Be Disaster Ready
Climate Action Counts is a statewide effort mobilizing Californians to take everyday climate actions at home and in their neighborhoods. Take the pledge and help fight climate change by being disaster ready and more!
Be Disaster Ready!
Take necessary precautions to be disaster ready, whether it’s for wildfire, extreme heat, drought, flooding or something else. Have a go-bag packed, sign up for emergency alerts, create defensible space around your home and have an evacuation plan (and practice it).
Resources:
🔗 Are you Heat Ready, California? – HeatReadyCA
🔗 Ready for Wildfire CAL FIRE Safety & Preparedness Tips – HeatReadyCA
🔗 Prepare for Emergencies – Listos California
Did You Know?
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Increase in the likelihood of winter wildfires in California due to current levels of climate change
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Additional fire-weather days California now experiences each year compared to 50 years ago
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Extreme heat days projected annually for several California counties by 2025
Deaths
Heat-related deaths in California over the past decade, with thousands more hospitalized
Partner Spotlights
Cal OES is proud to help build a more resilient California by adapting to climate change. Every volunteer and community member who prepares alongside their neighbors can help lessen the impact of disasters and strengthen the fabric of our state. Together, we can turn individual actions into collective resilience.”
— Director Nancy Ward, Cal OES
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Cal OES leads the state’s efforts to mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters. From wildfires and earthquakes to floods, drought and public health emergencies, our mission is to protect communities and strengthen resilience across the state. With strong partnerships across the state, Cal OES empowers Californians to be ready for the challenges of today and tomorrow.
California Volunteer’s service corps and initiatives are so vital to our area. Climate Action Counts helps us connect with people of all ages and backgrounds based on their interest in taking climate action like being disaster ready. California Service Corps are force multipliers for good outcomes.”
— Emilyn Sheffield PhD, Professor (Emerita), Chico State
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Climate Action Counts helps us prepare and better support neighbors when emergencies occur, now the norm in our area. Chico State is fortunate to have California Climate Action Corps fellows serving year-round with local organizations, schools, agencies and tribal governments to increase emergency preparedness. Serving with partners and community volunteers, California Service Corps Fellows implement prescribed burns and fuel removal projects in parks and forests. Dead trees are milled on-site and upcycled. Fellows support planning efforts, staff emergency centers and share tested strategies — through board games, scavenger hunts and door-to-door canvassing — to help neighbors prepare for emergencies.
