cooling center
Public heat refuge
A cooling center is a public facility—typically a library, community center, or government building—where people can escape dangerous heat during heat waves.
Cities open cooling centers as emergency relief for those without air conditioning: The city opened three cooling centers as temperatures topped 100 degrees.
- air conditioningIndoor cooling system
- oasisFertile desert spot
- heatwaveProlonged abnormally high temperatures
- extreme heatSevere high temperature
- safe havenProtected place of shelter
beat the heat · refuge · hydration · respite · fans · emergency shelters · public health · shelter · sanctuary · vulnerable populations · senior citizens · community · ventilation · water distribution · evacuation · neighborhood · shade · social workers
- emergency sheltersemergency shelter, homeless shelter, disaster shelter, family shelter, night shelter
- charity eventsfundraiser, benefit concert, charity gala, benefit dinner, silent auction
- community servicefood pantry, Peace Corps, soup kitchen, AmeriCorps, homeless shelter
- emergency facilitiesfire station, police station, hospital, emergency room, ER
- heatheat transfer, thermal energy, heatwave, radiation, convection
- social servicessocial workers, social work, social services, welfare office, case workers
cooling centerwarming center
Emergency cold-weather shelter
warming station · warming hut · warming room · steam room · sauna
center, cooler, uncool, cooling, cooled, coolest, coolers, supercool