AnonymousBy an edhat reader
I live near the Loma Fire and I didn’t receive a single emergency alert, Reverse 911, or anything about the fire that crept into my neighborhood. Edhat was the ONLY source of information I was receiving about what areas to evacuate. A neighbor down the street received a knock on the door from a firefighter, I did not receive such a courtesy.
What happened to the emergency alerts and city response? This is infuriating.
Try as I might, I can’t make any sense of your comment. I didn’t need smoke to know there was fire, I could see it out of my window.
The City needs to take responsibility for this. Our tax dollars pay them more than enough money, they get more and more every year, and we shouldn’t have to risk our lives for something that can be easily fixed. Reverse 911, text alert, a frickin’ loud speaker in the neighborhood. Whatever it takes to inform residents to get out. Whoever fell asleep at the wheel needs to be fired, no pension, ASAP.
You just missed it. It was listed as “Auto Aid”, with lots of assets responding.
Sounds like a socialist idea that you expect the City government to alert you personally about things happening outside your own door…?! How about some personal responsibility. Do you want to pay for such a fire dept communication service?
What about the cacophony of fire alarm bells didn’t inform you there was an emergency?
You have to sign up for the County reverse 9-1-1 program. That being said, there was most likely a lack of communication between the County Office of Emergency Service / County Dispatch initiating the “Reverse 9-1-1” as the call was in the City of SB jurisdiction… Someone on the City of SB’s side failed to notify the Reverse 9-1-1 initiation plan- I don’t know if City Dispatchers have the ability to initiate the plan on their own or if they have to go through someone or some organization within the County Emergency services… (?)
It’s time to award Murillo and the rest of the city hacks the “Nero Fiddled while Rome Burned” award for their ineptitude and failure to act, during what will doubtlessly become one of the worst fire seasons in Santa Barbara history. Failure of emergency alerts, Failure to mitigate obvious dangers. Failure to initiate a comprehensive response to the clear and present danger we are living under.