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February 6th 2025 - CRA Hosts "Wildfires and Emergency Preparedness - Live Q&A with the Chiefs" With the devastation in Southern California, this raises local concerns to know how our Village is prepared and preventing the possibilities including property owners, residents, businesses and the City teams. The format for this community briefing was interactive Q&A with our Police Commander Todd Trayer and Fire Chief Andrew Miller and City Administrator Chip Rerig with Staff too. Our thanks to all of them for their support and participation while YOU drove the questions addressed by them. Topics included: Connecting with remote 2nd Home Owners, Addressing Pescadero Canyon, Mission Trail Nature Preserve and High Fire Zones, Fire protection inspection programs & resources, What you can do to "harden" (or protect) your Home with Defensible Space and more, Mutual/Unified Command for Emergency Response, Fire Hydrant Readiness, Tesla Battery Walls and Solar Panel concerns if a Fire, Costs/Efforts in Undergrounding Utilitiies, etc. HERE is the YouTube of our Feb 6th Wildfire Readiness Q&A Program
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Plus on February 3rd Our City Chiefs+ presented plans and resources at the Special City Council. [items covered include: Wild Fire Protection Plans, Evacuation plans, Carmel Prepares programs, ongoing Staff efforts (forestry & buildings) and others]
HERE is the YouTube of the Feb 3rd City Council Wildfire Preparedness Update
HERE are the Slides presented on Feb 3rd. Donations for Los Angeles Area Wildfire & Recovery Efforts Our hearts and prayers are with those impacted by the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. These Los Angeles Wildfire specific links Red Cross, World Central Kitchen and many other organizations are there helping provide relief and services in addition to all of the Civic and Goverment Teams. ...plus requested by our Carmel CERT Team Leaders - Vollmer & Smythe The recent wildfires in Los Angeles have devastated many, including some of our fellow CERT members in Altadena who have lost their homes. Carmel CERT, in partnership with the Altadena Rotary and Altadena CERT, has organized direct support to their community members. The gift card option has closed - but if you'd like to contribute, please do so HERE. Thank you! Great Readiness Resources First, sign up for Monterey County emergency alerts and advisories. Includes phone, text and email notification options. (use zip 93921 for Carmel-by-the-Sea) Circumstances of an emergency may trigger changes to evacuation route guidance. To Protect Your Home <-- Full of great tips * National Weather Service Monterey forecast page National Resources and Programs |
