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Know Your Shelter

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Why Knowing Your Shelters is Important

During a disaster, having a safe place to go can make all the difference. Whether you’re facing a hurricane, flood, or other emergencies, knowing the location of your nearest shelter ensures that you and your loved ones can find safety quickly and efficiently. Proper planning and awareness can save lives.

The Bahamas Hurricane Shelters
You can use this map to find the nearest shelter near you today.

Abaco Shelters

We’re committed to keeping you informed and prepared. Our Abaco shelters tab offers vital information to ensure you know exactly where to go in an emergency. Ensure you and your loved ones are safe by being informed.

ABACO, CENTRAL DISTRICT
NO. NAME OF SHELTER ADDRESS
1 Central Abaco Primary School Dundas Town
2 Friendship Tabernacle Dundas Town
3 Guana Cay Primary School Guana Cay
4 Man-O-War Primary School Man-O-War Cay
5 Hope Town Primary School Hope Town
6 Murphy Town Community Centre Murphy Town
ABACO, NORTH DISTRICT
NO. NAME OF SHELTER ADDRESS
1 Amy Roberts Primary Pre-School Green Turtle Cay
2 Faithwalk Church of God, Community Centre Cooper's Town
3 Grand Cay All Age School Pre-school Block Grand Cay
ABACO, SOUTH DISTRICT
NO. NAME OF SHELTER ADDRESS
1 Crossing Rock Primary School Crossing Rocks
2 Moore's Island School Moore's Island
3 Sandy Point Community Centre Earnest Dean Highway
4 Soul Seeking Ministry Moore's Island

Andros Shelters

We’re committed to keeping you informed and prepared. Our Andros shelters tab offers vital information to ensure you know exactly where to go in an emergency. Ensure you and your loved ones are safe by being informed.

ANDROS, CENTRAL DISTRICT
NO. NAME OF SHELTER ADDRESS
1 Bowen Sound Pentecostal Church Bowen Sound
2 Church of God Cargill Creek
3 Mt. Ethel Baptist Church Love Hill
ANDROS SOUTH DISTRICT & MANGROVE CAY
NO. NAME OF SHELTER ADDRESS
1 Rev. Euthurl Rodgers Primary School Deep Creek
2 Friendship Baptist Church The Bluff
3 Cleora McKenzie Pre-School Long Bay Cays
4 Mount Olive Baptist Church Smith's Hill
5 Burnt Rock Primary School Burnt Rock
6 Mangrove Cay High School Swains, Mangrove Cay
7 South Andros Multi-Purpose Gymnasium Money Rock Subdivision
ANDROS, NORTH DISTRICT
NO. NAME OF SHELTER ADDRESS
1 B. A. Newton Primary School Red Bays
2 BAMSI Training Centre BARC Community
3 Nicholls Town Primary & Clara Evans Primary Schools Nicholl's Town

Berry Islands, Great Harbour Cay and Bimini

We’re committed to keeping you informed and prepared. Our Berry Islands, Great Harbour Cay and Bimini shelters tab offers vital information to ensure you know exactly where to go in an emergency. Ensure you and your loved ones are safe by being informed.

BERRY ISLANDS, GREAT HARBOUR CAY
NO. NAME OF SHELTER ADDRESS
1 Church of God of Prophecy Great Harbour Cay
2 Berry Islands Community Centre Bullock Harbour
BIMINI
NO. NAME OF SHELTER ADDRESS
1 Gateway Gymnasium Bailey Town
2 Louise McDonald High School (4 classrooms) Alice Town
3 Urban Renewal (Special Needs Shelter) Alice Town

Cat Island Shelters

We’re committed to keeping you informed and prepared. Our Cat Island shelters tab offers vital information to ensure you know exactly where to go in an emergency. Ensure you and your loved ones are safe by being informed.

CAT ISLAND
NO. NAME OF SHELTER ADDRESS
1 St. Mark's Anglican Church Port Howe
2 Zion Baptist Church McQueens
3 Seaview Seventh Day Adventist Church Wilson Bay
4 Holy Redeemer Catholic Church New Bight
5 Mt. Sinai Baptist Church Douds
6 Lovely Zion Baptist Church The Bluff

Crooked Island & Long Cay Shelters

We’re committed to keeping you informed and prepared. Our Crooked Island & Long Cay shelters tab offers vital information to ensure you know exactly where to go in an emergency. Ensure you and your loved ones are safe by being informed.

CROOKED ISLAND & LONG CAY
NO. NAME OF SHELTER ADDRESS
1 All Saints Anglican Church, Priest Residence (Colonel Hill and Church Grove Residents) Church Grove, Crooked Island
2 Church of God of Prophecy (Landrail Point, Richmond, Moss Town and Cripple Hill Residents) Cripple Hill, Crooked Island
3 Landrail Point Community Centre Landrail Point (60 persons seated)

Eleuthera Shelters

We’re committed to keeping you informed and prepared. Our Eleuthera shelters tab offers vital information to ensure you know exactly where to go in an emergency. Ensure you and your loved ones are safe by being informed.

ELEUTHERA, CENTRAL DISTRICT
NO. NAME OF SHELTER ADDRESS
1 Wesley Methodist Church Hall Palmetto Point
2 Church of Nazarene Palmetto Point
3 The Salvation Army Palmetto Point
4 Emily G. Petty Primary School Governor's Harbour
5 George E. Johnson Memorial Centre Hatchet Bay
6 Camp Symonette James Cistern
ELEUTHERA, NORTH DISTRICT
NO. NAME OF SHELTER ADDRESS
1 Charles Wesley Methodist Church Lower Bogue
2 Mission Church of God Upper Bogue
3 The Current Community Centre The Current
4 The Haitian Baptist People Church The Bluff
5 Zion Methodist Church Current Island
6 New Jerusalem Church Blackwood
ELEUTHERA, SOUTH DISTRICT
NO. NAME OF SHELTER ADDRESS
1 Church of God of Prophecy Tarpum Bay
2 Deep Creek Primary School Deep Creek
3 Green Castle Primary School Green Castle
4 Rock Sound Primary School Rock Sound
5 Wemyss Bight Primary School Wemyss Bight

Exuma & Ragged Island Shelters

We’re committed to keeping you informed and prepared. Our Exuma & Ragged Island shelters tab offers vital information to ensure you know exactly where to go in an emergency. Ensure you and your loved ones are safe by being informed.

EXUMA & RAGGED ISLAND
NO. NAME OF SHELTER ADDRESS
1 Bethel Union Baptist Church Ramsey
2 Ebenezer Union Baptist Church Farmer's Hill
3 Ebenezer Union Baptist Church Barraterre
4 Exuma Resource Centre Hooper's Bay
5 Forbes Hill Cultural Centre Forbe's Hill
6 Gethsemane Baptist Church Murphy Town
7 Mt. Carmel Mission Baptist Church Rolletown
8 Mt. Herman Union Baptist Church Mt. Thompson
9 St. Johns The Baptist Anglican Church Moss Town
10 St. Lukes Baptist Church Black Point
11 The New Mt. Olive Union Baptist Church Hartswell
12 Mt. Olivet Baptist Church Staniel Cay
13 Palestine Union Baptist Church The Forest
14 St. Andrew’s Community Centre George Town
15 St. Margaret’s Anglican Church Harts/Steventon
16 St. Mary’s Magdalene Anglican Church Williams Town
17 St. Theresa’s Catholic Church George Town
18 St. Peter’s Union Baptist Church Forbe's Hill
19 Mt. Sinai Union Baptist Church Stuart Manor
20 Holy Innocents Anglican Church Ragged Island, Duncan Town
21 Calvary Mission Baptist Church Rolleville

Grand Bahama Shelters

We’re committed to keeping you informed and prepared. Our Grand Bahama shelters tab offers vital information to ensure you know exactly where to go in an emergency. Ensure you and your loved ones are safe by being informed.

WEST GRAND BAHAMA
NO. NAME OF SHELTER ADDRESS
1 Bethany Baptist Church Hanna Hill
2 Bethel Deliverance Centre Jones Town
3 Church of Prophecy (COGOP) Seagrape
4 Central Zion Baptist Church Pinedale
5 Bethel Baptist Church Pinedale
6 Church of God of Prophecy (COGOP) Pinedale
7 New Mount Olivet Baptist Holmes Rock
8 Eight Mile Rock Gymnasium Martin Town
CENTRAL GRAND BAHAMA
NO. NAME OF SHELTER ADDRESS
1 Bishop Michael Eldon School Auditorium Beach Way Drive, City of Freeport
2 Central Church of God Hall Coral Road and East Pioneer's Way
3 First Baptist Church Columbus Drive & Nansen Avenue
4 First Holiness Church of God Back of Town
5 Foster B. Pestina Center Christ the King (Special Needs Shelter) East Atlantic Drive & Pioneer's Way
6 Jack Hayward Junior High School Settler's Way
7 Maurice Moore Primary School Sandcombe Drive
8 Revelation Apostolic International Jobson Avenue
9 Shiloh Seventh Day Adventist Church Fellow-ship Hall Torcose Road
10 St. Georges High School Gymnasium Sunset Highway
11 The Cancer Association Norma Headley Highway
12 Outreach Temple Pioneer's Way & Fawcette Lane

Inagua Shelters

We’re committed to keeping you informed and prepared. Our Inagua shelters tab offers vital information to ensure you know exactly where to go in an emergency. Ensure you and your loved ones are safe by being informed.

INAGUA
NO. NAME OF SHELTER ADDRESS
1 New Life Seventh-Day Adventist Church Matthew Town
2 St. Phillips Anglican Community Centre Matthew Town
3 Zion Baptist Church Matthew Town

Long Island Shelters

We’re committed to keeping you informed and prepared. Our Long Island shelters tab offers vital information to ensure you know exactly where to go in an emergency. Ensure you and your loved ones are safe by being informed.

LONG ISLAND
NO. NAME OF SHELTER ADDRESS
1 Assemblies of God Salt Pond
2 Community Centre Clarence Town
3 Highway Church of God Doctor's Creek
4 Holy Cross Anglican Church Hamiltons
5 Holy Family Anglican Church Mortimers
6 Salem Baptist Church Millers
7 St. John’s Anglican Church Buckleys
8 Seymour’s Gospel Chapel Seymour's

Mayaguana Shelters

We’re committed to keeping you informed and prepared. Our Mayaguana shelters tab offers vital information to ensure you know exactly where to go in an emergency. Ensure you and your loved ones are safe by being informed.

MAYAGUANA
NO. NAME OF SHELTER ADDRESS
1 St. James Native Baptist Church Abraham's Bay
2 Betsy Bay Community Centre Betsy Bay
3 Mayaguana Comprehensive K- School Grand Cay

New Providence Shelters

We’re committed to keeping you informed and prepared. Our New Providence shelters tab offers vital information to ensure you know exactly where to go in an emergency. Ensure you and your loved ones are safe by being informed.

NEW PROVIDENCE
NO. NAME OF SHELTER ADDRESS
1 Agape Full Gospel Baptist Church Kennedy Subdivision
2 Berea Seventh-Day Adventist Church Baillous Hill Road South
3 Canon Neil E. Roach Hall, Holy Cross Anglican Church Highbury Park
4 Church of God Convention Centre (for use by SRC) Joe Farrington Road
5 Epworth Hall, Ebenezer Methodist Church (for use by Home-less and People with Physical Disabilities) Shirley Street
6 Grants Town Seventh-Day Adventist Church Wellington Street
7 Hillview Seventh-Day Adventist Church Tonique Williams Darling Highway
8 Maranatha Seventh-Day Adventist Church Prince Charles Drive
9 New Bethlehem Baptist Church Independence Drive
10 New Dimensions Ministries Joe Farrington Road
11 New Providence Community Centre Blake Road
12 Pilgrim Baptist Temple St. James Road
13 St. Barnabas Anglican Church Wullf Road & Baillou Hill Road
14 Remnant Tabernacle Church Carmichael Road
15 Samuel and Cornella Williams Community Centre, The Salvation Army Meadows Street
16 Rev. Dr. O. A. Pratt Educational Building, St. John’s Native Baptist Church Augusta & Meeting Streets
17 Living Waters Kingdom Ministries Warren Street
18 The Anglican Church of the Epiphany Prince Charles Drive
19 The Salvation Army Mackey Street

San Sal & Rum Cay Shelters

We’re committed to keeping you informed and prepared. Our San Salvador & Rum Cay shelters tab offers vital information to ensure you know exactly where to go in an emergency. Ensure you and your loved ones are safe by being informed.

SAN SAL & RUM CAY
NO. NAME OF SHELTER ADDRESS
1 Fellowship in Christ Church Cockburn Town
2 Gerace Research Center United Estates Settlement
3 Idell Jones Community Hall Cockburn Town
4 S t. James Native Baptist Church North Victoria Hill
5 St. John’s Native Baptist Church United Estates Settlement
6 St. Peters Native Baptist Church Long Bay
7 Rum Cay All Age School Rum Cay
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