Cooling centers:
Cooling centers are air-conditioned public facilities where you and your family can go for relief during periods of extreme heat to prevent or reduce heat-related illness and stress.
The criteria determining when the county opens a cooling center includes meeting the following conditions:
- The National Weather Service issuing a Heat Risk Level 3 warning or greater for at least three consecutive days; AND
- The National Weather Service issuing an Excessive Heat Warning; and/or
- A forecast of high daytime temperatures accompanied with overnight low temperature of at least 75 degrees or higher; and/or
- The California Independent System Operator issuing an Energy Emergency Alert 2 or Alert 3 electrical emergency.
To learn more, read the press release: Supervisors approve extreme weather response plan, commit to developing partnerships with local groups.
Extreme Temperature Response – In June 2023, the Department of Emergency Management supported its Sonoma County Operational Area Emergency Operations Plan with the Extreme Temperature Incidents Annex, which outlines procedures guiding a collaborative response by local governments, special districts, and allied agencies in the Sonoma County Operational Area to extreme temperature incidents.