San Diego County teamed up with Chula Vista, Carlsbad, first responders and hospitals in an exercise depicting a terrorist attack with mass casualties. A full-scale drill is held every other year to test the readiness and coordination of everyone involved.
Do you have a plan if there’s a wildfire? Or any emergency? The County of San Diego is mailing a Personal Disaster Plan to residents who live in the areas of highest fire danger in our community. Read it when you get it, discuss it with your family, complete it and practice it.
Residents are asked to use extreme caution with fire sources such as power tools and cigarettes due to Santa Ana winds expected to sweep through San Diego County mountains and inland valleys Thursday and Friday. The arrival of the fall’s first Santa Ana is a reminder that it is peak fire season, and the region’s dry brush and grasses could potentially ignite a dangerous wildfire and threaten communities.
County supervisors received a five-year strategic plan Tuesday to continue improving firefighting and emergency medical services in unincorporated areas, provided by San Diego County Fire, the County Fire Authority-CAL FIRE entity the County has supported with more than $500 million since 2008.
The County Office of Emergency Services introduced new efforts to better prepare the region for a disaster, with a specific focus on wildfires.
While San Diego has more locally stationed resources to fight fire from the air than any other region in the nation, CAL FIRE is always looking to improve emergency readiness.
The County Office of Emergency Services and partners today released a set of guidelines created to keep schools safer when threatened by wildfires.
