#Bahamas, September 5, 2017 – Nassau – Please see the list of designated Hurricane Shelters for the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
LIST OF HURRICANE SHELTERS FOR NEW PROVIDENCE
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. New Dimensions Ministries |
Joe Farrington Road |
100 |
2. Epiphany Anglican Church |
Prince Charles Drive |
150-200 |
3. Epworth Hall/Ebenezer Methodist (Physically Disabled/Homeless only) |
Shirley Street |
100 |
4. Holy Cross Anglican Church |
Highbury Park off Soldier Rd |
100-200 |
5. Kemp Road Ministries |
Kemp Road |
150 |
6. Pilgrim Baptist Church |
St. James Road |
100 |
7. Salvation Army |
Mackey Street |
50-75 |
8. St. Mary’s Hall/St. Augustine College |
Bernard Road |
200 |
9. Agape Full Gospel Baptist Church |
Kennedy Subdivision |
150 |
10. Golden Gates World Outreach Ministries |
Carmichael Road |
200 |
11. New Bethlehem Baptist Church |
Independence Drive |
100 |
12. Southwest Cathedral Church of God |
Carmichael Road |
300 |
13. Church of God of Prophecy |
East Street |
400 |
14. Ebenezer Mission Baptist Church |
St. Charles Vincent Street |
100 |
15. Salvation Army |
Meadow Street |
25 |
16. St. Barnabas Anglican Parish Church |
Wulff & Baillou Hill Road |
150-200 |
17. Mt. Moriah Baptist Church |
Farrington Road |
50 |
18. Bahamas Association for the Physically Disabled (for BAPD only) |
Dolphin Drive |
25 |
19. Church of God of Prophecy |
Gambier Village |
25 |
20. New Providence Community Centre |
Blake Road |
250 |
21. Calvary Haitian Baptist Church |
West Avenue |
100 |
22. Hillview Seventh Day Adventist Church |
Harold Road |
200-250 |
23. St. John’s Native Baptist Church |
Meeting Street |
150-200 |
24. Church of God Auditorium (for Sandilands only) |
Joe Farrington Road |
1500 |
LIST OF HURRICANE SHELTERS FOR THE FAMILY ISLANDS
ABACO
SOUTH ABACO
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. Soul Seeking Ministry |
Moore’s Island |
100 |
2. Moore’s Island All Aged School |
Moore’s Island |
260 |
3. *Sandy Point Community Centre |
Earnest Dean Highway |
300 |
4. Crossing Rocks Primary School |
Crossing Rocks |
30 |
5. Assemblies of God Church |
Cherokee Sound |
36 |
* Special Needs Shelter
NORTH ABACO
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. Amy Roberts Primary School |
Green Turtle Cay |
35 |
2. *Faith Walk Church of God (Community Centre) |
Cooper’s Town |
100 |
3. Fox Town Primary |
Fox Town |
60 |
4. Grand Cay All Age School |
Grand Cay |
30 |
5. Shiloh Baptist Church |
Grand Cay |
75 |
* Special Needs Shelter
CENTRAL ABACO
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. *Central Abaco Primary School |
Dundas Town |
600 |
2. Abaco Central High School |
Murphy Town |
240 |
3. Man-O-War Public School |
Man-O-War Cay |
40 |
4. Guana Cay All Age School |
Guana Cay |
30 |
5. Hope Town Primary School |
Hope Town |
15 |
* Special Needs Shelter
THE CENTRAL & SOUTHERN BAHAMAS
NORTH ANDROS DISTRICT
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. Nicholl’s Town Primary School |
Nicholl’s Town |
40 |
2. Church of Christ |
Nicholl’s Town |
50 |
3. Church of God of Prophecy |
Conch Sound |
70 |
4. Pleasant View Assemblies of God |
South Mastic Point |
70-80 |
5. First Baptist Church |
San Andros |
70 |
6. B. A. Newton Primary |
Red Bays |
60 |
7. Administration Building
(Command Centre) |
Nicholl’s Town |
60 |
CENTRAL ANDROS DISTRICT
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. Church of God |
Cargill Creek |
70 |
2. Pentecostal Church |
Bowen Sound |
50 |
3. Catholic Church |
Fresh Creek |
80 |
4. Voice of Deliverance |
Calabash Bay |
50 |
5. Mount Sinai Baptist Church |
Calabash Bay |
70 |
6. Mount Ethel Baptist Church |
Love Hill |
60 |
7. New Highway Pentecostal Church |
Blanket Sound |
30 |
SOUTH ANDROS DISTRICT
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. Deep Creek Primary School |
Deep Creek |
70 |
2. High Rock Primary School |
The Bluff |
50 |
3. Long Bay Cays Pre-school |
Long Bay Cay |
80 |
4. St. Paul’s Baptist Church |
Black Point |
50 |
MANGROVE CAY DISTRICT
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. Mangrove Cay High School |
Swains |
100 |
2. Burnt Rock Primary |
Burnt Rock |
75 |
BERRY ISLANDS DISTRICT
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. Church of God of Prophecy |
Great Harbour Cay |
40 |
CAT ISLAND
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. St. Andrews Anglican Church |
Arthur’s Town |
20 |
2. Holy Redeemer Catholic Church |
New Bight |
48 |
3. Zion Baptist Church |
McQueen’s |
25 |
4. St. Mark’s Anglican Church |
Port Howe |
50 |
5. Seventh Day Adventist Church |
Dumfries |
40 |
6. Lovely Zion Baptist Church |
The Bluff |
30 |
7. Zion Baptist Church |
Old Bight |
55 |
8. Mt. Sinai |
New Bight |
45 |
CROOKED ISLAND/LONG CAY
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. Ezekiel Thompson Hall |
Cabbage Hill, Crooked Island |
60-70 |
2. Church of God of Prophecy |
Cripple Hill, Crooked Island |
60-70 |
3. Deleveaux’s Residence |
Major’s Cay, Crooked Island |
50 |
4. Collie’s Duplex |
Albert Town, Long Cay |
22 |
5. Command Centre
6. Ulric H. Ferguson Primary
(Capacity for Additional Residents) |
Cabbage Hill, Crooked Island |
60 |
NORTH ELEUTHERA
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. Wesley Methodist Church |
Lower Bogue |
150 |
2. Mission Church of God |
Upper Bogue |
350 |
3. Peoples Haitian Baptist Church |
The Bluff |
150 |
4. John Wesley Methodist Church Hall |
The Bluff |
100 |
CENTRAL ELEUTHERA
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. Governor’s Harbour Primary |
Governor’s Harbour |
60 |
2. Camp Symonette |
James Cistern |
80-100 |
3. St. Mark’s Native Baptist |
Hatchet Bay |
80-100 |
4. The Salvation Army |
Palmetto Point |
60-80 |
5. Church of the Nazarene |
Palmetto Point |
80-100 |
SOUTH ELEUTHERA
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. Rock Sound Primary School |
Rock Sound |
Hall 1 (150) Hall 2 (60) |
2. Green Castle Primary School |
Green Castle |
2 Classrooms (60) |
3. Wemyss Bight Primary |
Wemyss Bight |
150 |
4. Deep Creek Middle School |
Deep Creek |
Classrooms (30) |
5. Bannerman Town & John Miller’s Community Library |
Bannerman Town |
30 |
CURRENT & CURRENT ISLAND
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. The Current Community Centre |
The Current, North Eleuthera |
20 |
2. Zion Methodist Church |
Current Island |
60 |
HARBOUR ISLAND
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. Lighthouse Church of God |
Harbour Island |
150 |
2. Harbour Island Public Library |
Harbour Island |
20 |
3. New Alliance |
Harbour Island |
40 |
INAGUA
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. Zion Baptist Church |
Albert’s Street |
100-50 |
2. St. Philip’s Anglican Church |
South Street |
300 |
MAYAGUANA
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. Abraham’s Bay High School |
Abraham’s Bay |
|
2. Pirates Well Primary School |
Pirate’s Well |
|
SAN SALVADOR & RUM CAY
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. Gerace Research Centre |
United Estates |
100-150 |
2. Idell Jones Community Hall |
Cockburn Town |
75-100 |
3. Fellowship In Christ Kingdom Ministries |
Cockburn Town |
75-100 |
4. Rum Cay All Aged |
Port Nelson |
70 |
RAGGED ISLAND
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. Holy Innocence Anglican Church |
Ragged Island |
20-30 |
ACKLINS
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. Community Centre |
Spring Point |
50-75 |
LONG ISLAND
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. Seymour’s Gospel Chapel |
Seymour’s |
15-25 |
2. Highway Church of God |
Doctor’s Creek(new)
For possible approval |
75 – 100 |
3. St. Joseph’s Anglican Church |
Thompson Bay |
15-25 |
4. First Assemblies of God
(School Room) |
Salt Pond |
15-25 |
5. Community Centre |
Clarence Town |
75 – 100 |
6. St. John’s Anglican Church Hall |
Buckley’s |
50-75 |
7. Francis Darville Centre |
Hamilton’s |
50-75 |
8. Holy Family Anglican Church |
Mortimer’s |
2
25 – 50 |
9. Salem Baptist Church |
Miller’s |
50 – 75 |
EXUMA & EXUMA CAYS
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. St. Mary’s Anglican Church |
Williams Town |
60 |
2. The New Mt. Olive Union Baptist Church |
Hartswell |
80 |
3. St. Andrew’s Community Centre |
George Town |
100 |
4. Bethel Union Baptist Church |
Ramsey |
80 |
5. Mt. Herman Union Baptist Church |
Mt. Thompson |
100 |
6. Palestine Union Baptist Church |
The Forest |
80 |
GRAND BAHAMA
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
CAPACITY |
1. Foster B. Pestaina Centre
Pro-Cathedral of Christ the King
(Special Needs Shelter) |
– |
200 |
2. First Baptist Church Hall |
– |
176 |
3. Central Church of God Hall |
– |
120 |
4. Jack Hayward High School |
– |
400 |
5. Maurice Moore Primary School |
– |
400 |
6. The Church of Christ |
– |
120 |
7. St. George’s High School
Gym |
– |
400 |
8. Cancer Association |
– |
35 |
9. Eight Mile Rock School Gym |
– |
400 |
ALL BAHAMAS
LOCATION |
NUMBER OF HURRICANE SHELTERS |
NEW PROVIDENCE |
24 |
GRAND BAHAMA |
9 |
FAMILY ISLANDS |
94 |
GRAND TOTAL |
127 |