{"id":121798,"date":"2021-06-02T09:44:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T16:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=121798"},"modified":"2021-06-02T09:46:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T16:46:42","slug":"calaveras-oes-launches-red-flag-warning-flag-banner-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=121798","title":{"rendered":"Calaveras OES Launches Red Flag Warning Flag &#038; Banner Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>San Andreas, CA&#8230;In an effort to raise awareness of critical Red Flag Warnings, Calaveras County OES has partnered with our local Fire Departments, CALFIRE and local Schools to display Red Flag Warning banners during a Red Flag Warning.  What does a Red Flag Warning mean?  Here is some more information: The National Weather Service issues Red Flag Warnings &#038; Fire Weather Watches to alert fire departments of the onset, or possible onset, of critical weather and dry conditions that could lead to rapid or dramatic increases in wildfire activity. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/195407165_3852604221532581_6493549536622228453_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-121799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/195407165_3852604221532581_6493549536622228453_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/195407165_3852604221532581_6493549536622228453_n-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/195407165_3852604221532581_6493549536622228453_n-123x70.jpg 123w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/195407165_3852604221532581_6493549536622228453_n-570x322.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/195024964_3852602491532754_7201538436326875915_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-121800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/195024964_3852602491532754_7201538436326875915_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/195024964_3852602491532754_7201538436326875915_n-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/195024964_3852602491532754_7201538436326875915_n-123x70.jpg 123w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/195024964_3852602491532754_7201538436326875915_n-570x322.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/194650651_3852605904865746_410815744072836768_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-121801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/194650651_3852605904865746_410815744072836768_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/194650651_3852605904865746_410815744072836768_n-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/194650651_3852605904865746_410815744072836768_n-123x70.jpg 123w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/194650651_3852605904865746_410815744072836768_n-570x322.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Red Flag Warning is issued for weather events which may result in extreme fire behavior that will occur within 24 hours. A Fire Weather Watch is issued when weather conditions could exist in the next 12-72 hours. A Red Flag Warning is the highest alert. During these times extreme caution is urged by all residents, because a simple spark can cause a major wildfire. A Fire Weather Watch is one level below a warning, but fire danger is still high.<br \/>\nThe type of weather patterns that can cause a watch or warning include low relative humidity, strong winds, dry fuels, the possibility of dry lightning strikes, or any combination of the above.<\/p>\n<p>Here is how you can help:<br \/>\nWhen you see these banners, take prevention measures:<br \/>\n*Never mow or trim dry grass on a Red Flag Warning Day. (Mow before 10 a.m. on a day when its not hot and windy).<br \/>\n*Never use lawn mowers in dry vegetation.<br \/>\n*Spark arresters are required in wildland areas on all portable gasoline powered equipment.<br \/>\n*Never pull vehicles over in dry grass.<br \/>\n*Ensure trailer chains don&#8217;t drag on the ground.<br \/>\n*Never burn landscape debris like leaves or branches on NO Burn Days or when it&#8217;s windy or areas where not allowed.<br \/>\nWould you like to receive notifications when Red Flag Warnings are declared?  Log into your Calaveras Alert account, and select Weather Alerts!<\/p>\n<p>CAL FIRE Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit<br \/>\nCalaveras Consolidated Fire<br \/>\nCentral Calaveras Fire Fighters Association<br \/>\nMurphys Fire Protection District &#8211; Volunteer Firefighters Association<br \/>\nCopperopolis Fire Protection District<br \/>\nEbbetts Pass Fire Fighters Association<br \/>\nSan Andreas Fire Protection District<br \/>\nSouth County Fire Departments, Angels Camp &#038; Altaville Melones<br \/>\nWest Point Wilseyville Fire Association<br \/>\nMokelumne Hill Fire Protection District MHFPD<br \/>\nCalaveras County Office of Education<\/p>\n<p>Source = Cal OES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Andreas, CA&#8230;In an effort to raise awareness of critical Red Flag Warnings, Calaveras County OES has partnered with our local Fire Departments, CALFIRE and local Schools to display Red Flag Warning banners during a Red Flag Warning. What does a Red Flag Warning mean? Here is some more information: The National Weather Service issues [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,1,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","category-news","category-traffic-fire","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/195024964_3852602491532754_7201538436326875915_n.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}