California Preparedness Initiatives
CalFire Wildfire Readiness Plan – Web based app helps design a wildfire preparedness plan
MyHazards- Input your home address to view what natural hazards you are at most risk of
Recent Articles
Preparedness Guides
How to:
Make sure you have enough insurance:
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Preparedness Roadmap
Insurance preparedness
Insurance Disaster Preparedness
uphelp.org
Emergency Financial First Aid Kit (Spanish)
Emergency Financial Aid Kit (English)
Keep lists of your valuables:
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Home inventory
Safeguarding Valuables
Safeguarding Valuables (Spanish)
Go-bags for Fire Preparedness:
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Emergency Supply Kit
Calfire Brochure
How to Prepare for a Wildfire (Spanish)
How to prepare for a wildfire (English)
Be Prepared for a Wildfire FEMA
Take pictures of your important documents. Keep all of your important documents in one, easily accessible spot. Also remember that documents are replaceable. Lives are not.
- Passport
- Credit cards
- Insurance policies (all pages)
- Leases
- Deeds to your home
- Mortgage documents (at least the first page)
- Car loan documents
- Birth certificates
- Immigration documents (green cards, work permits, visa applications, etc.)
Helpful Phone Numbers:
Disaster Distress Helpline: Call (800)-985-5990 or text “TalkWithUs” to 66746 to connect with a trained crisis counselor. This national, multilingual hotline provides immediate crisis counseling for people experiencing distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster.
Red Cross hotline: 1 800 RED CROSS ( 1-800-733-2767)
United Way: Call 2-1-1 and speak with a live, highly trained service professional in your area from any cell phone or landline. All calls are private and confidential.