Disaster preparedness and other community related information

Watch Duty is an app that you can download into your smart phone or on your computer. It covers all fires including controlled burns in California and beyond.

- To visit Watch Duty's website

click here.

- CHECK WATCH DUTY TO LOCATE FIRES IN YOUR AREA.

- To check on the progress of such a burn or any other Cal-Fire efforts visit the CAL FIRE fuels reduction dashboard,

click here

Ready.gov is the information website of FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)

To visit its website,

click here.

- If you have pets, are you Ready for potential disasters? To know how to prepare,

click here.

- To see Ready's

2024 Preparedness Calendar,

click here.

- To visit, Ready.gov's Extreme Heat Illness Prevention's webpage click here.

- Ukiah, falls under the Gold Country Chapter of the

American Red Cross

but the Northern California Coastal Chapter of the American Red Cross has an office in Santa Rosa.

- To visit the American Red Cross' Northern California Chapter Region website,

click here.

- To visit the American Red Cross' Gold Country Chapter's webpage, click here.

- To visit the American Red Cross'

Wildfire Safety

webpage,

click here.

- To visit the American Red Cross'

Earthquake Safety

webpage,

click here.

- To take online courses offered by the American Red Cross

(First Aid, CPR, AED, Babysitting & Child Care, Aquatic Safety...),

click here.

- To donate to the

American Red Cross'

efforts to help the victims of

the Maui Fires,

click here.

(it's the fourth QR code on the poster below)

United Disaster Relief of Northern California UDRNC is a local volunteer non-profit organization located at 650 Babcock Lane in Ukiah.

1-707- 489-3970

The center is open from

10am to 2pm

Monday through Friday

- To visit UDRNC website,

click here.

- To visit UDRNC's Facebook page, click here.

UDRNC's mailing address is

PO Box 662

Ukiah, CA, 95482

(see poster below)

.

Supply Bank.org and the California Department of Education

are partners that take proactive steps to ensure the well being of communities during disasters.

(paraphrased from their website)

- To visit Supply Bank.org's website

click here.

- To donate to Supply Bank.org and help the many communities in Southern California that have been impacted by the recent fires,

click here.

- To visit the Mendocino County Office of Emergency Services' webpage,

click here.

- For current Emergency Information in Mendocino County (MendoReady.org),

click here.

- For the Mendocino County Emergency Alert and

Notification System

Mendo Alert,

click here.

- To read the Fire Vulnerability Assessment for Mendocino County report of August 2020

(pdf format)

click here.

- To read the Mendocino County Evacuation Plan, an Annex to the Mendocino County Emergency Operations Pan, July 2020,

(pdf format),

click here.

- To visit Mendocino County's Air Quality Management District's website,

click here.

- To visit Mendocino County's Department of Transportation and learn about road

conditions and closures,

click here.

- To Visit Mendocino County's Public Library's website,

click here.

FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL IN MENDOCINO COUNTY

NIXLE is a free app that will send you smart phone and / or computer up dates related to local emergencies or hazardous situations / events

- To visit NIXLE's website,

click here.

- To learn more visit MendoAlert.

It offers a great explanation on how NIXLE works,

click here.

-

- Willits Amateur Radio Society

offers an

amateur Radio test session

Tuesday, December 16

at the

Lake County Office of Education

1152 S. Main St. Lakeport

(for more information see the poster below)

- To visit and learn more about Willits Amateur Radio Society

click here.

- To visit the

Willits Amateur Radio Society's Facebook webpage,

click here.

- Willits Amateur Radio Society is affiliated with the

American Radio and Relay League (ARRL).

- To learn more about the ARRL

click here.

- North Coast Opportunities (NCO) is a local agency that operates in Lake and Mendocino Counties and helps people in all types of situations.

-To learn more about

North Coast Opportunities,

click here.

- To visit

North Coast Opportunities'

website,

click here.

- To visit

North Coast Opportunities'

Facebook page

click here.

- To visit

North Coast Opportunities'

Hopkins Fire Survivor

information' web page

click here.

- North Coast Opportunities is looking for

Disaster Health Care Volunteers

(See posters below)

If you are in the medical care field and want to become a

California

Disaster Healthcare Volunteer,

click here.

- NCO is hiring!

To see NCO's available employment opportunities

click here.

- To visit North Coast Energy Service's website

(http://www.nces.org)

- For more information call

1-707-463-0303

MendoFever is a Mendocino county online news source.

- To visit MendoFever's

website,

click here.

- To visit MendoFever's

Facebook page,

click here.

- To read Mendocino Voice's latest news and up-dates related to fires and other emergencies,

click here.

- To visit Mendocino Voice's Facebook page,

click here.

- To read Mendocino Voice's "Winter Weather Info for Mendocino County and beyond: storms, flooding, power outages, road closures & essential resources"

by

Kate B. Maxweell and

Sarah Stierch,

12/27/2023,

click here

Immigration

concerns and fears?

Please read MendoVoice's article by Sydney Fishman published on

February 10, 2025.

To read that article, click here.

The County of Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) has a great website that cover, flood, earthquake and fire preparedness.

- To visit the LAFD website,

click here.

- To visit LAFD's wildfire preparedness' webpage,

click here.

- To visit the USFA's website,

click here.

- To visit USFA's

Wildfire and Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) page,

click here.

- To learn more about USFA

(Wikipedia),

click here.

- To visit the NFPA Website,

click here.

- To learn about Ebike and Escooter safety and potential fires,

click here.

- To access a list, by State, of Firewise and Firesafe Councils that are NFPA participants,

click here.

Mendocino County has many Firewise commuities.
To learn more about Firewise Communities click here:.

- To access a map of Firewise and Fire safe Communities that are NFPA approved (several are in Mendocino County, including Ukiah's Western Hills' Fire Safe council, Ukiah Upper Deerwood, Ukiah,...), click here.

- To visit Sparky's official website, click here.

- To visit Sparky's School House, click here.

- To watch Sparky's videos (for kids)

click here.

Lake Mendocino falls under the jurisdiction of the Army Corps of Engineers.

-To visit the Army Corps of Engineers' official website,

click here.

- To learn more about the Army Corps of Engineers

(Wikipedia), click here.

- To visit the Army Corps of Engineers' Lake Mendocino Facebook page,

click here.

- To visit the Bureau of Land Management's official website,

click here.

- To visit Ukiah's BLM field office's webpage,

click here.

- To see BLM's North Cow

Mountain Recreation Area map

(pdf format),

click here.

- To see BLM's South Cow Mountain Recreation Area map

(pdf format),

click here.

- To learn more about BLM

(Wikipedia),

click here.

- To visit BLM's California's Facebook page,

click here.

- To visit the USGS' official website, click here.

- To report an earthquake

"Did You Feel It?"

click here.

- To access the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program's list of resources related to earthquake preparedness,

click here.

- To learn more about the

USGS (Wikipedia),

click here.

- To learn about the

Richter Magnitude Scale

(Wikipedia),

click here.

- To learn about

earthquakes

(Wikipedia),

click here.

NEHRP has an earthquake information website created to include information from four national entities:

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),

United States Geological Survey (USGS),

The National Institute of Standards and Technology

(NIST)

The National Science Foundation (NSF)

- To visit NEHRP's official website, click here.

- To learn more about NEHRP

(Wikipedia),

click here.

- To visit The Great California Earthquake Shake Out's website (English),

click here.

- To visit its website (Spanish)

click here.

- To access Listos' Earthquake preparedness information page (in English),

(pdf format),

click here.

- To access Listos' Earthquake Preparedness Information page

(in Spanish)

(pdf format)

click here.

- To access Listos' Earthquake Preparedness Information page

(in Chinese)

(pdf format),

click here.

The Listos Earthquake Preparedness Information pages mentioned above can be found below.

- To access Earthquake information related to California's Northcoast Shake Out, click here.

The California Department of Conservation does Scientific work related to public safety, geology and more.

- To visit the Department of Conservation's website,

click here.

-To learn about the DOC

click here.

The DOC includes many other State agencies such as the:

- California Geological Survey (CGS)

To visit the CGS' webpage (including earthquake activity)

click here.

- Division of Land Resource Protection (DLRP)

- Division of Mine Reclamations

(DMR)

- Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM)

- State Mining and Geology Board

(SMGB)

The Federal Highway Administration is art of the Federal Department of Transportation

- To visit its website,

click here.

- To find out the road and traffic conditions (nations wide) on a State by State basis,

click here.

- To check on road conditions in California,

click here.

Risk Factor is a website which will tell you if your home is in a hazardous zone (flood, fire, etc....)

- To see if your home is in a potentially hazardous zone,

click here.

NOAA is part of the Department of Commerce and is in charge of weather predictions and other weather related situations.

- To visit NOAA's website

click here.

NOAA, and the National Weather Service, support the California Nevada River Forecast Center (CNRFC) posts our rivers' flow and flood levels online.

-To see local river flows,

click here.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has an office in Eureka

- To visit the NWS Eureka website

click here.

-To visit NWS' Facebook page,

click here.

- To visit the

California Nevada River Forecast Center's Facebook page,

click here.

-To watch a nice little 30 second You Tube music video about if you see water flowing across a road,

"Turn around, Don't Drown!"

click here.

For more about weather related events throughout the State of California,

click here.

Weather Underground has often the most accurate local weather information and predictions.

- To find out the current weather conditions around Ukiah,

click here.

- To find out the current weather conditions around Willits,

click here.

- to find out the current weather conditions around Fort Bragg,

click here

- To visit HeatReadyCA' Heat Related Prevention webpage

(in English or other languages)

click here.

- To visit Cuidate Del Calor's Heat Related Prevention webpage

(in Spanish)

click here.

- To visit the Mesothelioma Center's website,

click here.

- To read the Asbestos and Natural

Disaster Guide written by Michelle Whitmer, edited by Walter Pacheco and Scientifically Reviewed by

Dr. Jerald L. Cook,

click here.

- To visit the Mesothelioma Center's Facebook webpage,

click here.

Air Now allows you to find out your local level of air quality (nationwide!).

- To visit Air Now's website,

click here.

- To see the various levels of air quality in your area (great during wildfires for example)

click here.

- To find out what the

California Fire Prevention Organization does,

click here.

- To visit the California Fire Prevention Organization's website,

click here.

-To see the various types of Fire Fighting apparatus found

in our state,

click here.

- To visit CDSS' website,

click here.

- To visit CDSS'

Disaster Help Center,

click here.

- To learn more about CDSS

(Wikipedia),

click here.

CERT is FEMA's version of California's Listos

- To learn more about Mendocino's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT Mendocino),

click here.

- To visit CERT's official Website,

click here.

- To read CERT's original birth place's Los Angeles CERT Emergency Preparedness Booklet

(pdf format),

click here.

- Lake and Mendocino County CERT will hold CERT Hybrid Training Sessions on Thursdays from 6:30pm to 8:00pm via Zoom and on Saturday and Sunday for the hands on & in person portion of that training session.

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Hybrid CERT basic trainings are in the works.

- To register for

any local

CERT

training

opportunity,

click here.

(For more information see poster below)

You may join in

at any time.

Register and that way you can get the online links

and so forth.

You must first complete the online portion to take part in the in-person session.

Training opportunities are FREE!

- To go to my CERT webpage to see up and coming training opportunities and more,

click here

Listos California is California's CERT.

- To visit Listos' website

click here.

- To access Listos'

Disaster Ready Guide

(English, pdf format)

click here.

- To access Listos'

Guia de preparacion para desastres

(Spanish, pdf format)

click here.

- To access Listos'

Disaster Ready Guide

(Chinese, pdf format)

click here.

- To visit Listos' Resource Hub

(information on what to do after a flood or other disasters) in Chinese, English, Filipino, Japanese, Russian Spanish and more...) See English, Spanish and Chinese posters below.

Click here.

- To visit Listos' YouTube Channel, click here.

- To visit the

California Conservation Corps' website,

click here.

- To learn about

Ukiah's California Conservation Corps Center

and get a virtual tour of the facility, click here.

- To learn more about the

California Conservation Corps

(Wikipedia),

click here.

- To find or report electric outages (for those of you who live outside the Ukiah City Limits)

click here.

- PG&E's Electric Grid& Weather Awareness Information,

click here.

- To find out if a

Public Safety Power Shut-off (PSPS) is coming up

click here.

- To visit PG&E's

Safety Action Center,

click here.

- PG&E issued a list of tips related to saving energy and dealing with HOT days. To see those tips check the poster below or,

click here.

-Ukiah

Parade of Lights

Saturday December 6, 2025

for more information see poster below or click here

- To visit the

City of Ukiah's website,

click here.

- To find out if the City of Ukiah is included in a potential

Public Safety Power Shut-off (PSPS)

click here.

- To visit the City of Ukiah's Community Services, their classes, programs and more.

click here.

- To see the list of classes offered by the City of Ukiah's Community Services. and register,

click here.

- To visit the

City of Ukiah Office of Emergency Management webpage

click here.

- Willits' 3rd annual

Truckers Light Parade

Saturday,

December 13, 2025

for more information see poster below.

The City of Willits is north of Ukiah to visit the City of Willits website, click here.

The Ukiah Branch of the Mendocino County Libraries is located at 105 N. Main street in Ukiah. The hours are:

Tuesday: 10 am to 7pm

Wednesday: 9am to 7pm

Thursday: 9am to 7pm

Friday: 10am to 6pm

Saturday: 10am to 6pm

Closed on Sunday and Monday

To visit the Ukiah branch's webpage, click here.

To visit SILA's Facebook page

click here.

- To visit Nation's Finest's website

click here.

- To visit Nation's Finest's

Facebook page,

click here.