The National Weather Service has predicted another extended period of cold to begin during the upcoming weekend. Given that forecast, the Bucks County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) joins the County Health Department and Advocates for the Homeless and Those in Need (AHTN) to issue another prolonged “Code Blue” declaration. This Code Blue will cover the period of 7 p.m. on Saturday, January 13, 2018 through 7 a.m. on Friday, January 19, 2018.

The EMA has notified the January, 2018 on-call churches, Woodside Church in Yardley and Trinity Episcopal in Buckingham as well as the Quakertown Masonic Lodge in Quakertown (permanent upper Bucks location). The on-call church volunteers will coordinate transportation, temporary shelter, food and other necessities. In addition, County Emergency Management Director Scott Forster and Health Director Dr. David Damsker have notified local public safety officials of the Code Blue declaration. They advise all residents to be aware of another period of severe weather conditions. County residents are urged to continue to monitor their elderly neighbors and pets during this anticipated time of extremely cold weather.

For additional shelter information, please call the homeless hotline at 1-800-810-4434. For general cold weather information, please check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website: www.emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/winter.