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Peg has decided to blog to spotlight non-profits you may not have heard of, address local education issues, and provide social commentary on local, state, national and international issues to get things “off her chest." This may induce laughter, or rage, depending on your perspective. Peg is best known as a community activist. After graduating with a UCSB Sociology degree with an emphasis in American Socialization she began writing freelance articles for newspapers. For twenty years she had a special event company. Her first, foremost and favorite role is as mother to her two children. Her minimal spare time is spent writing, reading, gardening, practicing yoga, and planning travel adventures.

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Fire and Emergency Information on Internet

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Contributed by: Peg Hicks-Moore on 10/26/2007

In this modern age of multiple forms of communication you would think it would be far easier to find updated, real-time information about what is going on in the community, state, and world. However, using my radio and television to learn about the recent California fires left gaps in my education.

Those of us in Camarillo were surrounded by the Canyon Fire in Malibu (4,500 acres), the Nightsky Fire in Santa Rosa Valley (35 acres), the Ranch Fire North of Lake Piru and Fillmore (56,000 acres), the Magic Incident 3 miles east of the Ventura County Line (2,800 acres), and in SB County the Sedgewick Fire (710 acres). The sky was black, and it wasn't evident how close any of them were.

Either I had to listen to talk radio about other topics, or listen to music in between short blurbs on fire conditions. For television we have DISH network, and our package of shows through our satellite feed did not provide us with local programming. I could watch an LA station describe the Malibu fire in detail, but receive little word on the Nightsky fire less than10 miles from my home.

If you have internet access, I found the following sites to provide good information.If you know of other informative sites, please add them to this blog for future reference.

Ventura County Fire Department Home Page:

http://fire.countyofventura.org

Fireline Page:

http://38.101.117.146/fireline/index.html

California Fire News:

http://calfire.blogspot.com/

Emergency Digital Information Service:

www.edis.ca.gov/

Los Angeles County Fire Department:

http://fire.lacounty.gov/

FEMA: Get Disaster Information:

www.fema.gov/hazard/index.shtm