Riverside County Wildfire Evacuation Information Fact Sheet #CAFIRE

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Riverside County Wildfire Evacuation Information Fact Sheet #CAFIRE

#SILVERFIRE CAL FIRE / Riverside Fire Department / SBF / BLM
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS Poppet Flats, Silent Valley, Twin Pines, Twin Pines Ranch, Vista Grande, Mt. Edna, and south end of Cabazon (Peach, Plum & Eucalyptus Streets, Riza Street, Ida Avenue and Helen Avenue east to Elm Street).

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THE AMERICAN RED CROSS HAS OPENED EVACUATION CENTERS AT: Hemet High School 41701 East Stetson Avenue Hemet, CA Beaumont High School 39139 Cherry Valley Boulevard Beaumont, CA Animal Evacuation San Jacinto Valley Animal Campus 581 South Grand Avenue San Jacinto, CA
Mandatory Evacuation: Poppet Flats, Silent Valley, Twin Pines, Twin Pines Ranch, Vista Grande, Mt. Edna, and Cabazon

Update 08-08-2013 9:00 AM:
Due to the rapid growth of the Silver Fire, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department in cooperation with the CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Department/OES is updating the mandatory evacuation order for the following communities:

Poppet Flats, Silent Valley, Twin Pines, Twin Pines Ranch, Vista Grande, Mt. Edna, and the extreme south end of Cabazon (Peach Street, Plum Street, Eucalyptus Street, Riza Street, Ida Avenue and Helen Avenue east to Elm Street).
Preemptive fire containment measures have been started on the south side of the Larry Smith Correctional Facility in order to prevent any fire danger.

Evacuations Centers:
Hemet High School, Hemet
41701 East Stetson Avenue, Hemet, CA
Beaumont High School
39139 Cherry Valley Blvd, Beaumont, CA
Animal Evacuations
San Jacinto Valley Animal Campus
581 South Grand Avenue San Jacinto, CA

Riverside County Fire Incident Page http://www.rvcfire.org/_Layouts/Incident%20Information/IncidentInfoDetail.aspx?363

Red Cross Phone Number: 1-888-831-0031

Highway 243 is closed between Banning and Azalea Trail in Poppet Flats.

Please use 911 only for an emergency. We have had numerous calls placed to 911 that make it harder for emergency personnel to respond to actual emergencies.

Cooperating agencies: American Red Cross, Bureau of Land Management, CAL FIRE/Riverside, California Highway Patrol – Indio, March ARB, Morongo Fire Department, Riverside County Fire Department, Riverside County Fire Office Of Emergency Services, Riverside County Sheriff's Department, USFS – San BernardinoGetting Notified Links
Nixle Alert System - Notifications and alerts from the Riverside County Sheriff https://local.nixle.com/register/
Reverse 911 Early Warning - Riverside County Early Warning System http://www.countyofriverside.us/emergencies/ews.htmlMEDIA: Incident command post is now located at Noble Creek Park (Oak Valley Parkway & Elm Avenue, Beaumont)
PIO Deputy Albert Martinez
951 222 7536---------------------------------------------

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Thursday, August 8, 2013