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 8/24/2025:
568 hours (valued at $33.49 per hr = $19,022) plus $23,135 dollars spent for a total investment of $42,157… required investment is $25,185.
CLICK HERE to record your hours or money spent
Your recorded efforts help us keep our recognition as a Firewise USA® community, enabling us to:
1) Reduce risk from wildfires for your individual home and the entire community.
2) Increase 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) Advocate 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.