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Red Cross asks Hardee County schools to join 'no-notice' shelter list for fires and sudden disasters
Summary
Scott Markowitz of the American Red Cross told the Hardee County School Board the chapter is seeking facility-usage agreements (non‑obligatory) to add Bowling Green Elementary to a list of inspected 'no-notice' shelters for local fires and other sudden events.
Scott Markowitz, community disaster program manager for the American Red Cross Mid‑Florida chapter, asked the Hardee County School Board on Feb. 12 to consider listing district facilities as ‘no‑notice’ shelters so the Red Cross can place people displaced by sudden local disasters in-county.
Markowitz said the Red Cross serves Hardee, Polk, DeSoto, Okeechobee and Highlands counties and that ‘no‑notice’ shelters are used for unexpected events — large fires, sinkholes or floods — not for hurricane evacuations. He said the organization would typically request use of a single large space such as a gym or cafeteria and would not take…
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