Florida state police are escorting fuel trucks to gas stations along evacuation routes there, and the governor has asked the military to accompany tanker boats sailing in with emergency supplies as Sunshine Staters flee from Hurricane Irma.

“We are aggressively working around the clock to bring more fuel to Florida gas stations,” Florida Gov. Rick Scott said in a statement. “We have asked fuel companies to identify ships that are in route to our ports so we can arrange military escorts to get them here faster.”

Scott has also offered law-enforcement entourages to gas station attendants who stick around danger zones until the last minute to help evacuees refuel.

“For gas stations in evacuation zones: we need you to stay open as long as possible so people can get out,” Scott said. “We will arrange police escorts for your employees so they can get out safely. We need your gas stations to stay open as long as possible.”

One tanker currently docked in Tampa is unloading 300,000 barrels, and a second tanker headed there from Mississippi, according to Scott.

Emergency fuel contractors are also re-routing 1.5 million gallons of gasoline from the state’s western panhandle, which is not expected to he hit hard, toward areas along the evacuation route.

The governor suspended tolls on the state’s turnpikes Wednesday to ease evacuation as the historic Category 5 storm threatens to batt Florida this weekend.