Public Disaster Shelters
In extreme emergencies, the City of Irvine may advise you by means of emergency broadcast radio or television to evacuate your home and seek shelter. When this happens your first choice for shelter should always be a friend or relative's house in a safe and accessible area.

When conditions prevent this, you should try to take refuge in a public disaster shelter operated by emergency management agencies. Irvine has designated a number of buildings, primarily schools, as possible public shelters.

The exact number and location of shelters opened will be determined based upon the emergency. Listen for local radio and television announcements on shelter locations and opening times. Do not go to a shelter before it is scheduled to open.

Public shelters are little more than basic survival facilities, so when going to a shelter be prepared to bear the inconveniences of shelter life and to cooperate with the officials in charge.

For more information on shelters, call the Emergency Management Office at 949-724-7235.