Communities Organized to Prepare for Emergencies

Resources during an Incident

Websites

Sonoma County SheriffNixles

SoCoEmergency.orgActive alerts and warnings

City of Healdsburghttps://www.ci.healdsburg.ca.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?CID=23

Supervisor Gore District 4 – Sign up for emails: james.gore@sonoma-county.org

Alert Wildfire Cameras – Multiple cameras positioned throughout the north bay provide vantage points to notice fire activity. Cameras shift their orientation and are managed by the State to enable good lines of sight on the fire – choose the camera direction you want by clicking on it on the map and it will enlarge. Time lapse 15 min-1hour video of the activity to that point in time can be viewed as well.

PG&E PSPS and Power statusSign up for alerts, apply for medical baseline program, check for PSPS potential and power restoration status

Incident Maps

CalFire Incident Maps – Overview of all CA incidents, can access fire specific info via map or name of the incident

NASA FIRMS (Fire Information Management System) – Link is targeted over our area – real time heat map

#Firemappers – Crowd sourced fire mapping, enter location in search window

NWCG – National Wildfire Coordinating Group. National Fire Situational Awareness map – use the menu on the left side to discover the layers in the map and the legend to symbols

Sonoma County Fire Maps – County specific information about fire and evacuation status

Sonoma County Road Closures – Current status on road closures

CalOES (State Office of Emergency Services) – Comprehensive statewide map info derived from CalFire and all fire teams’ reporting. Zoom to the fire you want to see.

Sartopo – Many different layers to choose from

 

Flood Info

National Weather Service Advisories- https://www.weather.gov/alert

Flood Forecast Hotline: (707) 526-4768
The Flood Forecast is a recording that provides updates on local river conditions. The recordings are updated by the Sonoma County Water Agency as conditions change.

Stream Maintenance: (707) 543-3800 or (707) 543-3805 After Hours.
Report any stream related issues, such as debris or stream channel changes, to prevent localized flooding.

Sewage Emergency Hotline: (707) 543-4200 or (707) 543-3805 After Hours
Report any sewage spills, overflows or backed-up sewer lines

Apps

Broadcastify – Choose your local Sonoma County area – live feed of our REDCOM dispatch service for fires, can also use the website

Watch Duty – Watch Duty gives you real-time information about fire movement and firefighting efforts nearby. Get photos and push notifications of conditions on the ground

Pulsepoint – Set your preferences and type of notifications

Local Radio

KRSO 103.5 FM, 94.5FM, 1350 AMWebsite, they have an app and you can listen from their website

KCBS 106.9 FM, 740 AM 

Facebook

Be sure to “like” the page you are interested in so that it shows up in your news feed. If you want to be notified when there is an update or for instance a news briefing or video click the “…” in the upper right corner of the page and choose “follow settings” then chose which kinds of notifications you want.

CalFire Lake Napa Unit (LNU)

Sonoma County Sheriff – Daily briefings with CalFire

Supervisor Gore – daily videos and updates

Supervisor Hopkins – daily updates

County of Sonoma

Sonoma County Dept of Emergency Management – Daily briefings during incident, educational events

News of the Northbay – video updates

City of Healdsburg

City of Santa Rosa

Wind, Weather, and Air Quality

Windy.com – Real time wind activity in the area and forecasted wind patterns for 72 hours

Purpleair.com – Real time air quality, including PM 2.5

Fire.airnow.gov – Click on yellow dot on side bar for legend

NOAA Weather Forecast – Will show forecasted wind events, red flags, etc.

Red Flag Warning NWS – Fire weather watch or RFW