2020 SCU/CZU Lightning Complex Fires

Summary of Impact on SCCo ARES/RACES Activities

08/22/2020 Drill: Quarterly City/County Drill

Canceled outdoor F3 credential evaluations due to air quality issues

Precautions

Step 1: Be sure you can get alerts and warnings from Santa Clara County officials

Sign up for AlertSCC or verify that your existing information the the system is correct. The county will use this information to contact you about emergency conditions, such as evacuation warnings and orders. This is what is commonly refered to as “reverse 911.”

Step 2: Be sure you can get alerts from us (ARES/RACES)

Log into our Activities Database. Go to “My Contact Info” and enter your contact info into the AlertSCC section.

Important: Be sure to also complete Step 1 above. Entering information in our database does NOT enter you into the county’s database. Our database is only used by us (ARES/RACES) when we need to reach out to amateur radio operators to request communications support.

Step 3: Review your plan

Review your emergency plan with your family. Make sure everyone knows where to meet, what to do.

Make sure you’re ready to leave if you need to evacuate (food, clothing, medicine, fuel for you vehicle, radios, etc.).

News

Stay tuned to your local news source. Things change much faster than we can keep up with on a static web page.