The first priority for getting emergency fire information is to make sure you are signed up for official alerts on Everbridge and Nixle. See our blog post for details about how to get signed up.
Additional steps you can take to stay informed:
- If there is a Neighborhood Fire Safe Council in your area you should also make sure you are included on their phone tree.
- Official Mendocino County Incident Information: https://mendoready.org/
- Near real-time information: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mendocinoactionnews/ and/or https://kymkemp.com/ and/or https://mendovoice.com/
Courtesy of our local CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit (MEU) Public Information Officer (PIO), here are more resources:
- CAL FIRE MEU News Releases: includes incident updates for fires 10 acres or more when unit PIO is on duty
https://www.fire.ca.gov/programs/communications/news-release-subscription/
- CAL FIRE MEU Social Media: fires 5 acres or more when unit PIO is on duty
Facebook / Twitter / Instagram
- CAL FIRE Region: fires over 10 acres, sometimes delayed as the unit is providing the information to region.
https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/
Air Quality
https://www.airnow.gov/?fbclid=IwAR0M-YveVt7xRNR80R1c6Ups9pseGAEWFGyo3sbu_qDHoeXdMA-tiKq9Zp4
Lightning Maps.org
Alert Fire Cameras
http://www.alertwildfire.org/northcoast/index.html?camera=Axis-Cleland1
Mendocino National Forest
https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/mendocino/home
USDS-Earthquake Info
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ew1597798523/executive
Mendocino County Press Releases- evacuation orders, COVID-19 current information, BOS meetings, arson arrests, etc.
https://www.mendocinocounty.org/community/news-releases
Sign up for Mendocino County News Releases
National Weather Service
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=39.40686000000005&lon=-123.35400499999997#.X0GFaMhKhPa
Topo Maps- access instructions attached
https://caltopo.com/map.html#ll=38.47579,-122.948&z=7&b=mbt&a=mba%2Cmodis_mp%2Cwxd_wspd-01
