evacuation center
Disaster relief facility
An evacuation center is a designated facility where people gather for shelter during emergencies—natural disasters, fires, or other crises that force them from their homes.
Schools, community centers, and stadiums commonly serve this purpose: The gymnasium became an evacuation center after the hurricane.
Also called an emergency shelter or evacuation shelter.
- emergency shelterTemporary housing during disasters
- shelterProtected place or structure
- refugePlace of safety
- safe havenProtected place of shelter
- emergencySerious sudden danger
disaster · hurricane · storm surge · flood · power outage · displaced · cots · gymnasium · Red Cross · supplies · safety · disaster relief · storm · volunteers · first aid · blankets · sleeping bags · families
- emergency preparednessemergency kit, emergency plan, emergency alerts, emergency supplies, disaster preparedness
- emergency responsefirst responders, emergency services, fire alarm, 911, call 911
- emergency facilitiesfire station, police station, hospital, emergency room, ER
- emergency rescue911, CPR, ambulance, paramedic, paramedics
- refugesrefuge, haven, safe haven, safe house, safehouse
- emergency sheltersemergency shelter, homeless shelter, disaster shelter, family shelter, night shelter
evacuation centerfamily home
Residence shared by kin
homestead · permanent residence · permanent home · home · domicile
evacuation centerhome
One's personal residence
residence · neighborhood · community · hometown · everyday life
evacuation centerdisaster zone
Region of severe destruction
danger zone · evacuation zone · impact zone · ground zero · hot zone
evacuation, evacuate, evacuated, evacuating, evacuee, evacuees, vacate, vacated, vacating