Trinity County Sheriff Issues Evacuation Warnings

This is a press release from the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office:

Per the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office Zones ST-500 and SFT-501 are now under an Evacuation WARNING.
SFT-500

Surprise Creek at Trinity River, North following Trinity River to Mahala Creek, East to Hennessy Ridge/ 6N12, South East to 5N40 Road.
SFT-501

South Fork River at Underwood Creek, North following South Fork River to Surprise Creek, East following Surprise Creek to 5N40, South East to 5N60 Road, South to Panther Creek, West following Panther Creek to South Fork River.

Area residents and visitors in the above listed areas, if elderly, have medical issues, have small children, or have livestock and pets, need to be prepared to leave the area in case of increased fire activity.
While leaving the area use caution as emergency vehicles assisting with evacuations, structure protection and fire suppression efforts will be on the roadways.

For full zone descriptions, visit https://tinyurl.com/msmeb7mc

You can reach County OES on 530-623-1116 with questions.

Also more information can be found on https://www.trinitycounty.org/OES

Agencies involved:
Trinity County Sheriff’s Office
United States Forest Service
Trinity County Office of Emergency Services

Remember:

In the event of an incident and the need for evacuation, below is the statewide evacuation terminology-
EVACUATION ORDER: Immediate threat to life. This is a lawful order to leave now. The area is lawfully closed to public access.
EVACUATION WARNING: Potential threat to life and/or property. Those who require additional time to evacuate, and those with pets and livestock should leave now.
SHELTER IN PLACE: Go indoors. Shut and lock doors and windows. Prepare to self-sustain until further notice and/or contacted by emergency personnel for additional direction.
EVACUATION ORDER(S) LIFTED: The formal announcement of lifting evacuations in an area currently under evacuation.
HARD CLOSURE: Closed to all traffic except Fire and Law Enforcement.
SOFT CLOSURE: Closed to all traffic except Fire, Law Enforcement, and critical Incident resources (i.e. Utility, Caltrans, City/County roads etc. or those needed to repair or restore infrastructure).
RESIDENT ONLY CLOSURE: Soft closure with the additional allowance of residents and local government agencies assisting with response and recovery.

Enter your address in the box at the top here to see your zone’s evacuation status. Or see the whole map here.

Hill Fire Trinity County Evacuation Zone. Click to zoom.