EMERGENCY SHELTER LOCATIONS

Red Cross Emergency Shelters:

Contact Georgetown County EMD for shelter openings


• Pleasant Hill Elementary School, 127 School House Drive (Hwy 513)
• Andrews Elementary School, 13072 County Line Road (Hwy 41)

EMERGENCY SHELTER SUPPLIES

While emergency shelters provide a safe place to stay & minimal food, specialty items for infants and individuals on restricted diets may not be available. It may take several days until permission is given by local authorities to re-enter an evacuated area.

Bring these items with you to a shelter:

• First aid kit
• Prescription medications (for a week)
• Baby food and diapers (for a week)
• Cards
• Games
• Books
• Toiletries (for a week)
• Battery-powered radio and extra batteries
• Flashlight and batteries
• Blankets or sleeping bags
• Identification and valuable papers (copies of insurance papers, passports, and other essential documents)

EMERGENCY SHELTER TRANSPORTATION

Transportation to an emergency shelter will be provided on a limited basis if you have no other means to get to a shelter. Call the Emergency Management Department for information on when transportation will become available.

Pick-up points are:

Food Lion - Hwy 707 & Hwy 17 (760 Mink Avenue), Murrells Inlet

Waccamaw Middle School - 320 Wildcat Way, Pawleys Island

Waccamaw Elementary School - 1364 Waverly Road, Pawleys Island

St. Mary´s AME Church - 8833 Ocean Hwy, Pawleys Island

Tractor Supply Company - 1295 North Fraser Street, Georgetown

Food Lion - 2234 South Fraser Street (Maryville), Georgetown

St. Stephen AME Church - 1915 Winyah Street, Georgetown