The Nevada City Fire Department provides emergency services by responding to structure fires, emergency medical incidents, rescues, hazardous materials incidents, automobile fires and wildland fires.

Web pages from above with visible url links:

• Nevada City Fire Department - https://www.nevadacityca.gov/pview.aspx?id=20712&catid=564

211 Connecting Point can refer people to other 211 call centers in California and around the USA. 211 Contact Center Representatives can access a PDF document for California that contains County, Phone Number, Lead Entity, Website, and State Region served. To find contact centers around the United States visit https://www.211.org/about-us/your-local-211

You can also call 866-FIND-211 (866-346-3211) to find your county's 211 in California. Your call can be transferred to your local 2-1-1.

(Note: If you work at a 2-1-1 in California and would like your county to route appropriately through the 866-find-211 phone line, please contact Eve Hamilton at ehamilton@icfs.org.)

 

California 211 Direct Phone Numbers

2‑1‑1 is a free telephone number providing access to local community services. 2‑1‑1 is available in multiple languages, allowing people access to information and to obtain referrals for resources such as physical and mental health, housing, utility, food…

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211 Connecting Point does sign-ups for the County of Nevada's Office of Emergency Services (OES) Code RED alert system. Code RED offers notifications to county residents in case of emergencies or other critical community situations requiring alerts. Alerts may be received by means of text, email, landline, cell phone, and TTY. CodeRED is a product of the company called OnSolve. All Nevada County residents are encouraged to sign up. See below for info specific to the Truckee area.

Sign Up for Alerts
Online form allows users to enter their contact information and preferred communications methods.

• ENROLL: https://public.coderedweb.com/cne/en-US/CA8B57E20D17

Assistance Signing Up for Alerts
211 Connecting Point does Code Red sign-ups for UNMANAGED accounts (accounts without a username and password). Unmanaged accounts are also known as Guest accounts. See more info below about managed accounts.

Support
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211 Connecting Point provides information about disaster preparedness.

• Listos California Disaster Preparedness Info - https://www.listoscalifornia.org/disaster-preparedness/
• Resources - https://www.listoscalifornia.org/resources/ -  Listos California has free materials in many languages that you can use and share to promote disaster preparedness in your home and community. Find documents such as the Disaster Ready Guide and First Aid Kit for Your Mind.
• Disaster Directories by County - https://www.listoscalifornia.org/prepare-your-community/toolkit/disaster-directories-english/ - 58 Disaster Directories for each California county, with information to help highly vulnerable populations get ready for wildfires, earthquakes, floods and power shutoffs.
• Hazard Maps - show risk of earthquake, wildfire, and flood by county. https://www.listoscalifornia.org/prepare-your-community/toolkit/hazard-maps-english/

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Nationwide Emergency Alert Test
On Wednesday, October 4, 2023, beginning at approximately 11:20am PACIFIC TIME, FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA). The national test will consist of two portions, testing WEA and EAS capabilities.

The test and the loud audio alert will go to devices that receive signal such as cell phones, computers, radios, smart speakers, and TVs.

IMPORTANT - If you have a hidden cell phone because you are a survivor of domestic violence (or for some other reason), you will need to turn your phone off to avoid getting the loud audio alert from the test. 

• If a phone is off before the test alert is sent and not turned back on until after the WEA Test expires (approximately 30 minutes), the phone should not get the test message.
• See more info about silencing your phone for tests like this&nb…

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211 Connecting Point web page for winter weather resources for Nevada and Placer counties. https://211connectingpoint.org/2023-2024-winter-weather-resources/
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The Listos California Disaster Recovery Resources guides are available in English and Spanish and are at the links below (links are also on the web page in the RECOVERY section):

• Listos-Disaster Recovery Resources-English - https://www.listoscalifornia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/DisasterRecoveryResources_EN_web508.pdf
• Listos-Recursos de Recuperación Ante Desastres-Español - https://www.listoscalifornia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/DisasterRecoveryResources_ES_web508.pdf

Free Community Classes on life skills, work skills, health & wellness, and more. https://connectingpoint.org/cp-classes/ or call 530-274-5601

Classes may include

• Caregiver Essentials
• Confident Dementia Caregiver
• CPR and First Aid
• Nutrition
• Making Healthcare Decisions-Advance Directives and POLST Forms
• Ready Set Safe-Preparing for Disaster
• Stress Busters!

PSPS is a Public Safety Power Shutoff event. Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) may do a PSPS when danger of wildfires is high. PSPS Care Coordination is a program to help PG&E customers who have health and medical needs that require electricity. Care Coordination helps to get a plan in place for resources that can be used during a PSPS power outage event. Callers will receive a follow up call from Connecting Point staff so they can create their plan. The care coordination call will typically take 30-45 minutes.
 
Who qualifies?
Those who have access & functional needs, and/or are electricity dependent during a power outage (examples include medical equipment or medications that rely on power, accessibility equipment that relies on power, etc).
 
What is Care Coordination?
Care Coordination helps you create a safety plan by providing information about what to do before, during, and after a power outage. The Care Coordinator can help you:

• Build a list of emergency c…

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SAND & SANDBAGS
https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/1240/Sand-Sandbags-Available

No Cost to Residents
The Office of Emergency Services offers no-cost sand for Nevada County residents every year between November 1st and April 30th.
Please Note: Sand is available on a first-come-first-served basis, while supplies last. Residents are advised to please bring their own sandbags and only take what is needed. 
Sandbags are available for purchase online or at various local businesses such as:

• B&C Hardware
• A to Z Supply
• Hills Flat Lumber Co.

Self-service Loading
Bring a shovel and sandbags to take advantage of this no-cost service. Please only take what you plan to use for the protection of your personal property. This will enable us to continue to offer this free service.
Pick-Up Locations
Sand is available at the following locations:

• Next to the Nevada County Warehouse located at: the corner of Highway 49 and East Broad Street, Nevada City, CA 95959
• Penn Valley Fire Protection District is loc…

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The Grass Valley Fire Department provides fire suppression, emergency medical response, hazardous materials first response, fire prevention and safety education, fire investigation, fire code inspection, plan review, and pre-construction consultation services. https://www.cityofgrassvalley.com/fire-department

City of Grass Valley Emergency Preparedness Guide is here:
https://www.cityofgrassvalley.com/sites/main/files/file-attachments/emergency_prep_brochure_2019_grs_v.5.pdf?1582814072