Category: Firewise Posts

7/21/22 Drill Starts at 10 AM this Saturday, July 23rdZoom Debrief follows at Noon (Zoom Login Here) Important Announcement: There will be an Alert Marin notification from the Marin Sheriff’s office to signal the start of our Wildfire Evacuation Drill on Saturday morning. Don’t panic. It’s a drill. This is a unique opportunity for all Bayside Acres…

Drill Starts at 10 AM this Saturday, July 23rd; Zoom Debrief follows at Noon Are You Ready Bayside Acres Neighbors? This is your chance to test your readiness and find out how long it will take you to pack your car with the items most important to you in the event of an Evacuation Order…

The second issue of the Bayside Acres Firewise Team’s Firewise News is hot off the press! Read it on the Firewise Newsletter page for all the details as well as access past newsletters. As in Issue #1, this newsletter is crammed with important and informative information about how to prepare for a wildfire and what…

Since “Practice Makes Perfect,” Bayside Acres Firewise Team (BAFT) has scheduled its first Wildfire Evacuation Drill for 10 am on July 23rd. BAFT is currently working with AlertMarin to send a practice alert to our Bayside Acres residents at 10am. Hopefully, we will be able to make that happen. Be sure you are signed up…

The Pt. San Pedro Road Coalition is hosting a Community Forum on Wildfire Prevention and Response on Saturday, July 16th from 10 AM to 11:30 AM at St. Luke Presbyterian Church, 10 Bayview Drive.  Members of San Rafael Fire Department Wildfire Mitigation Team will give a presentation. There is more information in the flyer below. Several wildfires have already occurred in San…

Your Bayside Acres Firewise Team conducted a community meeting to discuss wildfire evacuation planning and the upcoming (July 23 @ 10am) first Bayside Acres Evacuation Drill. The principal speaker was Quinn Gardner, Deputy Director San Rafael Emergency Evacuation. The video of this meeting can be viewed on the Bayside Acres YouTube Channel and the slide…

San Rafael Emergency Evacuation Manager Quinn Gardner will Answer Your Questions Dear Neighbors, If there is a fast approaching wildfire will you have enough time to evacuate when you receive an Alert Marin text? What should you do when you hear Marin County’s new Hi-Lo siren? How will you know whether to Shelter-in-Place or get…

Dear Neighbors, Despite our best Firewise efforts to clear defensible space and harden our homes, we all know that we need to be ready for a worst case wildfire emergency scenario. Wind-blown embers can travel a mile or more. So regardless of whether we live at the top of Bayside Acres bordering the San Pedro…

Our first Bayside Acres Firewise Newsletter is packed with four pages of time-sensitive resources and information. Our dry winter and gusty winds may have you wondering what you can do to protect your home from wildfire. Northern California’s official fire season begins in June, but there’s plenty to do now. And resources to help you. Did you…