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Local Rules & Regulations

Santa Cruz County Backyard Burn Rules
Santa Cruz County Water Tank & Fire Hydrant Information - graphic showing current standards for home water tank / hydrant connections and in Santa Cruz County
How to lock your fire hydrant against water theft and still allow access to firefighters: Standard document and vendor website.

Wildland Fire And Disaster Preparation and Readiness

PreventWildfireCA.org - fire prevention information from CalFire
ReadyForWildfire.org - wildland fire preparedness from CalFire
Emergency Kit Information from: CalFire, CDC, Red Cross, FEMA, and our MNN article
Family Disaster Plan Information from: ready.gov, Red Cross and our MNN article
Santa Cruz County Equine Evacuation Unit
Caring for animals during a disaster, from ready.gov
Safe and Well - a Red Cross website for reconnecting after a disaster

Local Safety Resources - information to help Santa Cruz Mountains residents know more about their safety situation, learn what is happening when they hear sirens or see aircraft, be more informed, and better able to ask for help when it matters

How To Report An Emergency - and what to think about when you do
Emergency Information - how to learn about things happening on our mountain, so you can be better informed and safer when it matters
Who Answers Your 911 Call - a brief introduction to which agencies can be responsible for picking up when you call 911
What Happens When You Call 911 - a description of what happens when you call 911, how your call is handled, which agencies respond, and so on
Monthly Safety Considerations - a month by month list of ways to improve your safety and reduce the chances of having to call 911

Mountain Network News Article Archive - many LPVFR & safety related articles published in the MNN

Santa Cruz County Fire Documentation - reports about County Fire, CSA 48, budgets, and similar documents

Mountain Resident Sticker - a window sticker for your car that may help get you past road blocks on 17 in cases where only locals are allowed in

Storm Related Resources - where to get information during a major storm impacting our area

Fire Departments

Cal Fire Incident Information page
Cal Fire Statewide Fire Map Summit CERT - Community Emergency Response Team

Fire Safe Councils - local organizations working to reduce fire danger in the area

Air Pollution Control Districts

Bay Area Air Quality Management District

Air Quality Forecast - including Spare The Air alert announcements
Sign up for alerts & notifications

Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District

Current Air Quality
Spare The Air program - sign up for email spare the air alerts
Backyard Burn Permit program

For Kids

Smokey the Bear
Sparky the Fire Dog
US Fire Administration's Kids Page - fire safety information for children

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