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Nevada County rolls out Ready Nevada County campaign, urges residents to "know your zone"

Nevada County Board of Supervisors · March 26, 2024
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Summary

County presenters described Ready Nevada County's Ready-Set-Go wildfire-preparedness framework, shared personal evacuation accounts and introduced ZoneHaven, a web tool residents can use to look up neighborhood evacuation zones that supplement CodeRED/Nixle alerts.

Nevada County officials on March 26 pressed residents to take concrete steps to prepare for wildfire season, describing a three-stage Ready, Set, Go approach and introducing a new mapping tool to make evacuations more precise.

At a county presentation, speakers summarized the Ready phase as education and home hardening: create 100 feet of defensible space, install fine-grain mesh on vents, use noncombustible decking and compile a 72-hour go bag with…

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