens.

Reopening follows the state's phases. Residents and business owners return in Phase 4, possibly to limited areas and in daylight only, so a Savannah practice confirms its receiving hours with us before ordering. Downtown, the St. Patrick's Day parade starts from Gwinnett and Abercorn streets, and the City calls it Savannah's largest event, so a downtown practice keeps parade day clear of arrivals.

Cold-chain receiving at a Savannah address

The Savannah airport station averages a 92.3°F high in July with about 25 days at or above 90°F, the hottest month of its normals. A shipper left on an open step or in an unconditioned entry through that heat loses dry ice quickly. The carbon dioxide it releases should not build up in a small closed room.

Each Savannah address on the account has one named signer, with the hours that person is in. Before anything else, the signer lifts the lid to confirm dry ice remains, then moves the vials into a freezer and logs the arrival time and lot number. The manufacturer's handling instructions put long-term storage at -20°C and thawed vials at 4°C, whichever Savannah freezer holds them. If a replacement or refund is requested, that log is what we review.

Rules that apply to a Savannah order

Savannah requires a business tax certificate in place of a business license. The tax is due on or before 31 January, and the certificate expires on 31 December of the year it was issued.
Before applying for that certificate, a practice obtains a Business Location Approval. It confirms the use is allowed in the zoning district and the space meets fire and life safety codes. The City advises confirming both before signing a lease, and a new Savannah suite should not be listed as a delivery address until its certificate is in hand.
A Savannah business wanting early return after an evacuation requests a GEMA/HS re-entry pass at 1-800-TRY-GEMA before the storm. Passes are unlikely once a storm is expected.

Federal and Georgia rules for an order

Areas near Savannah on the same lane

Any Chatham County address, including Tybee Island, should be checked on CEMA's zone lookup before the season starts. Pooler straddles I-95, so a Pooler suite confirms its zone with CEMA rather than assuming Zone C. Both towns are on the Georgia lane, and a group with offices in several Chatham County towns can list each address on one account. Hilton Head Island, across the South Carolina line, follows South Carolina rules.

Savannah questions

Our Savannah practice sits east of the Truman Parkway. Which CEMA zone are we in, and what does that mean for orders?: CEMA places areas east of the Truman Parkway and the Vernon River in Zone A. A placed order leaves Florida as usual. When CEMA orders Zone A out, place the next order after the office reopens and your named signer is back at the desk.
Can our Savannah clinic get back in before residents after a hurricane evacuation?: Only with a GEMA/HS business re-entry pass, requested at 1-800-TRY-GEMA before the storm arrives. Phase 3 covers essential sectors such as non-emergency medical facilities and pharmaceutical providers, while other owners return in Phase 4. Passes are unlikely to be granted once a storm is expected.
Savannah's St. Patrick's Day parade starts near our Abercorn Street office. Should we keep parade day clear of arrivals?: Yes. The City calls the parade Savannah's largest event, and it steps off from the intersection of Gwinnett and Abercorn streets. Check the parade date on the City's St. Patrick's Day page, then time the order so the carton is not due that day.

Sources and review

All sources accessed 17 October 2026.

Last reviewed 4 November 2026 by Benn Bluestein-Veyra, M.Sc. Organic Chemistry. Availability is read from the state registry at the time of the request.

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