Disaster preparedness and other related information



(Up dated: 12/25/2021)



-Winter Storm Season has started. See the PG&E Tips poster below

- October 22, 2021, CalFire lifts the burn permit ban. (See posters below)

- October 21, 2021, Great California Shake Out Earthquake Drill and Awareness day!

- September 21, 2021, Mendocino County Board of supervisors declared the Hopkins Fire as an Emergency.
Read all about it on Mendocino Voice!
(See link below)

To contact the Mendocino County Disaster Recovery Hotline
Call: (707) 234 - 6303

For more information regarding the Hopkins Fire and and available assistance see the poster below and click on the QR code

For available help for those impacted by the Hopkins Fire check the North Coast Opportunities (NCO) links below

FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL IN MENDOCINO COUNTY
(see Cal Fire's poster below)

Services & Resources





Senators:
Dianne Feinstein & Alex Padilla



- To visit Senator

Dianne Feinstein's official website, click here.


- To visit her Facebook page,

click here.


- To visit Senator Alex Padilla's official website, click here.


- To visit his

Facebook page, click here.




Congressman
Jared Huffman



- To visit Congressman

Jared Huffman's official website,

click here.


- To read his 2020 Wildfire Resource Guide, click here.


- To visit his Facebook page,

click here.




California State Senator
Mike McGuire



- To visit Senator Mike McGuire's official website,

click here.


- Senator Mike McGuire is hosting a Wildfire Preparedness, Prevention Town Hall Meeting, May 27, 2021 at 6:30pm online. To learn more about this event, click here.


- To visit his Legislative webpages, click here.


- To visit his Facebook page,

click here.




California Assembly Member Jim Wood



- To visit State Assembly Member Jim Wood's official website,

click here.


- To visit his Facebook page,

click here.




Federal Emergency Management Agency



- To visit FEMA's website,

click here.


- To visit FEMA's

Facebook page, click here.




California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES)



- To visit Cal OES' website,

click here.


- To visit CalAlerts. org

(part of Cal OES)

click here.


- To see CalOES'

My Hazards Map

(Statewide map of

Earthquake fault zones,

flooding zones, and more)

click here.



California Highway Patrol
(CHP)



- To visit CHP website,

click here.


- To visit CHP's Facebook page,

click here.



Mendocino County Sheriff's Office (MCSO)



- To visit the Sheriff's

mendoready.org website

which allows you to

"Know Your Zone Mendo".

The zones will be used in case of alerts or evacuations during a disaster.

click here.


- To visit MCSO's website,

click here.


- To visit MCSO's Facebook page

click here.



Ukiah Police Department
(UPD)



- To visit UPD's website,

click here

.

- To visit UPD's Facebook page,

click here.



Willits Police Department
(WPD)



- To visit WPD's website,

click here.


- To visit WPD's Facebook page,

click here.



US Forest Service
(USFS)



- To visit the USFS' website,

click here.


- To visit USFS'

Facebook page, click here.





Cal Fire



- To visit Cal Fires' website,

click here.


- To get ready for wildfire season,

click here.


- To register for cellphone notifications from Cal Fire,

click here.


- To visit the latest map of incidents, click here.


- To see the various types of air crafts used by Cal Fire (pdf format)

click here.


- To visit Cal Fire's Statewide Facebook page, click here.


- To visit Cal Fire Mendocino Unit's Facebook page, click here.


- To Cal Fire MEU at Ridgewood grade to get a new Helicopter (Cal Fire Hawk)To watch a Cal Fire made You Tube video about the Cal Fire Hawk, click here.


- CalFire set up a Public information phone number related to the

Hopkins fire. The number is:

(707) 972 - 3838


- To read Post-Fire Recovery instructions, click here.



Mendocino Fire Safe Council



- To visit Mendocino Fire Safe Council's (MFSC) official website, click here.


- To watch videos on how to harden your home against wildfires

click here.


- To get a list of Fuel reduction resources, click here.


- To visit MFSC's

Facebook page, click here.




Alert Wildfires
(North Bay)



Alert Wildfire is a website created by the University of Oregon, UC San Diego, the University of Nevada and many other partners. The website hosts video cameras which have been set up on high points on communication network towers. These cameras can be oriented in different directions in order to spot wildfires. Cameras are set up in most of the western states


- To visit Alert Wildfires' website, click here






UCANR
University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources



- To visit UCANR's current incident webpage and incident map of California, click here.


- To visit UCANR's fire preparation webpage, click here.






Inciweb
Incident Information System



Inciweb covers the whole United States.


- To visit Inciweb's official website,

click here.







CalTopo



For hikers, adventurers and others who enjoy the great outdoors and don't want to get caught by a roaring wildfire's movements check out CalTopo!


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







Hopland Fire District



- To visit Hopland Fire District's official website, click here,

click here.


- To visit Hopland Fire District's's

Facebook page, click here.




Ukiah Valley Fire Authority
(UVFA)



- To find out who is UVFA,

click here.


- To visit UVFA's Facebook page,

click here.







Ukiah Valley Fire District
(UVFD)



UVFD is part of UVFA


- To visit Ukiah Valley Fire District's webpage, click here.







Redwood Valley and Calpella Fire Department



- To visit Redwood Valley and Calpella Fire Department's

Facebook page, click here.





Willits' Fire Department



- To visit Willits Fire Department's aka: Little Lake Fire Department (LLFD)website, click here.


- To visit LLFD's Facebook page,

click here.



Brooktrails Township Fire Department



- To learn more about Brooktrails Township and its Fire Department, click here.


- To visit the Brooktrails Fire Department's

Facebook page, click here.




Laytonville Fire Department



- To visit the Laytonville Fire Department's

Facebook page, click here.






The Red Cross



Ukiah falls under the Gold Country chapter of the American Red Cross but the Northern California Coastal Chapter has an office in Santa Rosa.


- To visit Northern California Coastal chapter's website,

click here.


- To visit Gold Country's website, click here.


- To visit the Red Cross'

Wildfire Safety

page, click here.


- To visit the Red Cross' Earthquake Safety

page, click here.


- To take online Red Cross classes such as First Aid, CPR, AED, Babysitting & Child Care,

and more, click here.


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Red Cross:

call (707) 262 -7117

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United Disaster Relief of Northern California



United Disaster Relief of Northern California is based in Redwood Valley and is currently setting up meetings to accept donations,

Call: (707) 489 - 3970


- According to their Facebook Page, Until further notice, they are no longer accepting gently used clothes.

.

- They also accept gift card for fire survivors.


- To visit their webpage click here.


- To visit the

United Disaster Relief's

Facebook page, click here.


- To register and receive services from United Disaster Relief of Northern California,

click here.


(Up-Date!)

- The United Disaster Relief of Northern California Center's

NEW location is:

1240 Airport Park boulevard, in Ukiah. (Between Panda Express and Tractor Supply)

It's open Monday through Friday from 10am to 2pm

(for September)


-The mailing address is:

PO BOX 662

Ukiah, CA 95482

(See poster below)

















County of Mendocino



- For Mendocino County Emergency Preparedness for Your home information,

click here.


- For Mendocino County Emergency Alert and notification Service, Mendo Alert,

click here.


- For Mendocino County's Evacuation plan, May 2020 (pdf format), click here.


- For Mendocino Air Quality Management District, click here.


- Countywide road conditions,

click here.


- To visit Mendocino County Department of Transportation's Facebook page, click here.


- To see a Mendocino County's list of resources available to

Hopkins Fire Survivors,

click here.


Hopkins Fire Human Evacuation Shelter is closed


- To contact the Mendocino County Disaster Recovery Hotline,

Call (707) 234 -6303


- To access the Mendocino County Application for Reassessment of Property Damaged by Misfortune or Calamity. to access that application, click here.




North Coast Opportunities (NCO)



- To North Coast Opportunities' website,

click here.


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


- For Hopkins Fire Survivors who need financial assistance information and so forth, click here.

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NCES

North Coast Energy Service


- Hopkins Fire Survivors, if you need a place to stay and qualify you may want to check out the Severe Weather Energy Assistance and Transportation Service (S.W.E.A.T.S) operated by NCES


- To visit the NCES website,

click here.


- To access an NCES claim form for assistance (pdf format),

click here.


- For more NCES information call (707) 463- 0303



The Mendocino Voice
Local news for all of Mendocino



- To read articles from The Mendocino Voice, click here.


- To read the September 13, 2021 Mendocino Voice article about the Hopkins Fire,

click here.


- To read about the September 21, 2021, Mendocino County Board of Supervisor's decision of making the

Hopkins Fire an Emergency,

click here.







The US Fire Administration
(USFA)



- To visit the

US Fire Administration's

official website,

click here.


- To learn more about

USFA (Wikipedia),

click here.








The National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA)



- To visit the

National Fire Protection Association's

official website,

click here.


- To learn more about

NFPA (Wikipedia),

click here.








The NFPA's mascot,
Sparky (for kids)



- To visit Sparky''s

official website,

click here.


- To visit Sparky's School House

click here.


- To watch a fun music video related to firefighters and their gear,

click here.


- To learn more about

USFA (Wikipedia),

click here.








The Bureau of Land Management
(BLM)



- To visit the

Bureau of Land Management's

official website,

click here.


- To visit BLM's Ukiah Filed Office's webpage, click here.


- To access the BLM's North Cow Mountain Recreation Area map

(pdf format), click here.


- To access the BLM's South Cow Mountain Recreation Area map

(pdf format), click here.


- To learn more about

BLM (Wikipedia),

click here.








The US Army Corps of Engineers



- The US Army Corps of Engineers' South Pacific Division manages Lake Mendocino


- To visit the US Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District's Lake Mendocino's webpage,

click here.


- To learn more about

the US Army Corps of Engineers (Wikipedia), click here.








The US Geological Survey
(USGS)



- To visit the

USGS's official website,

click here.


- To report an earthquake,

"Did you feel it?"

click here.


- To access a list of USGS suggested earthquake preparedness websites, click here.


- To learn more about

USGS (Wikipedia),

click here.

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October 21, 2021 was the Great Shake Out Earthquake Drill Day!

To find out more about it click here.

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California Department of Conservation (DOC)



- The Department of Conservation (DOC) does scientific work related to public safety, geology and more.

- To learn about the DOC

click here.


- To visit the

Department of Conservation website,

click here.


The DOC includes the:

- California Geological Survey

(CGS)

- To see a statewide map of Earthquake Zones from the CGS

click here.


- Division of Land Resource Protection (DLRP)


- Division of Mine Reclamation

(DMR)


- Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM)


- State Mining and Geology Board (SMGB)









Cal Trans



- To check on road conditions, statewide,

click here.









Flood Factor



- To visit Flood Factor's

official website,

click here.


- To see if you home in Ukiah

is in a flood zone,

click here.








Nation's Finest



- To visit the

Nation's Finest

official website,

click here.


- To visit Nation's Finest Facebook page, click here.











California Fire Prevention Organization



- To visit the

California Fire Prevention Organization's

official website,

click here.










The National Weather Service
(Eureka)



- To weather reports from NWS Eureka'sofficial website,

click here.


- To visit NWS Eureka's

Facebook page,

click here.








Weather Underground



- To visit Ukiah's weather report, click here.


- To see Willits' Weather report, click here.


- To see the weather anywhere else, click here.






Air Now



- To Air Now' s official website,

click here.


- To access Air Now's Ukiah specific air quality report,

click here.








California Department of Social Services
(CDSS)



- To visit the California Department of Social Services'

official website,

click here.


- To visit the

CDSS' Disaster Help and Resources official web page,

click here.


- To learn more about

CDSS (Wikipedia),

click here.








Pacific Gas & Electric
(PG&E)



Here are links to Pacific Gas & Electric's Resources:


- Find or report PG&E power outages, click here.


- PG&E Electric Grid & Weather Awareness Info,

click here.


- To find out if a Public Safety Power Shut-off (PSPS) is planned by PG&E, click here.


- To visit PG&E's Safety Action Center, click here.






Listos California



- To visit Listos California's website, click here.


- For Listos' Disaster Ready Guide (English) (pdf format) click here.


- For Listos' Guia de preparacion para desastres (pdf format),

click here.


- For Listos' Disaster Ready Guide in Chinese (pdf format), click here

.

- For more disaster preparedness information,

click here.




Community Emergency response Team
(CERT), Mendocino



- To learn more about Mendocino's Community Emergency Response Team, click here


- To visit CERT's website, at the national level, click here






California Conservation Corps
(CCC)



- To visit California Conservation Corps' website,

click here.


- For a virtual visit the the Ukiah CCC Center,

click here.



City of Ukiah



- To find out if the City of Ukiah is included in a potential Public Safety Power Shut-off (PSPS),

click here.








Historical map of California fires pre-1950 to 2019



- To see a History of California Wildfire map,

click here.





California Fire Safe Council



- To visit California Fire Safe Council's website,

click here.





The Center for Disease Control



- To Read the CDC's disaster preparedness' guide,

click here.



The Community Foundation of Mendocino County



- To visit The Community Foundation of Mendocino County's website,

click here.



Other Fire Preparedness Tips





Fire Extinguishers



-1. You should have at least one fire extinguisher on each level of your home.

-2. You should have at least one fire extinguisher in your garage.

-3. You should check once a year that your

fire extinguishers are charged (look on the

fire extinguisher for a gauge, the pointers should be on the green "charged" portion of the gauge.

- 4. Learn how to use a fire extinguisher! See "PASS" poster below.

- 5. If you plan on buying a fire extinguisher, check that it is capable of extinguishing type A, B and C fires. See below for a chart related to those types.

- 6. You should have a fire extinguisher in your vehicle!


In case of evacuation due to a pending fire, go ahead and place your home's fire extinguishers out by your front door. They may be useful to fire fighters.





Pressure Sprayers



If you mow or weed-whack your property and are afraid of starting a fire with a single spark, a CLEAN (used only with water and soap not with chemicals etc..) pressure sprayer can be your "fire" extinguisher. Place water and dish soap in your CLEAN pressure sprayer, pump up the pressure in your pressure sprayer and if a spark ignites a small fire us your pressure sprayer like an outdoor fire extinguisher!




Fuel Dump



If you have enough space in your backyard, you might want to set up a "Fuel Dump" away from structures (i.e.: your house, garage, barn, etc...)

This would be the place where you would put your flammables (i.e.: gas cans, propane cans, spray cans, etc....). You should post a sign saying clearly "Fuel Dump" or "Danger, flammable Material, keep fire away" (see the sign below, from safetysign.com) This will save the fire department time because they won't have to scour your garage or home to find them.



Trailer chains can spark fires!



Loose trailer chains can start fires and so can poorly inflated tires (rims scraping the pavement can spark fires). If you have to tow a trailer, make sure that the safety chains do not touch the ground. Depending on the size of the chain, get some old rubber hose or some thick flexible plastic conduit and wrap the chain with it then zip tie it firmly to the chain. That way there will be no contact between the chain and the road surface and therefore no sparks!

See the poster below.


To see a 1 minute and 49 seconds video, from 2014, done by the Arizona Department of Transportation, the US Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management about the six ways that a vehicle can start a fire (YouTube), click here



Swimming Pools



A full swimming pool can be useful to firefighters.

- 1. If you have an "In-Ground" swimming pool.

Post the amount of gallons of water it contains so that fire fighters know what water resource it can provide them in case of a fire.

​Firefighters may pump water out it to supply their pumper truck or to fight the fire directly.

- 2. If you have an "Above-ground" swimming pool.

Post the amount of gallons of water it contains so that firefighters know water resource it can rpovide them in case of a fire. Firefighters will, probably not pump directly from it but they might be able to use that water to fight the fire.


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Other resources....:

Douglas Kent wrote,

"Firescaping: Protecting Your Home with Fire Resistant Landscape" (2nd edition) Published by Wilderness Press, 2019

ISBN: 978-0899979625

Cost: about $22.00


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Purifying Water for Drinking Purposes



One can supposedly live for three days without water but I'm not willing to risk that. So how does one purify water? Well... You will, first, need to filter it to remove debris. You can use a bandana, or other clean cloth or a coffee filter to do so. then you should get rid of bacteria and other living organisms

-1. You should boil it for at least one minute.

To learn more about that process, from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),

click here.

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-2. You should add unscented bleach. Now beware of bleach because it's not all the same. Make sure that it's NOT splash reduced or scented or modified in any way. It should have 8.25% sodium hypochlorite in it or at least 5.25%. To learn more about which bleach is the right kind, click here.

To learn more as to the ratios of amounts of bleach and water from the EPA, (same link as found in boiling the water), click here.

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-3. Use water purifying tablets. To learn more about that technique, click here.

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Informational posters and signs...



Mendocino County's Human Evacuation Center is closed.



Six ways that a vehicle can start a wildfire poster from the Arizona Department of Transportation, the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.



Emergency Evacuation List of Items to Gather you can take a "Screenshot" and print it.



Visual check list for your disaster supply kit



To use your fire extinguisher, remember PASS: 1. Pull, 2. Aim, 3. Squeeze the handle, 4. Spray the base back and forth until the fire is out. You don't need to empty the whole fire extinguisher.



For your "Fuel Dump" this Danger, Flammable material, Keep Fire Away, sign from Safetysign.com would work well.



The different classifications for fire extinguishers.



Smokey Bear, "Love thy neighborhood. Help prevent wildfires" poster



18 to 25? Join the California Conservation Corps!



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David Gengoux, Ukiah Adult School, Citizenship / Diploma / GED Teacher (707) 463-5217 ext. 8061