Know Before You Go

August 25, 2021

It is that time of year again when the wildfire season is surrounding us once again this summer.  Know before you go!  We have been getting quite a few questions from clients where to get the latest info on the surrounding fires and smoke. We wanted to share some sources of information with everyone in the interest of improving everyone's emergency preparedness and wildfire awareness prepared by the folks at Truckee Tahoe Lumber Company.  Knowing what's going on around us as we move further into fire season is important and could even save your life or someone else!

Here are some good non-news media sources of info that I have accumulated over the years for fire/smoke conditions, evacuation zones, and weather:

Smoke Current Conditions:

Wildfire Information:

Evacuation Zones and Emergency Plan:

  • If you live in Nevada County, do you know what evacuation zone you live in? In the event of a close-to-us fire this is what will be broadcast so it's important to know! If not, you can enter your address into this website so you will know what evacuation zone you are in for Nevada County: Zonehaven AWARE | Find your Evacuation Zone now
  • Do you have an Evacuation Plan for yourself and your loved ones and pets? Do you have critical documents, medicines, and supplies packed and ready to go? If not this is a great place to start: Evacuation | Ready.gov
  • Here is a Tahoe-specific planning tool Get Prepared (tahoelivingwithfire.com)
  • CALFIRE's Prep page: Home - Ready for Wildfire
  • I can't stress enough how important it is to practice this!! Pick a time on a weekend and time how long it takes you to grab everything you care about in your house. What if you have a half hour to do this? What do you grab, what do you leave? Where would you go? Where will you meet your spouse/partner, parents or kids if your evacuated while away from them? Thinking about these things before you are in a panicked hurry is invaluable.

 


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