Due to below freezing temperatures at night, the Kitsap County Department of Emergency Management will activate the county’s Severe Weather Shelter Plan.

Both shelters will be open tonight, Wednesday, Dec. 31 with the Bremerton location continuing its shelter operations the next evening, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015.

Information on any additional evenings for the shelter at the North Kitsap Fire and Rescue station can be verified by calling 211.

Hours of operation will be from 6 PM until 7 AM.  Guests will not be able to check into the shelter after 10 PM.

The locations are as follows:

Bremerton Food Line                                         North Kitsap Fire & Rescue

1600 – 12^th Street                                              26642 Miller Bay Rd. NE

Bremerton, WA                                                   Kingston, WA

The severe weather shelters will serve all citizens in our area who require safe overnight refuge where none is available. Further activations will be weather dependent. Stay tuned.

For more information about the process, call 211 or call the Bremerton Food Line at (360)-479-6188.