Sumter County Shelters
Occasionally the time arises that you may need to evacuate your home to go to a safer place. Here at Emergency Management we strive to ensure that there are enough shelters to accommodate those who need sheltering. We have several locations around Sumter County.
Hurricane shelters will be available for people who have no other place to go. The best options for our citizens are to go to a relative or friend’s site built home or leave the area. If you have no choice but to go to a shelter, do not leave your home until officials announce that the shelter is open. Information about shelters that are open in your area will be available through newspapers, television, radio, and Emergency Management. Locations can change quickly, so stay informed.
Please bring your own chairs, bedding, food, water and prescription drugs with you to shelters. Do not bring pets (unless the shelter is specified as a pet-friendly shelter), weapons, alcohol or illegal drugs.
Please remember to check before proceeding to a shelter. Not all Shelters are opened during an event.
Current Sumter County Shelters:
- Wildwood Community Center
- South Sumter High School
- Wildwood Community Center
- Center Hill Recreation Center
- Webster Elementary School
- Wildwood Elementary School
- Villages Middle School
- Villages High School
Other shelters for use after a storm may include:
- 1st Presbyterian Church of Wildwood
- Agriculture Center in Webster (Fair Grounds)
- Bushnell Community Center
- Bushnell Elementary School
- First Baptist Church of Lake Panasoffkee
- Gant Lake Baptist Church
- Lake Panasoffkee Elementary School
- Lake Panasoffkee United Methodist Church
- South Sumter Middle School
- Wildwood High School
- Wildwood Middle School
- Wildwood United Methodist Church
- VFW Post 10137
The Sumter County Emergency Operation Center is certified "Storm Ready" by NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration). |
