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State Of Emergency: Schools, Most Things Closed Through Thursday

All public schools will be closed in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in Florida and Escambia County, AL, Escambia Academy and Brewton City for Thursday.

Escambia County (FL) has declared a State of Emergency  until midnight Thursday.  Escambia County has closed all offices Wednesday and Thursday with only essential personnel reporting to Emergency Operations Center.  Travel is not recommended  Wednesday or Thursday due to ice accumulations on  roadways in Escambia County.

CLOSURE/CANCELLATION LIST:

• All public schools, Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Escambia (AL), Baldwin, Mobile, Brewton City
• Thursday night’s National Junor Honor Society induction at Ernest Ward Middle will be rescheduled.
• Pensacola State College –  All campuses and centers of PSC will be closed  through Thursday.
• University of West Florida — All campuses closed, all activities canceled for Thursday.
• Temple Christian Academy (Atmore) closed  Thursday.
• Pensacola Christian Academy will be closed on Thursday
• All Catholic Schools in Escambia County will be closed Thursday.
• Escambia Academy (Canoe, AL) will be closed on  Thursday.
• All county offices in Escambia County (FL & AL) closed on Thursday.
• Community Action Program will be closed Wednesday.
• East Hill Christian School closed Thursday.
• Jefferson Davis Community College, Atmore and Brewton, closed  Thursday.
• All Florida Department of Health locations are closed and services suspended on Thursday.
• Escambia and Santa Rosa County and Circuit Courts closed on  Thursday.
• City of Pensacola, Town of Century, Town of Jay, Town of Flomaton  closed Thursday.
• Escambia Christian School will be closed  Thursday
• All programs and offices of United Cerebral Palsy of Northwest Florida, Capstone Academy Pensacola and Milton, Childrens Services Center and Milton Child Care Center will be closed  Thursday. Programs will resume on Thursday, January 30 at their usual times

• West Florida Public Libraries will be closed Thursday
• ARC Gateway, closed  Thursday
• Development Review Committee meeting scheduled for Wednesday at Central Office Complex at 1 p.m. and has been rescheduled for Wednesday, February 5, at 1 p.m.
• The County Administrator interviews scheduled for Thursday, January 30 and the Special Board of County Commission Meeting to discuss County Administrator candidates on Friday, January 31 have been canceled.
• Naval Air Station Pensacola (NASP) will continue to restrict access to all but Category 5 personnel on Wednesday January 29. Category 5 personnel are those required to maintain emergency, fire and security services. A decision to resume normal operations on Thursday will be made after effects of weather are evaluated.
• ECUA residential collections for Wednesday will be made on Thursday. Thursday’s collections will be on Friday, and Friday’s collections will be made on Saturday.

NON-PROFIT CLOSURE LIST

Due to weather conditions the following programs and offices will be closed Thursday. They will resume normal operations on Frida at their normal times.

• ARC Gateway
• Boys and Girls Clubs of the Emerald Coast (seven clubs located in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties)
• Catholic Charities
• Children’s Home Society
• The Community Action Program Head Start and All other Community Action Programs
• The Epilepsy Resource Center (ERC)
• Lutheran Services of North Florida
• Manna Food Pantries
• United Cerebral Palsy of Northwest Florida Offices
• UCP’s Capstone Academy Pensacola and Milton
• UCP’s Children’s Services Center and Milton Child Care Center
• USO Northwest Florida

Partial Closures or unique operations are as follows:

• Be Ready Alliance Coordinating for Emergencies (BRACE) will be represented at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) throughout the current level 2 activation and BRACE LLC staff will be onsite at Heritage Oaks, however, BRACE staff will work from their homes on Tuesday and Wednesday until weather conditions allow for safe travel to and from work.
• Health & Hope Clinics located in Pensacola and Century (9am-11:30a clinics closed). They will make a decision regarding whether or not to open their later clinics at 10am Thursday. (5pm-8pm clinics)
• United Way of Escambia County will suspend opening of the office until 1pm on Thursday the 30.  2-1-1 information and referral agents will be available 24/7
• The YMCA will NOT provide school age childcare on January 30 and currently plan to keep the branches closed until Noon tomorrow.

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