How to prepare for a wildfire getting close to your home: planning for an evacuation, preparing the house for evacuation, evacuating.
Contents
Urgent Information
- Extreme Fire Weather Alert! What to do now?
- Red Flag Warning! What to do now?
- Download this emergency wildfire evacuation checklist on your phone
Monitor public alerts
- Understand Red Flag Warnings and Berkeley’s Extreme Fire Weather Alerts
- What is your evacuation zone?
- How to be notified of evacuation orders: Genasys Protect
- How to be notified of local emergencies: AC Alert
- How to monitor wildfires in real time: Watch Duty
- How to monitor local emergencies: Nixle
Prepare to leave
- Be ready to evacuate
- Good sources to prepare for wildfire
- Who should prepare for wildfire?
- What to wear for evacuation
- Prepare your Go Bag now
- Do not leave your EV parked outside when evacuating from a wildfire
After a wildfire
Evacuation Clinic
- Creston Firewise Evacuation Clinic Recording
- Evacuation clinic slides, preparation handout, evacuation checklist
Resources
- Fire Weather and Evacuation | City of Berkeley
- Wildfire Preparedness in California: Ready, Set, Go! | CAL FIRE
- Berkeley Disaster Preparedness Neighborhood Network
- Wildfire Safety | American Red Cross
References