Wildfire & Air Quality
FIRE SEASON IS FAR FROM OVER!
Fall is still fire season, especially with the extreme drought. Please continue to be fire safe and vigilant with your actions and evacuation plans. Sign up for El Dorado CodeRED - it is the single best way to stay informed in an emergency.
Plan, Prepare, Stay Aware + Evacuation
Be prepared, know your evacuation routes, and listen to law enforcement! Please remember evacuations are a very coordinated effort between all law enforcement, fire districts, Caltrans, and our county roads - it's a significant undertaking and planning between the agencies is extensive.
In the event of an evacuation, please remain calm, follow the instructions of the emergency personnel, and have an action plan ready before the fire strikes. Have your kit ready to go for every family member, know at least two ways out of your neighborhood, and remember to check all your apps, alerts and social media pages – officials will constantly be pushing out messages immediately and as fast as they can.
Don't wait for the evacuation order – if you feel threatened, leave - and leave as soon as the evacuation is recommended by any officials. Depending on where the fire is located, law enforcement will determine which evacuation route is best, and officials will be placed in strategic areas to direct people where to go. Please don’t stop to try and ask questions – this will delay everyone’s evacuation - trust they are directing you a safe way to get as many people out as quickly as possible. LEARN MORE
IMPORTANT WILDFIRE RESOURCES:
WITH FIRE SEASON COMES SMOKE!
If you can see or smell smoke, avoid all unnecessary outdoor activities, especially if you are in an area where visibility is greatly reduced.
Here are recommended ways to reduce your smoke exposure:
- Stay indoors with the windows and doors closed and if possible, run the air conditioner on the recirculation setting.
- Limit outdoor exertion and physical activity.
- Leave the smoke-impacted areas until conditions improve, if possible.
- Reduce unnecessary driving. If traveling through smoke-impacted areas, be sure that your vehicle's ventilation system is on recirculate.
- FYI: non-hepa paper face mask filters + bandana-type face coverings are not capable of filtering out extra fine particulates.
- View current and forecasted ozone levels on Spare the Air.
 Below is the case update for Friday, August 6, 2021
- 96 cases (11,566)
3 in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz;
17 in El Dorado Hills;
3 Diamond Springs/El Dorado;
3 in North County;
13 in Greater Placerville;
9 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue;
2 South County;
42 in Lake Tahoe region;
4 awaiting address confirmation (total awaiting address confirmation is 111)
- 8 aged 0-17,
60 aged 18-49,
17 aged 50-64,
11 aged 65+;
0 date of birth unknown (total date of birth unknown is 13)
- (855) additional negative test results
- 28 assumed recoveries (10,595)
- 14 hospitalizations/4 ICU
- No additional deaths (121)
Rates:
- Adjusted case rate: 18.0
- Positivity rate: 9.6%
- Health equity quartile positivity rate: 11.6%
Vaccine measures:
- Cumulative fully vaccinated: 93,760 (48.6%)
- Cumulative with at least one dose: 105,778 (54.8%)
 The Clean Up The Lake team of scuba divers who are cleaning all 72 miles of Lake Tahoe have now recovered 8,123 pounds of trash from below the surface. Since May, they have cleaned up more than 22 miles along the East Shore, pulling up 9,281 pieces of trash. Thank you to Tahoe Blue Vodka for the $100,000 matching gift that inspired more than 135 Tahoe Fund donors, including $25,000 from Vail Resorts, to support this important project.
The California Tahoe Conservancy's August 2021 Newsletter is now available online. This month features:
- What lessons does the Tamarack Fire have for land managers?
- A video on reducing wildfire at Van Sickle Bi-State Park.
- Update on the Truckee Marsh.
- Future fuel reduction projects.
- Update on the South Tahoe Greenway.
- Improving forest health on Conservancy Lands.
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