warming station

Cold weather haven

A warming station is a place where people can go to get warm, typically a public facility opened during dangerously cold weather to protect homeless individuals or others without adequate heating.

Churches, community centers, and government buildings often serve as warming stations during winter emergencies: The city opened three warming stations when temperatures dropped below zero.

Related

cold · extreme cold · frostbite · blankets · thermal blanket · hot chocolate · cot · emergency · red cross · winter · freeze · outreach · soup · coat · heater · body heat · hand warmers · blizzard

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Opposites
temperature/climate function

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Climate-controlled public shelter

cooling center · cold room · ice house

permanence of shelter

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One's personal residence

residence · transitional housing · affordable housing · apartment · housed

exposure to elements

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Living without housing

exposure · homelessness · unsheltered · tent city

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G