Resources
Wildland Fire Safety
Information about fireproofing your grounds, your building and more.
Please visit our page to learn about:
Wildland Fire Safety
Helpful Links
PulsePoint Alerts
Download PulsePoint App
National Weather and Alerts
Weather Alerts
Evacuation Zones
Know Your Zone
Santa Cruz County Office of Response, Recovery, & Resilience
Information and Resources
Santa Cruz County Road Closures
Road Closures
PG&E Power Outage Map
Outage Map
Additional Emergency Alert Notifications
Alert Notification Apps
Yard Burning and Burn Permits
View air quality, apply for burn permits, view burn status and more at the links below:
Air quality: https://air.mbard.org/
Burn permits: https://www.mbard.org/open-burning
Burn status: https://ssl.arb.ca.gov/pfirs/cb3/cb3.php?id=9
Current burn status: https://burnpermit.fire.ca.gov/current-burn-status/
Apply for a burn permit: https://burnpermit.fire.ca.gov/apply-for-a-permit/
Burn days are determined by the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District. Please visit their website at: https://www.mbard.org/
Burn Day Status will be listed at https://ssl.arb.ca.gov/pfirs/cb3/cb3.php?id=9 and we are considered part of the North Central Coast – Coastal Zone.
As always, please come by Branciforte Fire Station to fill out a burn permit.
Thanks, and be safe!