{"id":1537,"date":"2013-06-13T14:55:03","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T20:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2013-06-13T16:30:08","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T22:30:08","slug":"black-forest-fire-update-uccs-rec-center-to-become-evacuation-shelter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/?p=1537","title":{"rendered":"Black Forest fire update – UCCS Rec Center to become evacuation shelter"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs will be a Red Cross evacuation center for individuals and families evacuated as part of the Black Forest Fire.<\/p>\n

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UCCS Rec Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Campus Recreation Center will become a Red Cross evacuation center effective at about 3 p.m. June 13. The Red Cross will handle registration procedures at the site. For a map of UCCS, visit http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/5Qy9e<\/a>. Evacuees should park in Lot 8 or 9, the Recreation Center parking lot.<\/p>\n

The Red Cross shelter does not permit pets. If evacuated to UCCS\u00a0please contact All Breed Rescue at 719-264-6460 to set up shelter for small animals.<\/p>\n

The Recreation Center is closed to UCCS faculty, staff, students and visitors until further notice. All scheduled activities in the Recreation Center are cancelled.<\/p>\n

All other activities and classes at UCCS will continue as scheduled, including New Student Orientation scheduled for Friday.<\/p>\n

UCCS faculty, staff and students who are in need of housing or special parking arrangements, should contact the Office of Emergency Management, 255-3212 or email Eprepare@uccs.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Faculty and staff who can accommodate evacuees are also encouraged to contact Emergency Management. The office will also coordinate volunteers who are interested in helping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs will be a Red Cross evacuation center for individuals and families evacuated as part of the Black Forest Fire. The Campus Recreation Center will become a Red Cross evacuation (Full Press Release)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressreleases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1537"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1542,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537\/revisions\/1542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}