First steps to protect yourself and your family:
Create an evacuation plan
Prepare your property and create “defensible space”
Know your evacuation plan
Our neighborhood's primary evacuation route is down College Avenue; please go down College if at all possible, as it will be easier for firefighters to find and assist you.
Our neighborhood’s designated emergency meeting location is the Calvary Church, 16330 Los Gatos Blvd. In coordination with the Los Gatos Police, Santa Clara County Fire, CERT and DART, the Town will set up an emergency center here and have emergency items like water, food, first aid, etc., available.
Make a family communication plan
Sample family communication plan
Contact the Santa Clara County Fire Safe Council to see if you can get a free fire risk assessment of your home
See the Fire Safe BusinessDirectory for vendors for wildfire preparedness supplies
A RED FLAG WARNING is a notice issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) that weather conditions in the next 24 hours may result in extreme fire behavior.
Learn more here.
Santa Clara County Fire Department Wildfire Preparedness Resources -County wildfire workshops, defensible space zones, guidelines for tree and plant spacing, fire-safe landscaping, home hardening, links to other resources
Webinar: Ready, Set, Go!
Town of Los Gatos Wildfire Preparedness - information and resources on defensible space and evacuation
Firesafe Council: https://sccfiresafe.org/
Webinar: Reducing Wildfire Risks in the Home Ignition Zone Webinar
Webinar: Recovering From Wildfires
Los Gatos Ordinance Amendments
Note that if our fire department finds that we are in non-compliance with any of the following ordinances and notifies us on what needs to be mitigated, not taking action may result in having a lien put on your property, being fined, or having other negative consequences.