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PALISADES FIRE RESOURCES 🚨

PALISADES FIRE RESOURCES 🚨

UPDATED INFO FOR PALISADES FIRE

  • MEDIA ADVISORIES, PRESS CONFERENCES, & PRESS RELEASES

  • ROAD CLOSURES:

    • LA County Road Closures: The latest information from Public Works

    • CHP - West Valley: Road closure info from California Highway Patrol (note: socials haven’t been updated)

      • PCH closed from McClure Tunnel in Santa Monica to Topanga Canyon (only open to emergency vehicles)

      • Malibu Canyon Road closed from Piuma to PCH (only open to emergency vehicles)

      • Piuma closed from Malibu Canyon Road to Rambla Pacifico (only open to emergency vehicles)

      • Cold Canyon closed from Piuma to Mulholland (only open to emergency vehicles)

      • Las Virgenes Road closed from Mulholland Hwy to Malibu Canyon Road (lane closed)

UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION (Apps & Websites)

  • Watch Duty App: See updated active fire perimeters, live wildfire cameras, power outages, evacuation information, and receive local alerts. Pro tip: Annual membership allows you to also view active firefighting aircraft flight paths.

  • Monte Nido on NextDoor: View updates from neighbors and keep each other informed of any boots-on-the-ground activity. Please share your photos and videos with our neighbors. It helps tremendously with any gaps in communication. Pro tip: If you’d like to protect your privacy, you can make your post only available to Monte Nido residents.

  • Cal-Fire: View status update reports, assigned resources, damage assessments, and more

  • County of Los Angeles: For overall emergency information

  • City of Los Angeles Fire Department: For updated fire alerts

  • Lost Hills Sheriff Station: Local sheriff’s station

  • Las Virgenes Municipal Water District: stay up-to-date on water conservation and boil alerts. Please note NO BOIL ALERTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED AT THIS TIME. LVMWD water is safe to drink. Residents are being asked to conserve water to assist first responders in fighting the fire and protecting homes.

  • Accuweather Air Quality Index | IQAir Air Quality Map: Check to see if level of pollution is unhealthy for sensitive groups (if so, wear masks)

  • Photos and Videos

LEADERSHIP

EVACUATION CENTERS

  • Calvary Community Church: (5495 Via Rocas, Westlake Village, CA 91362)

  • El Camino Real Charter High School: (5440 Valley Circle Boulevard, Woodland Hills, CA 91367)

  • Pasadena Convention Center: (300 E Green Street, Pasadena, CA 91101)

  • Stoner Recreation Center: (1835 Stoner Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90025)

  • Westwood Recreation Center: (1350 S Sepulveda Blvd 90025) is open for evacuees and accepts small animals. It is now also serving as shelter, allowing residents to remain overnight.

FAMILY ASSISTANCE

  • Cheviot Hills Recreation Center (2551 Motor Ave, 90064) To assist families affected by the Palisades Fire in seeking information about missing loved ones whom they cannot locate. At the Cheviot Hills Recreation Center, operated by the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Police Department will be present to take missing persons reports. The Mayor’s Crisis Response Team, American Red Cross, LA County Medical Examiner’s Office, and LA County Department of Mental Health will provide information and support. HOURS: Friday 1/10: 9AM - 6PM and Saturday 1/11: 8AM - 5PM

  • Disaster Assistance: Apply to FEMA disaster assistance

  • Temporary Housing: Airbnb.org along with 211 LA is offering free temporary housing for residents who are displaced or forced to evacuate due to the recent wildfires

  • Free Car Rides: Uber and Lyft are offering free rides to shelters for evacuees, up to $40 for Uber (promo code “WILDFIRE25”) and up to $25 for Lyft (promo code “CAFIRERELIEF25”). You must enter the promo code in the Wallet section of the app before requesting your ride to the designated location. Each user can use the code for two rides maximum

ANIMAL EVACUATION CENTERS

Small Animals

  • El Camino High School: (5440 Valley Circle Blvd, Woodland Hills)

  • American Red Cross Sheltering Site with mobile animal shelter

  • Agoura Animal Care Center: (29525 Agoura Rd, Agoura Hills, CA)

  • Baldwin Park Animal Care Center: (4275 Elton St, Baldwin Park, CA)

  • Carson Animal Care Center: (216 W Victoria St, Gardena, CA)

  • Castaic Animal Care Center: (31044 Charlie Canyon, Castaic, CA)

  • Downey Animal Care Center: (11258 Garfield Ave, Downey, CA)

  • Lancaster Animal Care Center: (5210 W Ave I, Lancaster, CA)

  • Palmdale Animal Care Center: (38550 Sierra Hwy, Palmdale, CA)

Large Animals

  • Pomona Fairplex: (1101 W McKinley Ave, Pomona, CA)

  • Industry Hills Expo: (16200 Temple Ave, City of Industry, CA)

  • LA Equestrian Center: (480 Riverside Dr, Burbank, CA) is open for evacuation of large animals

  • Castaic Animal Care Center: (31044 Charlie Canyon, Castaic, CA)

Wildfire Preparedness

Monte Nido is a beautiful place to call home.  However, as a part of the “Wildland Urban Interface”, the threat of wildfires come as a part of the tradeoff for that beauty. Living in the Wildland Urban Interface begins by maintaining your home in a way that firefighters can defend in the event of a wildfire.  The following government resources can assist in your preparation.


Creating and maintaining defensible space is essential for increasing your home’s chance of surviving a wildfire. A key component of that is brush clearance. The LA County Fire Department has prepared Ready, Set, Go!: a short video and 16-page brochure succinctly defining how to create a defensible space around your home. 

If you are not in the evacuation area but are near to it, we ask you to please be prepared.

  • Have a go bag and plan.

  • Stay informed via LAFD Alerts and local news

  • For more tips and resources: Ready, Set, Go!


    Here are the three most urgent steps to creating defensible space:

  1. Clear away dead trees, brush, and vegetation within at least 100ft (200 ft. is safer in our high fire severity zone!) of your home. Doing so removes fuel for the fire. If you spend an hour each weekend on these tasks, doing so becomes less daunting. 

  2. Place 1/16-inch to 1/8-inch metal mesh over attic vents and soffits to prevent embers from entering your home. Homes usually are not ignited by a flame front but rather by the ember wash that comes through. Embers can be blown into small openings in your house and catch attics or concealed spaces on fire. By covering these openings with 1/8 inch screening, you eliminate that possibility. 

  3. Remove leaves and debris from roofs and gutters. Leaves and debris can quickly ignite and spread, threatening your home for the required 200 feet from structures, retrofitting your home with fire-resistant materials and preparing you to safely evacuate well ahead of a wildfire. 

LA County Fire Department  manages the Brush Clearance Inspection Program. Check out the program as described in a 9:15 minute You Tube video explaining specifically what brush clearance is required to create a defensible space for fire fighters in the event of a wildfire.  Please make sure you or contractors you hire remove or chip on site all cut vegetation and dispose of all cut vegetation properly, at a licensed disposal site. 

Los Angeles County has provided Los Angeles Emergency Survival Guide, a 100 page booklet providing information for all different types of emergencies including wildfires.  It is a bit less specific on brush clearance and wildfire preparedness, and more helpful for developing a Family Emergency Plan.

Other Information

Cal Fire Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone

State of California has designated Monte Nido a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone (VHFHSZ).  This FHSZ designation is meant to help limit wildfire damage to structures through planning, prevention, and mitigation activities/requirements that reduce risk.   Cal Fire has published a map showing Monte Nido lies within the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone.in the State Responsibility Area (as opposed to Local Responsibility Area).CalFire created the Ready for Wildfire webpage with a handy app to create a wildfire preparedness plan, directions on receiving text messages on wildfire incidents near you and a brief, clear evacuation guide.

Local Coastal Plan

Monte Nido lies within the jurisdiction of the Santa Monica Mountains Local Coastal Plan, providing Coastal Development Permits (CDP) for new construction or significant remodeling or repurposing of an existing property. To the extent such CDP specifies particular brush clearance on your prospective building site, you will want to consult the plan

Governor’s Office of Emergency Services or Cal OES

To stay updated on evacuation orders and other key emergency information in your area, sign up for alerts here. 

Handbooks & Manuals