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“Ready Contra Costa/ Listos Contra Costa”

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Contra Costa County reports: “In the winter, it is important to prepare and keep your loved ones safe during winter storms. In the summer, new weather-related threats arise in Contra Costa County, including wildfire, smoke, extreme heat, and power outages. Knowing where to find information on sandbags, flooding, power outages, road closures, and community alerts is essential.”

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Official release · Thu Oct 1, 5:12 PM

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“Ready Contra Costa/ Listos Contra Costa”

In the winter, it is important to prepare and keep your loved ones safe during winter storms. In the summer, new weather-related threats arise in Contra Costa County, including wildfire, smoke, extreme heat, and power outages. Knowing where to find information on sandbags, flooding, power outages, road closures, and community alerts is essential.

The opening, as Contra Costa County wrote it

14 documents linked2 quotesready.gov · cccfpd.org · earthquake.ca.gov · cchealth.org · caloes.ca.gov

The agency’s own wordsContra Costa County

Contra Costa County · Thu Oct 1, 5:12 PM

In the winter, it is important to prepare and keep your loved ones safe during winter storms. In the summer, new weather-related threats arise in Contra Costa County, including wildfire, smoke, extreme heat, and power outages. Knowing where to find information on sandbags, flooding, power outages, road closures, and community alerts is essential. These interconnected hazards can significantly impact the County’s most at-risk populations. Being prepared before an emergency occurs is crucial to keeping yourself and your community safe.

📺 🎥 Watch some ways you can be Ready for Contra Costa/ Listo Contra Costa.

Emergency Preparedness Videos:

Contra Costa County Community Warning System (CWS) Historia del Sistema de Advertencias Comunitarias (CWS) del Condado de Contra Costa

CAER / CWS Shelter-In-Place drill at St. Joseph's school, Pinole Simulacro de confinamiento de emergencia de CAER/CWS en la escuela St. Joseph's, Pinole.

Care & Shelter Public Service Announcement Operaciones del Refugio del Condado

Contra Costa County's Emergency Operations Center Centro de Operaciones de Emergencia

Disaster Preparedness Public Service Announcement Anuncio de Servicio Público sobre Preparación Para Desastres Ready Contra Costa Video Listo Contra Costa Video

Winter Preparedness Videos: Winter Preparedness Video Preparación para Tormentas Invernales Video

Para leer esta información en español, desplácese hacia abajo.

Summer Preparedness Videos: Heat Safety Public Service Announcement Video Anuncio de Servicio Público de Fuegos Artificiales Video Fireworks Public Service Announcement Video Anuncio de Servicio Público de Fuegos Artificiales Video

Here is more information:

• Sign up to receive emergency alerts from the Community Warning System at cwsalerts.com. Click on “Know Your Zone” to learn in advance what evacuation zone you are in.

• Make an emergency kit and family communication plan.

• Tips for Seniors and People with Disabilities (PDF).

• Prepare Your Pets for Disasters.

• View and download Contra Costa County Residents Guide to WildFire Preparedness & Evacuation.

• Learn about Defensible Space Self-Assessment. See information about weed abatement and defensible space. Visit Contra Costa County Fire Protection District at www.cccfpd.org.

• See ways to Prepare For A Power Outage (PDF)

• Visit the PG&E website for Outage Alerts. See PG&E support resources for accessibility, financial, language, and aging needs. Update your contact information with PG&E to ensure notifications of outages. To learn more about how to prepare for PG&E power outages, visit safetyactioncenter.pge.com. PG&E's official address lookup site is https://psps.ss.pge.com/.

• Please conserve energy. See Conservation Tips.

• https://earthquake.ca.gov /

• EBB Retrofit: Brace & Bolt Raised-Foundation Homes | CRMP

• Community Warning System

• Contra Costa Office of the Sheriff

• Costa County Fire Protection District

Prepararse antes, durante y después de condiciones climáticas extremas es esencial. Recuerde planificar con anticipación y asegurarse de que su kit de emergencia esté equipado con los artículos correctos, haga un plan de comunicación familiar y regístrese para recibir alertas de emergencia en cwsalerts.com.

• Regístrese para recibir alertas de emergencia del Sistema de Advertencia a la Comunidad en www.cwsalerts.com. Haga clic en "Conozca su zona" para saber de antemano en qué zona de evacuación se encuentra.

• Haga un kit de emergencia y un plan de comunicación familiar.

• Consejos para personas mayores y personas con discapacidades (PDF).

• Prepare a sus mascotas para desastres.

• Guía para Residentes del Condado de Contra Costa para a preparación y evacuación de Incendio Forestales.

• Obtenga información sobre la autoevaluación del espacio defendible. Consulte la información sobre la reducción de malezas y el espacio defendible. Visite el Distrito de Protección contra Incendios del Condado de Contra Costa en www.cccfpd.org

• Vea Preparándose Para Un Apagón (PDF).

• Visite el sitio web de PG&E para alertas de cortes de energía. Consulte los recursos de apoyo de PG&E para conocer las necesidades de accesibilidad, finanzas, lenguaje y envejecimiento. Actualice su información de contacto con PG&E para garantizar notificaciones de interrupciones. Para obtener más información sobre cómo prepararse para los cortes de energía de PG&E, visite https://www.safetyactioncenter.pge.com/es/. El sitio oficial de búsqueda de direcciones de PG&E es https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/es/addresslookup/.

• Por favor, conserve energía. Ver Consejos de conservación.

• https://earthquake.ca.gov/pagina-principal

• Sistema de Alerta Comunitaria

• Oficina del Sheriff de Contra Costa

• Distrito de Protección contra Incendios del Condado de Contra Costa

• Condado de Contra Costa

RESOURCES – State & Federal/ RECURSOS – Estatales y Federales

• Ready for Wildfire / Listo para incendios forestales

• CALOES Response Operations / Operaciones de respuesta CALOES

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SOCIAL MEDIA / REDES SOCIALES DEL CONDADO DE CONTRA COSTA

You can find preparedness messaging and emergency updates by following the social media sites below. Puede encontrar mensajes de preparación y actualizaciones de emergencia siguiendo los sitios de redes sociales a continuación.

@COCOCWS @CONTRACOSTAFIRE @CCCOUNT Y @COCOSOPIO @COCOHEALTH @ContraCostaEHSD @cccpublicworks

CONTRA COSTA SHERIFF’S OFFICE

CONTRA COSTA HEALTH SERVICES

LOCAL RADIO STATION FOR EMERGENCY ALERTS / ESTACIÓNES DE RADIOS LOCALES PARA ALERTAS DE EMERGENCIA

You can tune into these local radio stations to receive emergency information. Puede sintonizar estas estaciones de radio locales para recibir información de emergencia.

Radio Stations/ Emisoras de radio

For additional resources, visit Public Safety & Emergency Information. Para obtener recursos adicionales, visite Información de seguridad pública y emergencia.

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