Herald & Review1d
Drill puts school's emergency reunification plan to the test
An exercise in reunification of families after a catastrophic event gave Warrensburg-Latham school personnel, the Decatur police and the Macon-Piatt Regional Office of Education a chance to see their ...
How to make your ‘go now’ evacuation plan into reality
To plan for the next disaster, make a checklist with household needs and attach it to a bag of essential documents.
Forbes13d
California Wildfire Updates: Palisades, Eaton Fires Reach Full Containment
Jan. 10, 8 a.m. PSTKevin McGowan, director of Los Angeles County’s Office of Emergency Management, apologized during a press conference for an evacuation alert mistakenly sent to millions of ...
Santa Clarita Magazine14d
Helpful Emergency Checklist
Having an emergency evacuation checklist ready is so important, especially in areas like Santa Clarita where wildfires or other natural disasters can occur quickly. Here’s a comprehensive checklist to ...
Los Angeles Times14d
As western Altadena waited hours for evacuation orders, fire commanders faced utter chaos
evacuation warnings and orders from the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management, or OEM, went out several times per hour, largely covering areas that would not end up burning.
Colorado Public Radio16d
Are you prepared to evacuate in the event of an emergency like a wildfire or a flood?
Micki Trost with the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM) joined Colorado Matters to share some helpful tips on how to prepare yourself now, before a disaster ...
Action News Now16d
New community evacuation maps and emergency evacuation report released by Butte County
BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. - Butte County Thursday announced the release of the Butte County Emergency Evacuation Report and the updated Community Evacuation Maps. Officials say that in 2021, Butte County ...
The Columbian16d
Too little, too late: Residents say they were in the dark as fire spread with no evacuation order
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer ... broke out in Southern California on Jan. 7, evacuation orders for some neighborhoods — including the ...
WESH22d
Hughes Fire evacuation and perimeter maps: New wildfire sparks in northern Los Angeles County
TAKE YOU ABOUT 12 MINUTES. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. LET’S GO TO L.A. COUNTY NOW, WHERE A FIRE HAS FORCED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO EVACUATE AS CREWS HAVE RUSHED IN TO TRY TO PROTECT HOMES.
NBC News22d
Thousands told to evacuate after two new blazes start in Los Angeles County
Evacuation orders and warnings were issued to more than 31,000 people in the vicinity of two new wildfires north of Los Angeles on Wednesday. The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los ...
NBC News23d
All 17 deaths in Eaton Fire were in a zone where evacuation orders took hours to arrive
Her granddaughter, Dalyce Kelley, previously told NBC News that it was possible her grandmother didn’t receive emergency alerts and was unaware of the middle-of-the-night evacuation order.