Preparedness/Roads

John's notes pertaining to roads

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1. Access, Access, Access: Emergency responders need to get us out, and themselves in. Here are ways that we can improve our roads:

- We need to reduce choke points so that fire and water trucks can get it and we can get out.

- Escape routes should be planned. Escape routes should not be on foot. Our steep canyon walls make escape routes challenging.

- A second road will not be an option, so we will have to work to improve our existing roads. Adding "pull outs" will be important.

- Road should ideally be 12-15 feet wide. Wider roads also last longer.

- Some residents driveways could be "designated" pull out areas.

- First person out should leave the gate open. There is a key to the gate behind the bulletin board.

- Are our water hydrants standard thread, or do they need adaptors?

- Consider steel posts on either side of each hydrant, and painting hydrants with reflective paint.

- Joan will send the neighborhood map and emergency plan to Rich Samson.

- Pescadero High School would likely be an evacuation center.

- Since evacuations are often in the middle of the night, roads should have lines and reflectors.

- Better Signage: Strongly recommends better road signs and house numbers. Cotton has offered to design a standard curbside house number system, with 3” reflective numbers.

- Fire fighters would likely use the girl scout camp as a staging area. There would likely be 1-2 trucks deployed per house. Approximately 10,000 gallons per structure.

- Note that its possible that local engines and fire fighters may be at another fire in another part of the state. So responders may be from out of the area and won't know our neighborhood as well as the local fire fighters do.

- Cal Fire wants to help us with an evacuation plan. Kevin Pearson is the Captain in Pescadero. Kelly Nelson is the queen of grants for the Fire Safety Council, we should contact her.

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