Watsonville Evacuation Zones Updated: Check Yours Now, County Says

WATSONVILLE, CA — Watsonville residents are urged to check their designated evacuation zone after updates were made to the county Zonehaven map.

Zonehaven is 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.

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."

"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.

Look up your Zonehaven evacuation zone.