Wednesday, May 13, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Being prepared for
fire evacuation
WILDFIRE: Access
is key to safety
in a wildfire
Part of living in wildfire country involves being ready 4
having a plan and preparations in place to evacuate.
Emergency officials strongly advise locals to sign up
for Deschutes Emergency Alerts. The Deschutes Alert
System (DAS) can be used to notify the public with
important information during an emergency. Alerts can
be sent to cell phones 4 but only if your number is reg-
istered. Sign up at https://www.deschutes.org/911/page/
sign-deschutes-emergency-alerts.
Make arrangements with friends who have trailers and
space for animals.
Extra advance planning may also be necessary if you
are dealing with people who have mobility issues or special
medical needs.
Planning for evacuation doesn9t have to be on the scale
of a military operation 4 it just requires some thought and
effort when things are calm.
=It doesn9t take all day to at least think it through and
come up with a plan,= Sgt. Garibay said.
The website www.readyforwildfire.org offers extensive
tips for evacuation:
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Emergency Supply Kit Checklist
• Three-day supply of non-perishable food and three gallons of
water per person.
• Map marked with at least two evacuation routes.
• Prescriptions or special medications.
• Change of clothing.
• Extra eyeglasses or contact lenses.
• Extra set of car keys, credit cards, cash or traveler’s checks.
• First aid kit.
• Flashlight.
• Battery-powered radio and extra batteries.
• Sanitation supplies.
• Copies of important documents (birth certificates,
passports, etc.).
• Don’t forget pet food and water! (The website also offers
extensive tips on preparing for pet evacuation).
Items to take if time allows:
• Easily carried valuables.
• Family photos and other irreplaceable items.
• Personal computer information on hard drives and disks.
• Chargers for cell phones, laptops, etc.
• Always keep a sturdy pair of shoes and a flashlight near your
bed and handy in case of a sudden evacuation at night.
Sometimes residents feel compelled to stay to try to
defend their home. Firefighters and other emergency per-
sonnel strongly advise against this impulse. Not only does it
put the homeowner in danger, it endangers firefighters and
law enforcement personnel, because they are duty-bound to
try to help you if you9re in danger.
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where combustibles are kept
cleared away, trees limbed
back and landscaping crafted
with plants that don9t readily
ignite and carry fire.
Steps to create defen-
sible space and tips on fire-
resistant landscaping may be
found at www.firefree.org.
Additionally, products are
available to spray on your
home that can enhance its
resistance to fire. Those have
to be applied well before any
crisis develops and should be
part of a program of defensi-
bility and not a substitute for
defensible space.
Another critical element
in giving firefighters a fight-
ing chance is making sure
they can get into and out of
your property safely.
Firefighters have to be
able to drive in to a property
and have to be able to turn
an engine around so they can
escape quickly. If a property
doesn9t allow for that, a fire
chief won9t send firefighters
in 4 because they would be
risking their lives.
That continues to be a
problem in the Cloverdale
Fire District.
Chief Olsen said that
in his neighborhood alone,
<I9ve got six driveways
where I know we can9t get a
fire truck to their house.=
Property owners are
advised to limb trees back
to make sure a fire truck can
get in and turn around 4 and
that work should be done
before fire season gets under-
way. Also, it is important to
make sure that fire-numbers
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Clearing access means your home can be defended.
are readily visible so that
emergency personnel can
identify where homes are.
Sgt. Garibay says, <There
are places in this county
where you could drive past
a house and not know there
was a house there.=
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