Learn how to sign up for alerts, make an evacuation plan based on where you live, and find more information about evacuation from official sources.
Make YOur Household Evacuation Plan
Defensible space and home hardening protect your home and slow or stop fire spread. Making a plan before a fire ignites will help you evacuate faster.
Sign Up for Emergency Alerts
To evacuate faster, sign up for official emergency alerts.
AC Alert
AC Alert (Alameda County Alert): Sign up to receive detailed alerts via phone and email.
genasys protect app
Download the Genasys Protect App to get real-time evacuation alerts on your phone.
MAKE PLANS FOR FIRE WEATHER AND EVACUATION
All Berkeley residents should have a basic evacuation plan. Make your basic evacuation plan using our Evacuation Planning Worksheets.
Some Berkeley hills residents should also have specific plans for fire weather. When winds are strong and conditions are dry, a fire that starts can move fast. This could be faster than people can evacuate. Make your fire weather plan using our Evacuation Planning Worksheets.
PLAN WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS
Evacuation works best when neighbors plan together. Talk with your neighbors now about your plans, how you’ll stay in contact, who may need assistance, and opportunities to carpool or help one another leave safely during Extreme Fire Weather or a fire evacuation.
Don’t know your neighbors? Use our guidance and tools on meeting your neighbors and forming a neighborhood group.
Check BerkeleyReady.Eventbrite.com for trainings that prepare you to help your neighbors develop evacuation plans and get ready for Extreme Fire Weather and fire evacuation.
LEARN MORE
Visit BerkeleyCa.gov/wildfire to learn about fire weather and how to make your household fire weather and evacuation plans.
Visit Berkeley’s Evacuation Storymaps to explore key findings from Berkeley’s Evacuation Study. See fire spread modeling and learn strategies to speed up your evacuation time.