Cal Fire serves and safeguards the people and protects the property and resources of California. Cal Fire is dedicated to the fire protection and stewardship of over 31 million acres of California's privately-owned wildland and provides varied emergency services in 36 of the State's 58 counties via contracts with local governments. 

Cal Fire duties include:

• Issuing burn permits and campfire permits
• Coordinating the RVETS program in partnership with California Department of Veterans Affairs and the California National Guard to streamline employment opportunities to returning veterans (RVETS=Returning Veterans; Enlisting Their Skills for CAL FIRE Service)
• Offering Fire Fighter 1 seasonal, temporary work outdoors with access to health benefits and opportunities to work in various locations throughout the state as well as a variety of other Fire Protection and Forester careers.
• Providing a Statewide Fire Map and inc…

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ALERTWildfire provides for the greater Tahoe Region fire cameras and tools to help firefighters and first responders:

1. Discover, locate, and confirm fire ignition.
2. Quickly scale fire resources up or down.
3. Monitor fire behavior during containment.
4. Help evacuations through enhanced situational awareness.
5. Observe contained fires for flare-ups.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.alertwildfire.org/

Montana Wildfire Smoke offers many useful resources regarding wildfire smoke. Wildfire smoke containing fine particulate matter can cause eye and throat irritation, headaches, nausea, shortness of breath, congestion, coughing, impaired lung function, and chest pain. When air quality is poor, the primary public health message is to stay indoors. However, not all community members have the same ability to limit smoke exposure in the buildings where they live, work, attend school, or spend time indoors. The Sierra Fund is working with local public health officials and service providers to ensure equitable access to places with cleaner air during wildfire.

Information about Air Filters and Creating a Clean Room in your Home to Mitigate Unhealthy Air Quality -https://sierrafund.org/airfilters/

How to build a Do-It-Yourself Fan/Filter Room Air Cleaner -
https://www.montanawildfiresmoke.org/diy-fan-filter.html (Climate Smart Missoula)

Web pages

• Home - https://www.montanawildfiresmoke.org/
• Sierr…

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The County of Nevada Green Waste Disposal web page provides green waste disposal information. There are occasional free green waste disposal days in east and west county. Dates, times, and locations are announced when information for the events is finalized.

​Web pages

• Home - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/2775/Green-Waste-Disposal

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In the event of disaster, Nevada County Office of Emergency Services recommends the following trusted information sources (aka trusted news sources).

Trusted information sources, per Ready Nevada County's "Ready, Set, Go" Guide:

• 211 Connecting Point, 2-1-1 or 1-833-DIAL211, 211ConnectingPoint.org
• CHP Grass Valley, 530-477-4900
• County of Nevada, 530-265-1218, MyNevadaCounty.com
• County of Nevada Office of Emergency Services, 530-265-1515, ReadyNevadaCounty.org
• Sierra Sun, SierraSun.com
• The Union, TheUnion.com
• YubaNet, YubaNet.com
• KNCO 830AM, KNCO.com
• KOH 780AM, KKOH.com
• KTKE 101.5 FM, TruckeeTahoeRadio.com
• KVMR 89.5 FM & 105.1 FM, KVMR.org
• Nevada County Media, NevadaCountyMedia.org, Channel 17 (Comcast & Suddenlink)
• Tahoe Truckee Media, https://ttctv.org/

This list also appears in the Ready, Set, Go! Handbook on page 31 of the paper guide and page 34 of the PDF. Links to English and Spanish below.

Web pages

• English Handbook - 
  https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4…

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In the event of a disaster, the Ready Nevada County dashboard will display real-time data on the Ready Nevada County Dashboard.

The Nevada County Office of Emergency Services (OES) coordinates with County departments, municipalities, key stakeholders, and special districts to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from all disasters.

Ready Nevada County is an effort coordinated by OES to raise awareness and mobilize the community to prevent and prepare for wildfires.

2024 READY, SET, GO! Handbook - English

2021 ¡PREPARADOS, LISTOS, A EVACUAR! Manual

Web pages

• Home - http://www.mynevadacounty.com/1182/Office-of-Emergency-Services
• Ready Nevada County Dashboard - https://nevcounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=dfae8e3b36e3455bbf9dcc865349e72e
• Preparedness Toolkit - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/2792/Preparedness-Toolkit
• About OES - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/1241/About
• Community Resources - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/3517/211-Community-Resources
  

Find your Nevada County evacuation zone on Genasys.

In the event of a wildfire or other emergency situation, law enforcement and fire agencies issue evacuation warnings or evacuation orders for affected areas. These notices are issued for a ZONE with an EVACUATION STATUS.

Authorities will use Zone Names (a combination of letters and numbers) in emergency alerts, media releases, and on social media to notify residents which areas are under an evacuation warning or order. Follow the 3 steps below to find and remember your zone.

Zone - Find & Know Your Zone

To understand whether your area is under an evacuation warning or order, you need to know your Zone Name (a combination of letters and numbers). It is important to remember your zone name.

1. Visit Genasys
2. Enter your address into the search bar
3. Find your zone in the pop-up window and write it down

Evacuation Status - Evacuation Status Levels Definitions

• Evacuation Order - An immediate threat to life. This is a lawful order to l…

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The 211 Connecting Point Contact Center provides a web page with information about wildfire resources.

Web pages

• Home - https://211connectingpoint.org/
• Wildfire resources - https://211connectingpoint.org/wildfire-resources/
  
  
  

The Nevada City Residential Chipping Program provides the residents of Nevada City with a free, curb-side chipping service as a green waste disposal incentive to help homeowners in their fire hazard reduction efforts. As of August 2019 the program will be continuing indefinitely.

• Chipping Program Information
• ​Chipping Program Guidelines
• Chipping Program Application
  
  
  Web pages
• Chipping Program Information - https://www.nevadacityca.gov/newsview.aspx?nid=5934
• Chipping Program Guidelines - https://www.nevadacityca.gov/files/documents/ChippingProgramGuidlinesnews59341329041119-015906PMa.pdf
• Chipping Program Application - https://www.nevadacityca.gov/files/documents/ChippingProgramApplicationnews59341329051019-043408PMb.pdf

The Fire Safe Council of Nevada County Access and Functional Needs (AFN) Defensible Space Program is designed to help low-income seniors and/or disabled citizens create a defensible space surrounding their residence (such as brush clearing and weed abatement). This program is for people who do not have the physical or financial ability to create their own defensible space. Age or disability and income verification must be submitted to determine eligibility. Both property owners, and renters with property owner's permission, may be eligible.

There are hundreds of applicants and wait times for this service can be 1-2 years, but people are encouraged to submit applications at any time.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.areyoufiresafe.com/
• Access & Functional Needs (AFN) program, including FAQs - https://www.areyoufiresafe.com/programs/access-functional-needs-afn
• Application form - https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/2149934/normal_5f1604a6f2870.pdf. People can fill in and submit form onlin…

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