Sentences with phrase «voluntary evacuation»
"Voluntary evacuation" means that people are encouraged to leave a specific area willingly and on their own accord for their own safety, but it is not mandatory or required by law. Full definition
According to CAL Fire, Gov. Jerry Brown ordered mandatory evacuations for areas below the Thomas, Whittier, Sherpa and Rey fire burn areas last week, and multiple areas were under voluntary evacuation orders.
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WHEN THE call for voluntary evacuations in northern San Diego County went out on Oct. 21 because of spreading wildfires, San Pasqual Academy (Escondido) coach Bob Manning didn't panic.
His grandparents live in nearby Pollock Pines (where the fire allegedly began on purpose by a suspect in custody) and were on voluntary evacuation orders.
Derived from the 2010 Enbridge tar - sands spill on the Kalamazoo River, this map expands the Keystone pipeline corridor to encompass a possible voluntary evacuation zone should a similar spill occur.
Thirteen Florida counties, including Monroe that straddles both coasts, line the Atlantic Ocean, and many have voluntary evacuation orders in place.
UPDATE 12/12/17 9 am The weekend felt like a blur as most of our employees were in mandatory or voluntary evacuation zones, leaving town to stay with family or friends all over the state.
Dozens of cities and counties in increasingly - northern regions of Florida are issuing mandatory and voluntary evacuations, many of which are already being executed.
They also instituted a voluntary evacuation within about one mile of the river to limit people's exposure to benzene fumes — a known carcinogen.
He also issued a voluntary evacuation notice for Fire Island, which caused a stir when at around 8:30 p.m. it scrolled across television sets as a warning to evacuate Suffolk County.
Results indicated that issuing a voluntary evacuation order decreases the odds that an individual will wait and see by 60 percent, and stay and defend by 65 percent.
The flood - prone community on the St. Johns River has been under a voluntary evacuation order since before Hurricane Irma powered through Central Florida.
What is positively not covered under additional living expenses would be a voluntary evacuation from a wildfire without direction from a civil authority.
Wildfire threatened Calistoga, home to two of the three Napa hotels owned by his Anvaya Group, and his own neighborhood in Santa Rosa was under a voluntary evacuation order.
What is positively not covered under additional living expenses would be a voluntary evacuation from a wildfire without direction from a civil authority.
Controversy surrounds the state's preparedness, as residents report confusion when it came to delineating the mandatory and voluntary evacuations zones.