Evacuations and Evacuation Centers
Incident: Slide Wildland Fire
Released: 10/23/2007
CONTACT: Megan Blaney, Public Information Officer, (909) 356-3998
All mountain communities west of Snow Valley (except the communities of Cedar Pines Park and Valley of Enchantment) are under a mandatory evacuation order.
Residents in those communities should evacuate immediately and NOT wait to be told to leave.
California Highway Patrol and San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department are urging people to take State Route 18 and State Route 138 and NOT to use State Route 330.
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS: Lake Arrowhead and Cedar Glen, and all communities from Crestline east to Green Valley Lake and the Snow Valley area.
VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS: Cedar Pines Park, Valley of Enchantment and the area of Highland from north of Highland Avenue, east of 330 and west of Weaver are under voluntary evacuation orders.
Human Shelters: We are urging mountain residents to go to the Victorville fairgrounds at 14800 7th Street in Victorville. This shelter is accepting people and horses. The fairgrounds may be accessed via State Route 18 downbound to SR 138 to Northbound Interstate 15 and exit at Palmdale offramp in Victorville for the Victorville fairgrounds.
The Red Cross has also set up an evacuation center at the National Orange Show in San Bernardino. Please enter through Gate 9 on Arrowhead Avenue.
Animal Evacuations: The small companion animal shelter sites are the Devore Animal Shelter and San Bernardino Valley Humane Society. The livestock shelter sites are the Devore Animal Shelter and Glen Helen Rodeo Grounds. Horses may be transported to Victorville Fairgrounds. The National Orange Show fairgrounds in the City of San Bernardino has a temporary animal shelter and evacuation trailer.
For further information, please call the U.S. Forest Service at (909) 383-5688, the San Bernardino County Fire Information line at (909) 355-8800 or visit the county website at www.sbcounty.gov and click on Disaster Information at the top of the page.
