When the lights go out, many of us depend on generators to get things going again. And it's not just charging your phone or running the fan, some people's health relies on it.WESH 2 spoke with local emergency managers about the importance of preparing for power loss as we are about to enter hurricane season.Seminole County Office of Emergency Management had some advice:"Any piece of equipment needs to be run periodically to make sure it's working, same thing with generators," said Aaron Funk of the Seminole County Office of Emergency Management.At schools that would double as emergency shelters, as well as long term care facilities across Seminole County, generators are tested to make sure all is ready.“The testing of this equipment ahead of hurricane season is so important, because we have to make sure those systems are ready and able to be turned on the event of extended power loss," said Steven Lerner of Seminole County Office of Emergency Management. "This is something we do every year in advance of hurricane season, make sure everything works make sure we have all our connections working correctly," Funk said. We visited a school which actually has two generators.A smaller one can power up all the essential equipment they would need if they were sheltering people.There's also a larger one that would kick on if they needed to power up the whole school.The county encourages all residents to check their backup power as well."If you have this type of equipment, if you have a generator at home or anything you do have in terms of hurricane preparedness, now is the time to review it, review your plans," Funk said. The last part of the test was making sure generator power was actually getting to the outlets inside the school, and it was."Folks that have to come to our shelters, we want to make sure they have even a higher level of redundancy and back-up," Funk said. Preparing before the need is immediate.Top headlines: 16-year-old arrested for killing 14-year-old boy after shooting into crowd outside Dezerland Park, police say ‘Doublix’: Side-by-side Publix stores puzzle residents of Florida town Massive hole forces Ocala business to close