Cooling centers:
Cooling centers are air-conditioned public facilities where you and your family can go for relief during extreme heat to prevent or reduce heat-related illness and stress. When the County, cities and partner agencies activate cooling centers during extreme heat events (see criteria below), the facilities will be listed here.
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.