Resources for Evacuation Preparation
Sunday May 3rd: Wildfire Evacuation Preparedness workshop—RSVP for this in-person event
Questions? Contact Sue Boudreau.
- Evaluate your evacuation readiness with the WCCFSC Survey.
- Create your own Wildfire Checklist from CAL Fire
- Go Bag Lists (Ca Office of Emergency Services) for home and vehicle
- Emergency Preparedness for Elders and People with Disabilities from Aging in California
- Get emergency alerts – find the apps on your phone app, download and register:
- The Community Warning System (CWS) Office of the Sheriff, Contra Costa County (delivers EVACUATION alerts via cellular and landlines; not an app)
- Nixle app local alerts (free; you can sign up for multiple locations through website)
- Genasys Protect app AND website (easier to see map); map-based alert system—enter your address, and find out your Evacuation Zone
- Watch Duty app on your cell; for alerts and wildfire maps and reports of fire starts
- Sign up to participate in the May 30, 2026, Richmond/El Sobrante Valley evacuation drill.
- Emergency Action Plan for Your Neighborhood. A booklet template by Erica Peng for Kennedy Grove FireWise USA community, El Sobrante
- Informative and Exciting Wildfire-related video
- PBS “Weathered – After the LA Firestorm”
- Fire Safe Marin video “Wildfire Evacuation: Make It Down the Hill Alive” (11 minutes)
- Trailer for “The Lost Bus”
- Psychology of successful evacuation background reading: The Unthinkable – who survives when disaster strikes and why. Book by Amanda Ripley, revised and updated, 2024, publ. Penguin Random House.
- Brickyard Cove Wildfire Evacuation Drill 2023 Debrief from Richmond Fire Dept. (31m presentation, 40m community comments) Includes community feedback survey results, difficulties, suggestions from participants.
- UC Berkeley Study: California Communities can Reduce Wildfire Damage by Half. Here’s How. August, 2025
- Show notes for “What’s it like to be… The Jobs Podcast. Fire Fighter episode
- Story poem: Escape from Paradise
For Participants in the Workshop
Here is the Participant’s plan (a Google document). (Draft until the workshop starts!)
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