Fallbrook Fire Safe Council

Wildfire Evacuation Checklist

Have an evacuation plan:

1. Familiarize yourself with the potential evacuation routes from your home (from Fallbrook for example)
   • North – either DeLuz Rd to Temecula or E. Mission to I-15N
   • South – S. Mission Rd. or Olive Hill Rd. to Hwy 76
   • East – E. Mission Rd. or Reche Rd. to I-15
   • West – Ammunition Rd. thru Naval Weapons Station/ Camp Pendleton
2. Have a rendezvous point to meet family members and others

Make a “To Go” Kit – the “Eight P’s”:

1. People & Pets
   • Medical Apparatuses, sanitizers, mask, etc.
   • Extra food and meds for pets
2. Papers, Phone numbers, documents
3. Prescriptions, vitamins, eyeglasses
4. Pictures & irreplaceable memorabilia
5. Personal computers (information on hard drive)
6. “Plastic”, i.e.  credit cards, ATM cards, health provider cards and cash
7. Personal & comfort items, i.e.  extra clothing, toiletries, pillows/bedding, etc.
8. Provisions, i.e.  food, snacks, water, etc.

Prepare your Home:

1. Inside:
   • Shut all windows and doors
   • Lock exterior doors
   • Leave your lights on so firefighters can see your house under smokey conditions
   • IF YOU HAVE TIME CONSIDER: Shut off gas at meter, turn pilot lights off. Shut off air conditioner
2. Outside:
   • Gather up flammable items and bring them inside the house of garage, i.e trash cans, patio furniture, garden hoses, etc.
   • DON’T leave water on or running
   • Turn off propane tanks
   • Walk around the house to double check all of the above
   • TIME PERMITTING, use fire-resistant materials (plywood) to cover up vulnerable areas on house, i.e. windows, vents, doggie doors, etc.

Actions:

1. Don’t wait to be told to leave, LEAVE EARLY — Leaving early makes it safer for you, your property and First Responders
2. Egress AWAY from fire
3. Follow evacuation enforcement agency’s directives

  

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