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Bucks County officials have extended the “Code Blue” from earlier this week to Thursday March 6.
The declaration was supposed to end Sunday, however, as reports of more snow loomed, county officials decided to extend the code blue for four more days. The Emergency Management Agency has made arrangements with the on-call site in the Lower Bucks, Calvary Baptist Church in Bristol.
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Click here for the driving route for pick up routes in the area.
The declaration was made for a weekend when forecasts showed a period of below freezing temperatures and some snow anticipated to hot the hit the Levittown area.
Here are is a list of current on-call sites in the county.
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Calvary Baptist Church
250 Green Ln.
Bristol, PA 19007
www.calvarybristol.org
Doylestown Presbyterian Church in Andrews Hall
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127 E. Court St.
Doylestown, PA 18901
215-348-3531
http://www.dtownpc.org/
St. Isidore’s Roman Catholic Church
2545 West Pumping Station Rd.
Quakertown, PA 18951
http://www.stisidores.org/
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Please note on call sites begin taking in visitors at 9 p.m with scheduled pick ups in the Lower Bucks area beginning at 8 p.m.
The on-call shelters are coordinating transportation, temporary shelter, food and other necessities.
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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 the severe anticipated weather conditions. Please exercise caution if you need to be outside, and stay indoors as much as possible. the release says.
The community is asked to check in on older adults during the period of dangerous weather and that precautionary measures should be taken with pets too.
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For additional shelter information, please call the homeless hotline at 1-800-810-4434 or click here.
Publisher/Editor Tom Sofield Contributed to this report.
