Coastside Buzz

Explore the Coast - Coastside Calendar & Directory - Articles, Podcasts & Video

MENUMENU
  • Home
  • Content
    • Multi-Media
      • The Coastal Butterfly
      • Coastside Disaster Prep
      • Coastside History
      • Coastsider Musicians
      • Phog Foundation
      • Surf Sessions
      • Writers Corner
        • Boys of the 60s
        • Wrong Shirt - A Memoir Series
    • Podcasts
      • Bedtime Stories
      • CoasTalk
      • Eclectic Radio Show
      • Fun On The Coast
      • Gone Fishing
      • HMBHS Cougar Radio
      • Just Call Wick
      • KHMB
    • Own Voice
      • Coastside Beach Ambassadors
      • InPerspective
    • Public Agencies
      • Cabrillo Unified School District
      • City of HMB Planning Commission
      • Coastside County Water District (CCWD)
      • Coastside Fire Protection District
      • Granada Community Services District (GCSD)
      • Half Moon Bay City Council
      • MidCoast Community Council (MCC)
      • Montara Water and Sewer District (MWSD)
      • San Mateo County
      • San Mateo County Harbor District
      • Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside (SAM)
  • BUZZ Calendar
  • BUZZ Directory
    • View the Directory
    • How it Works - Join Today
  • About
    • Promotion
    • Buzz Productions : Photo-Essays, Podcasts, Audiobooks and Videos
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Founder Bio
  • Contact
  • Elections 2022
You are here: Home / Home Top List / Raging WildFire? ~ Get Your Go Bag Ready and Ranches Practice Large Animal Evacuation

Raging WildFire? ~ Get Your Go Bag Ready and Ranches Practice Large Animal Evacuation

October 10, 2017 by Michelle

Raging WildFire? Are You and Your Family Prepared? Ranchers can look to LAEG

What would happen if there were a tree crown fire in El Granada, Moss Beach, Montara or Pacifica, or Skyline?

It has never happened, yet. Luckily, the distance between the ground vegetation and the crown has always allowed ground fires to be put out before reaching the crown of the trees. But this year, there is a LOT of ground-vegetation.  It is more important than ever that we prepare.  Generally, most residents must consider 100 feet defensible space preparation around each house.

~ Michelle Dragony, CERT Trainer (Community Emergency Response Team)

Residents

Things to think about this fire season:

  • SIGN UP FOR SMC Alert today.  Have everyone you know do the same. The cell towers may burn, but in case they don’t, this is the best way to keep up with what is a fast-moving and quickly-changing situation.
  • Second Story Escape: Do you have a way to get down from a second story, if the fire is on the lower floor?
  • Have a go bag in your car all the times. Decide if leaving the car in the garage, driveway or street depending on what is best for your situation. If you are away from home, you may not be able to get back home. Glasses, Meds, food bars, water, cards, blankets, extra set of clothes, diapers.  Much of this you will have with you already, but be aware when you leave the house what you have, and don’t have.
  • Have Home Go Boxes for the car. Decide what you would want to take if you were awakened by an evacuation knock on the door ~ you have 5 minutes, maybe less.
  • Never have less than half a tank of gas in your car at any time. Power out, so is gas pump. Even if there is power, it is in your best interest to get out quickly.
  • DEFENSIBLE SPACE. Landlords, tenants and vacant lot owners must work together. Vacant lots with weeds could provide enough fuel, especially with wind, to set every house on its perimeter alight. 100 feet of safety. Go around and inform neighbors, they may not know! Or they may no be able to wack the weeds and may need help. It in everyone’s interest to create defensible space.

Ranchers

The LAEG (Large Animal Evacuation  Group) holds an evacuation workshop and drill every spring.

This yearly workshop, held at Robin Camozzi’s horse boarding ranch, Ember Ridge, is always very educational. Cal Fire’s Moss Beach engine company participated again this year. The workshop covered basic large animal handling (horse, steer, and goats/llamas) with hands-on practice in haltering, herding, handling, and trailer loading (horse only).

SMC LAEG Players

Kris Thoren  (contact her for more info kthoren33@gmail.com )
Linda Freifeld
Robin Camozzi
Laura Camozzi
Mark Hawthorne
Lee Copeland
Sandra Cockrell
JB Cockrell
Stacy Claitor
Lynn Turner
Robin Ward

Assistant for Training (not official LAEG member yet, as she is 17 years old)

Jordan Padilla

Prospective LAEG Members

Lisa Michaelis
Carol Michaelis

Cal Fire

Chief Tim Shiffer
Aaron Cagle
Michael Rosskopf
Forrest Rowell
LAEG2017a LAEG2017b LAEG2017c LAEG2017d LAEG2017f LAEG2017h

Related

Filed Under: Coastside Disaster Preparedness, Coastside Fire Protection District, Home Top List, Podcasts, Public Agencies Tagged With: crownfire, elgranada, evacuation, fire, goats, horses, montara, mossbeach, wildfire

Follow Us!

CoastsideBuzz Instagram Icon Link Coastsidebuzz Facebook Icon Link

Coastside CERT

We are an emergency preparedness volunteer organization focused on creating a ready and resilient community along the San Francisco Bay Area coast from the southern side of the Tom Lantos Tunnel (Devil’s Slide) to Tunitas Creek Road.

Emergency Prep Resources

The average Coastsider may not be aware of the many emergency preparation resources available to us! Here’s a list of many of those resources.

KHMB LOGO AM-FMKHMB AM 1710 and FM 100.9

KHMB Radio AM 1710 and FM 100.9 is our local Emergency Radio Station. You would still want to tune in to KCBS for Bay Area wide emergency news.  Make sure you have a radio!
Go to: KHMB or KHMBRadio.com to tune in.

CEC logo-jCEC – Coastside Emergency Corp

From Waddell Creek to Devil’s Slide and up to Skyline are 4 Branches of emergency prepared coastside citizens that are forming. They include many emergency disciplines.
Go to: CEC Portal

CERTCERT Teams – Community Emergency Response Team

Trainings are offered a couple of times per year up and down the coast CERT volunteers are forming Neighborhood Watches to help their neighbors get prepared.
Go to: FEMA page on CERT

ceap

CEAP

Charise McHugh of the Half Moon bay Chamber of Commerce has worked for several years to organize businesses on the coastside in an emergency via the Coastside Emergency Action Plan). If you are a business and have not already participated, please contact the Chamber. In an emergency we need to know where our resources are and how to deploy materiel, and how to get refunded by FEMA.
Go to: HMB Chamber Page on CEAP

smc

SMC Alert

It is a free alert system that will come to your cell phone, your tablet or computer, or all three. There is no charge, although your carrier may charge for texts. This is the best way to stay on top of traffic accidents.
Go to: SMCAlert.info to sign up

mrcMRC – Medical Reserve Corps

Doctors and nurses work together to become the backbone of an emergency medical situation. Coastside Emergency Experts will tell you that the Coastside will be on its own in a major earthquake disaster for 5-7 days. And we no longer have a Medical Reserve Corps on the Coastside! Contact mdragony@coastsidebuzz.com if you are interested in creating a new chapter.

hamHAM Radio

ARES—Amateur Radio Emergency Service—of Half Moon Bay
Go to: their website

red crossRed Cross

We have several Red Cross trailers on the Coast. Take a Red Cross class so you can help in one the shelters during a disaster.
Go to: Sign up for a class or Contact Local Red Cross volunteer Jim Holley

nextdoorNextDoor

Have you signed up with Next Door? Next Door is a great social media tool that will help you stay up to date with what is going on in your neighborhood and other neighborhoods on the Coast.
Go to: NextDoor.com to sign up.


michelleMichelle Dragony, founder of CoastsideBUZZ.com, is also a civilian CERT trainer working with Dave Cosgrave, Cal Fire Battalion Chief of Half Moon Bay, and Ari Delay, Cal Fire Battalion Chief of La Honda. Email here at mdragony@coastsidebuzz.com if you have any questions.

Civic Bell
LPG Logo
Half Moon Bay Coastside Tours Logo thumbnail
KHMB Coastside Radio logo
Half Moon Bay Chamber of Commerce Logo
Pacifica Chamber
surf-shop mavericks
hmb review Oceano Hotel and Spa
hmb brew co logo

Coastside Buzz

About
Contact

Work With Us

Promotion
Buzz Productions

CoastsideBuzz Newsletter

Join Us on Facebook

Join Us on Facebook

Search

© Copyright 2023 · CoastsideBuzz.com · Half Moon Bay, California · All Rights Reserved

 

Loading Comments...