It is important to be ready to evacuate before disaster strikes. Be prepared by ensuring you are signed up to receive alerts, you understand standardized evacuation terminology, and that you can quickly determine whether you are subject to an evacuation.
AlertSCC is an opt-in Santa Clara County specific alerting system. If you do not sign up, you will not receive these important alerts. This system provides you with the RIGHT information at the RIGHT time and will help you make the RIGHT decisions to stay safe during an emergency or disaster.
California has adopted standard evacuation terminology:
Evacuation Order: There is an immediate threat to life. This is a lawful order to leave now. The area under evacuation order is now lawfully closed to public access.
Evacuation Warning: There is a potential threat to life and/or property. Those who require additional time to evacuate, and those with pets and livestock should leave now.
Shelter in Place: Go indoors. Shut and lock doors and windows. Prepare to self-sustain until further notice and/or contacted by emergency personnel for additional direction.
Evacuation Order(s) Lifted: This is a formal announcement that evacuation orders in a specific area have been lifted.
Hard Road Closure: Roads in this area are closed to all traffic except fire and law enforcement.
Soft Road Closure: Roads in this area are closed to all traffic except Fire, Law Enforcement and critical incident resources (utilities, Caltrans, and others who need to repair or restore critical infrastructure).
Resident Only Road Closure: Soft closure with the additional allowance of residents and local government agencies assisting with response and recovery.
Santa Clara County Fire Department has adopted Genasys Protect to provide specific, timely and accurate information regarding evacuations. Genasys Protect divides geographic regions into smaller zones, based on several factors, and is accessible online.
By navigating to protect.genasys.com, you can view a map of area evacuations and search for specific addresses to determine if they are affected by an order, warning, or other advisement.
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