Evacuation Alerts

Most residents of 22 California counties with the worst wildfires in state history have not signed up for county emergency evacuation alerts. These systems send texts and emails and phone people to warn them to evacuate during disasters like wildfires.

Officials in Contra Costa County did not respond to requests for comment, and Lassen County was not able to provide the total number of registrants. Napa County uses a platform that only sends text messages.
Map: Liliana Michelena and James Bikales Source: Each county emergency department provided data. Get the data