Fire, Smoke, Power Outage Links You Should Know
Being a tech guy and our social media person I get and see a lot of questions about best methods and links on status of fire, smoke and power outages locally in our Sierra Nevada community.
Here are some links and screenshots on links that you will find helpful when trying to figure out what is going on during our fire season.
#1 Best Overall Resource for Fire, Smoke, Evacuations, Updates and more – YubaNet.com – YubaNet Fire News
Fire:
YubaNet.com Fire New and Links
YubaNet curates their interactive maps to show layers like you see here for evacuations and fire perimeter.
NWCG National Wildfire Coordinating Group – Fire Map
An interactive fire map that is visually different with yellow, orange and red dots.
Evacuations:
View Evacuations in Nevada County and get text messages. Placer County below.
Zone Haven Community Map for Evacuations
Find and remember your zone and sign up for alerts. This is only active in Nevada County which we found out when the map was cut in half during the River Fire as Placer County is not on Zonehaven.
Code Red Signup Page – You can signup as a guest or register.
Signup for text alerts on evacuations here.
Placer County Evacuations Map and Link:
Sign up for Placer County Emergency Alerts here, it does not seem to have a guest sign up so you’ll have to make and account with Everbridge.
With the Caldor Fire being in El Dorado County and Amador County but very close to Nevada and Placer County, YubaNet is again here for the rescue again with great reporting. Thank you YubaNet.com!
Smoke:
I check 3 different sites when it comes to air quality. I like to check similar areas too and zoom in and out.
*AQI can be different for a few reasons, one being the sensor is not in the same spot to compare, and another the way AQI is calculated. Most websites will tell you how they calculate their AQI – Air Quality Index.
My favorite part is that I can zoom out and see wind and a general idea without too many sensors.
Luckily today we have an AQI under 100!
The reason why IQ Air was listed #1 was that it combines a few different sources when calculating air quality and their app is quite nice. See a screenshot of the app below.
Air IQ Phone App:
AQICN.ORG – Grass Valley Sensor
I enjoy this website for it’s history and simplicity. If you scroll down you will also see history of Air Quality over the years which is very interesting.
I check all three including Purple Air, as they have the most air quality sensors, but sometimes it is too many for me as when you zoom out it gets hard to find the cities among the colored dots.
Power Outages:
Here is the PGE Power Outage Map Link
Get power outage alerts if you are customer here>>
I hope you will find these links helpful when looking for information locally about fires, evacuations, power outages and smoke. It has taken me a while to find the best places to find this critical information and now I hope you can support your people in times of need.
Important: When it comes to smoke, filtering air is critical and do so you will need reliable power. When PSPS’s come and fire knocks out power lines having solar, batteries and generators (all things we install) is essential to thriving not just surviving during fire season. Give us a call today to set up a consultation on how you can be prepared right now (530) 273-4422 or click contact us above to request service.
