Safer from Wildfires is an interagency partnership between Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the emergency response and readiness agencies in Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration to protect lives, homes, and businesses by reducing wildfire risk.

The program's “ground up” approach for wildfire resilience has three layers of protection — for the structure, the immediate surroundings, and the community — to prevent wildfire from catching and spreading to other homes and businesses in the neighborhood.

See flyer here: https://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consumers/200-wrr/upload/Safer-from-Wildfires-one-pager.pdf

Regarding insurance rates

• Press release 2/25/22 - Commissioner Lara announces new regulations to improve wildfire safety and drive down cost of insurance - https://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/2022/release019-2022.cfm
• 2/10/22 - Insurers Currently Offering Discounts - http://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consumers/105-type/95-guides/03-res/Insur…

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Pacific ADA Planning Guide
Emergency Power Planning for People Who Use Electricity and Battery Dependent Assistive Technology and Medical Devices - https://adata.org/factsheet/emergency-power. Same doc also here: https://www.pge.com/pge_global/common/pdfs/safety/electrical-safety/electric-generator-safety/Pacific-ADA-Centers-Emergency-Power-Planning-Fact-Sheet.pdf

Personal Preparedness Resources
Emergency Preparedness Publications & Resources - https://www.adapacific.org/emergency-preparedness-publications-resources

These resources have info useful for preparing for many kinds of emergencies and events including PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) and unplanned power outages.

The CPUC’s Fire Map (or FireMap) is at https://ia.cpuc.ca.gov/firemap/. Most of Nevada County and Placer County are in Tier 2 or 3.To find your tier, enter your address in search box at top right of map.

The Fire Map has the following sections:

• High Fire-Threat District
  • Tree Mortality Task Force – High Hazard Zone Map
  • CPUC Fire-Threat Map* - click checkbox for Tier/s to show on map. Most of Nevada County and Placer County are in Tier 2 or 3.
• California Fire Perimeters (1878-2015)
• Land Cover
• Boundaries / Masks - click checkbox for California Counties to show county lines
• Basemaps

ABOUT THE MAP
The CPUC High Fire-Threat District Map consists of two map sources and includes three fire-threat areas:

Zone 1 consists of Tier 1 High-Hazard Zones (HHZs) from the United States Forest Service (USFS) and California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) joint map of Tree Mortality HHZs. Tier 1 HHZs (CAL FIRE) are in direct proximity to communities, roads, and … [read more]

The CPUC’s Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) offers rebates for installing energy storage technology at both residential and non-residential facilities. These storage technologies include battery storage systems that can function during a power outage. Depending on the battery and how much you are using it, batteries can provide power for several hours, or longer.

PG&E is a Program Administrator of the Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) in its service area.

In preparation for the next wildfire season, the CPUC has authorized funding of more than $1 billion through 2024 for SGIP. This funding includes prioritization of communities living in high fire-threat areas, communities that have experienced two or more utility Public Safety Power Shut-off (PSPS) events, as well as low income and medically vulnerable customers. The funds are also available for “critical facilities” that support community resilience in the event of a PSPS or wildfire.

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Everbridge is a community notification system to alert residents in Placer, Sacramento, and/or Yolo counties of emergency events and other important public safety information. Each county has an associated website:

Placer: www.placer-alert.org
Sacramento: www.sacramento-alert.org
Yolo: www.yolo-alert.org


WHO ISSUES THE ALERTS?

Placer Alerts is powered by Everbridge. The Regional Mass Notification System (Placer Alerts) provides messaging from Auburn Police Department, Lincoln Police Department, Placer County Sheriff's Office, Rocklin Police Department, Roseville Police Department, and the Placer County Office of Emergency Services.

PLACER ALERTS

SIGN UP for Placer Alerts online at www.placer-alert.org

Or text your zip code, followed by a second text with the word "resume" to 88911 (This applies to new or existing subscribers. You will begin receiving Placer Alerts to your phone based on your zip code.)

APP NOTIFICATIONS

You can download the Everbridge mobile app to receive notifi… [read more]

Provides educational information on how to get through a disaster. Helps to equip local and state emergency preparedness; coordinates federal response to a disaster.

 

Launched in February 2003, Ready is a National public service campaign designed to educate and empower people in the United States to prepare for, respond to, and mitigate emergencies, including natural and human-made disasters. The goal of the campaign is to promote preparedness through public involvement.
 
Ready and its Spanish language version Listo ask individuals to do four key things: 

• Stay informed about the different types of emergencies that could occur and their appropriate responses - https://www.ready.gov/be-informed
• Make a family emergency plan - https://www.ready.gov/plan
• Build an emergency supply kit - https://www.ready.gov/kit
• Get involved in your community by taking action to prepare for emergencies - https://www.ready.gov/get-involved

English - Ready https://www.ready.gov/
Español - Listo https://www.ready.gov/es
Ready in your language - https://www.ready.gov/ready-your-language
People with disabilities - https://www.ready.gov/… [read more]

Insurance companies have armies of full time lobbyists, lawyers and public relations professionals that promote their business interests in the media, courts, legislatures.  Their paying customers, (“policyholders”) have United Policyholders, our volunteers and partners.  Through our Advocacy and Action program, UP is constantly working to influence outcomes in favor of policyholders and strengthen and defend laws. Laws that hold insurance companies to their promises and obligations so when adversity hits, insurance pays.

This work includes our Amicus Project through which the policyholders’ voice gets heard in courts throughout the United States.  It includes our work with decision makers in government, industry and academia, including the Essential Protections for Policyholders project and the American Law Institute’s Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance project.  It includes our ongoing efforts to ge… [read more]

Free Community Classes on life skills, work skills, health & wellness, and more.
https://connectingpoint.org/events/ or call 530-274-5601

Classes include

• Caregiver Essentials
• CPR and First Aid
• Diabetes Self Management
• Food and the Mind
• Freedom from Smoking (smoking cessation)
• Living Well with a Chronic Condition
• Making Healthcare Decisions-Advance Directives and POLST Forms
• Ready Set Safe-Preparing for Disaster
• Stress Busters!

Community Resource Centers are opened by PG&E when there is a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS). Services available may include: restrooms, bottled water, electronic device charging. Hours may vary, but in the past have been 8am until 8 or 10pm.

CRCs for each PSPS event - and the hours and services at each location - are posted here: https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outages/map/

A general PG&E outage map is here (does not have info specific to PSPS events): https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outagecenter/