Crime & Safety
Santa Cruz County Evacuation Zones Updated: Check Yours Now, County Says
As wildfires and natural disasters become increasingly common, officials urge Santa Cruz residents to "know your zone."
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA — Santa Cruz County residents are urged to know their designated evacuation zone in case of emergency.
Emergency zones can be found through Zonehaven, an emergency notification system that assists first responders and emergency agencies with coordinating evacuations in case of emergencies, such as wildfires or other natural disasters. ZoneHaven provides residents with emergency updates and resources, such as real-time shelter information, weather and traffic information.
Look up your Zonehaven evacuation zone.
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Updates were made to the county Zonehaven map in summer 2021.
Cal Fire and county emergency officials asked residents to "know your zone" after the zones were optimized "to be used during multiple types of events and build on lessons learned during the 2020 CZU Lightning Fires and subsequent debris flow planning and evacuations processes."
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"Residents should write down their zones and include that information in their family evacuation planning and disaster preparedness efforts," officials said last week in a joint statement.
Sign up for alerts on matters such as fire and flood evacuations, severe weather alerts and shelter-in-place alerts through the Code Red app or Santa Cruz Regional 911.
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