Code Blue
Bucks County officials have extended the "Code Blue" cold weather emergency declaration through mid-February, due to frigid forecasted conditions that continue to stranglehold the region.
According to the county, shelters in Upper, Central and Lower Bucks will be in operation nightly through the morning of Feb. 12.
The following shelters have been activated for this Code Blue event:
Upper Bucks – facebook.com/upperbuckscodeblue
Quakertown Masonic Lodge – First Floor
501 W. Broad Street
Quakertown, PA 18951
Central Bucks – co2ssh.org
Doylestown Presbyterian Church (Andrew’s Hall)
125 Mechanic Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
www.dtownpc.org
Lower Bucks – ahtn.org
(Friday & Saturday only)
Woodside Church
1667 Edgewood Road
Yardley, PA 19067
www.woodside-church.org
(Sunday – Feb. 11)
Calvary Baptist Church – Gym
250 Green Lane
Bristol, PA 19007
www.calvarybristol.org
Officials said the Lower Bucks shelter moves to Calvary Baptist Church beginning Sunday night.
Guests are required to leave the shelters by 6:45 a.m. each day and may return in the evening.
The Upper and Lower Bucks shelters will open at 8:30 p.m. The Central Bucks shelter opens at 7:30 p.m.
The county issues a “Code Blue” declaration when temperatures are forecast to drop below 20 degrees for two or more consecutive days.
A “Code Blue” may be called amid higher temperatures, as consideration is also given to wind chill, precipitation and other circumstances.
Call Bucks County’s Housing Link Helpline at 1-800-810-4434 for more details on Code Blue shelters.
