Due to the Tornado Watch being issued the Elmore County Emergency Management Agency has activated the Safer Places Program.
Please see the information below about Safer Places and how they function during severe weather events:
The purpose of the Safer Place Program in Elmore County is to facilitate the opening of pre-designated areas for citizens seeking a safer place prior to and during severe weather conditions. The Safer Place Program is not intended for long-term opening of a building for a mass care shelter. Instead the intent of the program is to provide a safer place (not safe as in a FEMA approved Safe Room), for individuals to seek shelter during severe weather (tornado, extreme cold or extreme heat). There are no meals or services provided by the host facility. Citizens are encouraged to bring anything they may need to sustain themselves (i.e. food, medicine, etc.). The safer place locations are not advertised as “tornado shelters” or “safe rooms” but as a location of last resort for those who need a safer place to stay prior to and during a severe weather event or during times of extreme cold or heat.
These are the Safer Places locations that are currently open until the Tornado Watch expires:
The following Safer Places are open to citizens:
Elmore County Courthouse – 100 E. Commerce St, Wetumpka
Town of Elmore – 212 Penny Parkway, Elmore
Town of Elmore – Elmore Fire Station 1 – 1245 AL Hwy 143, Elmore
Town of Elmore – Elmore Fire Station 2 – 393 Baltzer Road, Elmore
Deatsville Fire Department – 6930 AL Hwy 143, Deastville
New Home Baptist Church – Titus – 1605 New Home Road, Titus
St James Family Worship – 1005 Nobles Rd, Wetumpka
Tallassee Police Department – 214 Barnett Blvd, Tallassee
Tallassee City Hall – 3 Freeman Ave, Tallassee
Tallassee United Methodist Church – 1 Jordan Ave, Tallassee
Millbrook Baptist Church – 3431 Browns Rd, Millbrook
Eclectic Police Station – 148 Main St, Eclectic
First Baptist Church – Eclectic – 203 Claude Rd, Eclectic
Redland Baptist Church – 1266 Dozier Rd, Wetumpka
Coosada Town Hall/Fire Department- 5800 Coosada Rd, Coosada
Harden St Church – 213 Harden St., Eclectic
Prattville Public Safety Building – 201 Gin Shop Hill Rd, Prattville
Safer Place sites can also be found on our website at Safer Places and click on “I Understand” to go to the map page.
For additional questions you can contact the Elmore County Emergency Management Agency at (334) 567-6451.
Stay Safe!!
Bart