List of resources for the August 2020 CZU Lightning Fire:

OFFICIAL Cal Fire Pages:

• Nextdoor, Facebook, Twitter - search for Cal Fire CZU
• Web (Cal Fire website)

County Pages / Links:

• Santa Clara County Fire website
• Santa Cruz County Fire Resources - this page also has info on shelters as well as link to damage assessment map, county road closures, press releases, donation info and more
• Nextdoor, Facebook, Twitter - search for County of Santa Cruz

Daily Cal Fire Briefings:

• Livestreamed on Facebook and Twitter on the Cal Fire CZU account; also at pscp tv on the web. All the briefings are also archived at each of the sites and can be watched later. 
• Carried live by KSBW Channel 8 on your TV at or online at ksbw.com
• FTP server with pdf's of all the official Cal Fire maps
• Parent FTP server with more info / maps / data
  • FTP server with the daily incident maps and more. Click on date (daily briefing maps start with BAM)
• Link to explain all the symbols used in the Cal Fire maps

Evacuation Map: community.zonehaven.com or https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f0121f7f2f0941afb3ed70529b2cee75 (both links go to the same map)

Damage Assessment Map is on the Santa Cruz County website: http://www.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/FireRecovery/DamageAssessmentMap.aspx

FIRE MAPS: Lots and lots of them out there. Here are some we like (give them some time to load; lots of people viewing them):

• NASA FIRMS
• National Interagency Fire Center
• Google maps
• Analysis and maps by 95033Talk member, Brad Chen

WIND MAPS

• Windfinder
• WindyTV

AIR QUALITY

• PurpleAir.com
• Airnow.gov

HOTELS

• KSBW has a list of hotels that are providing discounted rates for evacuees
• List of hotels with discounted rates for evacuees in San Jose 

WANT TO HELP?

• Volunteer with Red Cross https://www.redcross.org/volunteer/become-a-volunteer.html or Santa Cruz Volunteer Center https://scvolunteercenter.org/ or just go to a shelter http://santacruzcounty.us/FireResources.aspx
• Donate $$ - Community Foundation Santa Cruz https://www.cfscc.org/, Santa Cruz Animal Shelter https://www.scanimalshelterfoundation.org 
• Want to donate more locally? Well, how about to Loma Prieta Volunteer Fire Department http://www.lomaprietafire.org/home/donate or to South Skyline County Fire (Las Cumbres area) http://southskylinefire.org/donate2.php  Both provide an address to mail in checks or you can donate online.
• General community donations can be made to Loma Prieta Community Foundation. 100% of the funds will be used locally. 

RECOVERY INFORMATION

• FEMA Disaster Assistance
• IRS Disaster Relief
• FTB Disaster Loss 
• Federal & California tax filings now due December 15, 2020
• Tax Information for CA Disaster Victims  (North Bay Chapter of the California Society of Enrolled Agents) This page includes links to other CA tax entities for employment, sales & property taxes. 
• Santa Cruz County: Virtual Recovery Resource Center   The county has also opened a Recovery Resource Center to help displaced residents, staffed by federal, state and local reps. The center is in Kaiser Arena.