Mass Care

List of open shelters by town and county
Title County Town Type Body Contact
Bath Heritage Days- Visitors Center near Ferris Wheel Sagadahoc Bath Cooling Center

Bath Heritage Days- Cooling Center open at Visitors Center near the Ferris Wheel 9 am to 4 pm through Sunday.
New Gloucester Community and Recreation Center Cumberland New Gloucester Cooling Center

 

New Gloucester Community and Recreation Center, 25 Campus Drive, New Gloucester, ME. Cooling Center open Wednesday 7/1 - Friday 7/3, 9 am - 7 pm

 

 
Alter L-A Shelter Androscoggin Auburn Cooling Center

Alter L-A Shelter (70 Horton Street) — Open 24/7

Buxton Town Office York Buxton Cooling Center

Buxton Town Hall, 85 Portland Road, Buxton ME 04093.  Cooling Center open Wednesday, 7/1/26, from 11:30 am-7:30 pm, and on Thursday, 7/2/26, from 8:30 am-4:30 pm.

There will be a Cooling Center on an as-needed basis for Friday, 7/3/26, and Saturday, 7/4/26. Call Buxton Dispatch at 207-929-5151 for Friday and Saturday access.

 
North Lebanon Baptist Church York Lebanon Cooling Center, Warming Center

North Lebanon Second Baptist Church, 259 Bakers Grant Road, Lebanon, ME 04027.  The cooling center is on standby. If you need it, please call 207-608-3356 and we will open.

 
Lyman Town Hall York Lyman Cooling Center

If you are in need of a cooling center, call the Lyman Town Hall at 207-499-7562 or Goodwins Mills Fire Rescue at 207-499-2362.
Wells Public Library York Wells Cooling Center

Wells Public Library 1434 Post Road, Wells, ME 04090. Open as a Cooling Center

Wednesday, 7/1/26, from 10am-6pm, Thursday, 7/2/26, from 1pm-8pm, and Saturday, 7/4/26, from 10am-8pm

 
Seed of Hope Neighborhood Center York Biddeford Cooling Center

Seeds of Hope Neighborhood Center, 35 South Street, Biddeford, ME 04005. Open as a Cooling Center. Wednesday, 7/1/26, Thursday, 7/2/26, and Friday, 7/3/26, from 9 am-4:45 pm and 6 pm-7 am

  

 
Kennebunkport Police Department York Kennebunkport Charging Center, Cooling Center

Kennebunkport Police Station, 101 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME. Open as a Cooling Center and Charging Station  Tuesday, 6/30/26, Wednesday, 7/1/26, Thursday, 7/2/26, and Friday, 7/3/26, from 6 am-9 pm
Lisbon Police Department Androscoggin Lisbon Charging Center, Cooling Center

The Lisbon PD Lobby is available as a Cooling/Charging center.

Lisbon Police Department – Lobby

300 Lisbon Street

Lisbon, Maine 04250

207-353-2500

Services: Cooling/Charging

Hours: 24/7 as needed

 

 

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Glossary

A Warming Center is a facility that has been opened for short term operations due to a specific emergency or event. They are normally opened when temperatures or a combination of precipitation, wind chill, wind and temperatures have or may become dangerous. Their paramount purpose is the prevention of death and injury related to exposure to the elements. Warming centers can help stranded motorists, or residents that have lost critical services. Some warming centers may provide limited food, showers, charging stations and places to rest.

A Cooling Center is a facility that has been opened for short term operations due to a specific emergency or event. They are normally opened when hot temperatures may become dangerous. 

A General Population shelter (aka Emergency shelter) is a place for people to live temporarily when they cannot live in their current residence. The main difference between a warming center and emergency shelter is that an emergency shelter typically specializes in people fleeing a specific type of situation, such as natural or man-made disasters. Another difference from a warming center is that people staying in emergency shelters are provided places to sleep and/or eat for an extended period. If the shelter is run by the Red Cross facilities are ADA compliant and non-acute medical care and disaster mental health services are available.