Residents prepare for nearby wildfire with evacuation plans


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I could actually receive it on my little loop, you know, my DF loop. And so I thought I was right on top of it. In reality, not even close. Didn't have a good daring, though. Yeah, my biggest thing was I couldn't get a hold of my (name withheld). I kept calling and call on the call. And finally, as I came down Weiss Road, she called me and said, I smell smoking. I think I heard a siren. I'm like, no kidding. Yeah, but yeah, I got down here. I was able to remotely light off my, that's not the proper term, engage my fire suppression sprinkler routine. So basically it just does all the sprinklers for 10 minutes each. And, you know, that's, yeah, that was my first step and then as soon as I got in. I made sure that the fire trailer was running and the truck was running and everything was disconnected and I ran inside and made sure the (name withheld) was ready to rock. So, yeah, that's not exactly a short, a quick hit and now that I apologize, but an exciting day. And Sunday was relatively low key. So with that, over to you, Brian. Thanks again, and I'll go ahead and call 73 on that. Saturday you deserve a lower key Sunday for sure but interesting your fire suppression protocol there and yeah a lot of people who don't live in the foothills will not understand yeah we have a we have all of our documents this time of year placed in a fire safe box inside the safe ready to go at a moment's notice we have clothing you know just the basic requirements in a go bag just standing by by the back door. And we have a list on the fridge of just items that if we have more time than the grab and go to also grab as we exit. And yeah, it's living up here. You know, you can have a several hour notice. You can have even a couple minute notice. So we definitely are prepared.
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Auburn, CA
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