On weekends Coordinator will notify shelters only. To assist in transportation if and when necessary. To alert police officers so that they can transport homeless persons they may come into contact with to the appropriate shelter. To alert MCS so that they can transport homeless persons to shelters. Other designated trained personnel will serve as back-up in the event that both the Coordinator and Deputy Coordinator are unavailable.
All shelters are open free of charge to freeze plan participants.
Whenever the freeze plan is activated, Bridge House is designated as the shelter to which all intoxicated persons are referred. A deputy from The Criminal Sheriff's Office will be assigned to that site as a security guard for the entire night. The New Orleans Police Department will transport intoxicated persons to Bridge House. The decision is made to activate the freeze plan. The Coordinator puts into effect Phase I of the contingency shelter plan and the media is informed by the Mayor's Office of Communications.