Resources
Smell Smoke?
El Dorado County Sheriff's Facebook page (current fire and evacuation information)
Fire and Smoke Map (AirNow.gov)
Wildfire Early Notification Map
YubaNet (excellent compilation of current fire news)
Websites
El Dorado County Vegetation Management Ordinance
Get More Information on this new Ordinance
Pioneer Fire Protection District
Our local Fire Department
The Cal Fire Ready for Wildfire website
Excellent Resource
El Dorado County Fire Safe Council Website
Lots of info! Check out the Chipper Program here.
El Dorado County Count Amateur Radio Club website
Source for "Radio for the rest of us" Information
Fiddletown Fire Safe Council
Some excellent articles on home hardening and evacuation
FireWise USA
on the National Fire Protection Association Website
PGE Webinars
Fire Safety webinars
Wildfires present numerous hazards, yet one often underestimated risk is asbestos exposure. During fires, asbestos and other cancer-causing minerals can be released into the air as buildings burn, posing severe health risks.
To spread accurate information, The Mesothelioma Center of Orlando, FL has developed a comprehensive guide for information on asbestos during wildfires and other natural disasters, including details on symptoms and awareness:
https://www.asbestos.com/asbestos/natural-disasters/
https://www.asbestos.com/mesothelioma/symptoms/
Facebook Links
CAL FIRE Amador-El Dorado Unit
Burn Day Information
Click here for El Dorado County outdoor burning information:
BURN DAY INFORMATION
What if you're not at Home?
The reverse 911 system only notifies your land line!
Register with CODE RED for cell phone text and email notifications
http://ready.edso.org
CalFire Incident Text Messages.
Sign up with CalFire to get text messages about local fires and status updates. Very Cool! Lower right side of this page: https://incidents.readyforwildfire.org (Thanks to Ripley Howe for this information.)
Hardening our Homes and Defensible Space
Good Information from Disastersafety.org
Helpful Products
from Camino/Pollock Pines Fire Safe Council Newsletter
United Policyholders (UP) https://www.uphelp.org/
This Nonprofit provides some really good guidance on home insurance and lobbying for all of us on fire insurance issues.
Videos
Are you ready? Family Evacuation Video recent video project
For information please email
info@affsc.org