6/20/16 @10:44 am
Pre-Evacuation is a notice for you to start getting ready to evacuate. This is your opportunity to gather your belongings, your photos etc. Get your medications ready, have your prescriptions refilled if you need to. Have a medication list with your medication numbers listed, in case you are displaced and need to have your medication refilled. Also, it is very important to have your important paperwork together. Insurance documentation, birth certificates, bank information, and other documentation that is important to you. Make plans for your pets, and your livestock. If you don’t want your animals to go to an animal shelter, start moving them now to a location of your choice. You may not have time to do it if they issue an evacuation notice.
Evacuation Notice is the notice for you to leave the area due to the area being unsafe. You have the option to evacuate to a pre-determined shelter. If you do not want to go to a shelter, you may choose to evacuate to an area of your choice that is outside the evacuation zone. If you have been given an evacuation notice, you may be advised to leave immediately, or you may be given a time to be out of the area. That will be determined by the fire activity. That is why it is good to have your things, and animals ready to go if they issue the pre-evacuation notice.
If you choose to not evacuate, you will not be allowed to leave your property. You will not be allowed to go to the store, or to check on your family and friends property. You may not receive services from medical or first responders. If you are found off your property during evacuations, you will be escorted out of the area without the opportunity of going home to get your belongings. All evacuated areas will be patrolled by law enforcement to ensure the safety of the evacuated citizen’s property. When you evacuate, please be mindful of the road signs, the possibility of unsafe driving conditions of heavy smoke, and of the fire crew’s trucks and heavy equipment. Please stay within the speed limits, if not under for the safety of the fire fighters that may be working in the area.