Each County in California has an alerting program that you can sign up for to receive alerts if an emergency situation were to arise in your county. Kirkwood is in three counties, so it is best to sign up for all of these.

Alpine: https://www.alpinecountyca.gov/List.aspx 

Select "Emergency Alerts"

Amador: https://www.amadorgov.org/departments/office-of-emergency-services/amador-county-emergency-alerts

If you do not have an address in this county, simply choose someplace on Dangberg, Fremont, Yarrow, etc.

El Dorado: https://www.ready.edso.org/

Use your Kirkwood address, even though it is not located in El Dorado County you are eligible to opt in for alerts

KMPUD: https://www.kmpud.com/register/

KMPUD also provides alerts that are Kirkwood specific

CAL FIRE: https://linktr.ee/calfireaeu

On this CAL FIRE link you can learn about current incidents, burn permits, sign up for text messages by zip code (95646 for Kirkwood) and much, much more.

SIGN UP TO RECEIVE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS

Kirkwood Firewise recorded todate 10/6/2024

590 hours (valued at $19,759) plus $54,467 (dollars spent) for a total investment of $74,226; required investment is $25,051.

CLICK HERE to record your hours or money spent

Your recorded efforts will help us maintain Kirkwood's Firewise USA® Community recognition. 
Being a recognized Firewise Community can help us:
1) Reduced risk from wildfires for your individual home and the entire community.

2) Increased access to home insurance and discounts.

3) Access to Fire Safe Council and county resources, such as chipping, and county grant programs available only to Firewise communities.  

4) Advocacy for changes in regulations (e.g., local tree ordinances) and up-to-date information on new/revised regulations, such as the requirement for a CAL-FIRE Defensible space inspection when selling your home.