Nevada County Office of Emergency Services

Nevada City, CA November 29, 2023 – The past two winters, Snowmageddon and Snowpocalypse, have shown us just how important it is to be prepared for severe weather. Extended power outages and road closures mean planning for food, water, heat, medicine, and fuel well in advance. Whether you’ve lived in the mountains for years, or […]

Nevada City, CA—In the immediate aftermath of the severe winter weather of early 2023, the Nevada County Office of Emergency Services (OES) launched the Winter Storm Hazardous Vegetation Cleanup Project. This program, which began earlier this year and is still underway, was designed to ensure that 100 miles of County Roads were cleared of storm […]

Nevada City, CA — Last week, the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB), voted to grant $2,396,000 to Sierra Streams Institute (SSI) and the County of Nevada Office of Emergency Services (OES) to implement the Sierra Foothills Forest Resilience Project. SSI received funding from the WCB in 2021 to develop a Climate-Smart Forest Management Toolkit and to […]

Nevada City, CA—The Nevada County Office of Emergency Services (OES) is hosting four virtual Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) Lunch & Learns this month and the public is invited to join. The Lunch & Learns will be the first set of community workshops that support the CWPP update. These meetings will be hour-long workshops hosted […]

Nevada City, CA—The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) has awarded the County of Nevada Office of Emergency Services (OES) with $3,914,536 to implement Phase II of the Woodpecker Ravine Shaded Fuel Break. This project, identified by CAL FIRE as a priority in the Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit Strategic Plan will remove hazardous vegetation from 726 […]

Nevada City, CA—Last week, the National Association of Counties, NACo, held its Annual Conference and Expo in Travis County, Texas. County District 1 Supervisor Heidi Hall was in attendance to receive the 2023 NACo Achievement Award: Best in Category on behalf of the Nevada County Office of Emergency Services (OES). County of Nevada stood out […]

The deadline for Nevada County residents to apply for FEMA assistance for the February 2023 Winter Storms has been extended to September 1. This opportunity makes new resources available to residents and businesses that experienced damages or hardships due to this year’s winter storms. So far, FEMA has paid out nearly $70,000 in assistance to […]

Nevada City, CA – National Weather Service Sacramento has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for portions of Nevada County beginning Saturday morning through Monday evening. In response, Nevada County will open Cooling Centers at the Grass Valley and Penn Valley libraries from 10 a.m.- 8 p.m. Sat. through Mon., July 15 through 17. Higher temperatures […]

Nevada County was recently added to the Presidential FEMA Individual Assistance Declaration for the February 2023 Winter Storms. This makes new resources available to residents and businesses that experienced damages or hardships due to this year’s winter storms.  To support residents in connecting to these resources, Nevada County is partnering with the Federal Emergency Management Agency […]

Getting ready to celebrate the 4th of July? A friendly reminder before the holiday weekend that all types of fireworks are illegal in Nevada County. Possessing, transporting, or using fireworks is against the law. More information about firework safety and California law around illegal fireworks may be found here.  Leave the pyrotechnics to the experts! Instead, […]

The South Yuba River Corridor Burn Ban takes effect for the 2023 fire season beginning at 8:00am on Monday, June 26, 2023. Annually, the ban begins when CAL FIRE declares fire restrictions and prohibits burning on private property within the lower 39-mile stretch of the South Yuba River from Lang’s Crossing to the confluence with […]

Nevada City, CA—Now through August 31st, the County of Nevada Office of Emergency Services (OES) is collecting feedback through the Community Wildfire Protection Plan Survey. All are encouraged to take the survey which may be found online at ReadyNevadaCounty.org/CWPP or in person at a number of events this summer. So far, nearly 700 residents have […]

Nevada City, June 2, 2023—Nevada County Office of Emergency Services (OES) is investing substantial grant funding in three critical wildfire and multi-hazard strategic plans: an update to the Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP), an update to the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP), and for the first time, launching a Nevada County Evacuation Study. Nevada County […]

NEVADA CITY, CA—Yesterday, at the North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) named the Yuba Watershed Institute (YWI) their Conservation Partner of the Year for 2023. YWI is a local nonprofit that has been operating on the San Juan Ridge for more than 30 years under a series of cooperative agreements […]

NEVADA CITY, Calif. – Three local agencies in Nevada County have been awarded grant funding from the Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) for forest resilience projects that will reduce wildfire risk and restore forest health in the region. The grant recipients are: The grant funding was awarded on March 2nd by the SNC at their quarterly […]

Nevada City, CA – Nevada County’s Office of Emergency Services (OES) has partnered with Waste Management to provide food waste bins for spoiled food due to the recent power outages. Food waste bins available through 5:00pm Sunday, March 12th, at: Food Safety During a Power Outage Refrigerated or frozen foods may be unsafe after a […]

Start 2023 off right by ensuring that you are signed up for CodeRED Emergency Alerts! CodeRED is an opt-in notification system used by the County of Nevada to notify residents in an emergency. These alerts may be received as text, email, landline, cell phone, and TTY. The County of Nevada Office of Emergency Services urges […]

Nevada City, CA – Today, the Nevada County Board of Supervisors declared a local emergency due to the recent winter storms that have brought substantial rain, high winds, and significant snowfall at higher elevations, resulting in damage to County roads due to fallen trees, debris flows, and culvert failures. “Our Public Works team has been […]

Nevada County, CA – At Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors’ meeting, Nevada County’s Office of Emergency Services (OES) brought forward several wildfire planning and mitigation projects for approval, including three new large-scale community defense zones. Because 92% of Nevada County residents live in high to very high fire hazard severity zones, OES continues its proactive effort […]