Emergency Shelters on Cape Cod During Hurricane Sandy

UPDATE, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, 4pm: Shelters will be open Monday, Oct. 29 at 8am.

The Barnstable County Regional Emergency Planning Committee  announces that the following Cape Cod regional shelters would be opened on Monday morning at 8am.

Nauset Regional High School Shelter: 100 Cable Road, Eastham
Status: Opening to the public on Monday, October 29 at 8 a.m. 
Animal Shelter: No

Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School Shelter: 210 Station Ave., Yarmouth
Status: Opening to the public on Monday, October 29 at 8 a.m. 
Animal Shelter: Yes

Sandwich High School Shelter: 365 Quaker Meetinghouse Road., Sandwich
Status: Opening to the public on Monday, October 29 at 8 a.m. 
Animal Shelter: Yes

On Monday morning the REPC will also activate the Multiagency Coordination Center operated by the Barnstable County Incident Management Team.

Shelter operations are cooperative effort between public authorities and private agencies including the American Red Cross, the Medical Reserve Corps and the Cape Cod Disaster Animal Response Team.

For information about hurricane preparedness visit the Barnstable County REPC website at www.bcrepc.org or the FEMA website at www.ready.gov or call 2-1-1. For specific local information, citizens should contact the emergency management office in their town.

- Written from a press release.