Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, announced Tuesday that she is set to host an Emergency Preparedness Fair and Workshop Saturday afternoon in Valencia.

The emergency preparedness fair is scheduled to provide information to residents to better prepare them for Southern California’s upcoming fire season, which generally falls between September through November. 

Schiavo’s office plans to bring in representatives from Red Cross, Los Angeles County Fire Department, California Highway Patrol, City of Santa Clarita Emergency Operations and CERT Programs, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CaOES), MySafe: LA, and other organizations working to help with local emergency relief to speak to attendees on emergency preparedness.

“As our communities face increasingly severe natural disasters, especially as we approach wildfire season, our office wants to ensure everyone is ready and prepared to the best of their abilities,” said Schiavo. “That’s why we’re bringing together resources from many different departments in one place at one time – to make it as simple and easy as possible for our community to get the resources and information they need.”

These local representatives are scheduled to bring public awareness and provide information through the tabling portion of Saturday’s event.

“I will never forget when I had to evacuate my home with my daughter as a fire threatened our community, not to mention multiple fires that had us on the edge of evacuation. Often until that moment comes you don’t know if you’re ready for an emergency,” Schiavo said.

After looking at this year’s weather patterns and comparing the absence of the Santa Ana winds 2022, Cal Fire reports that it ranked below the five-year average with less than 400,000 acres burning in California. 

“Weather outlook for March to June calls for mixed temperature & precipitation anomalies with timely moisture intrusions for the rest of this winter and less certainty for the spring,” stated Cal Fire officials in their 2023 Incident Outlook.

The urgency for this local fair may be something to pay attention to due to the unusual amount of June gloom California is experiencing. Similar to 2018, as reported by Scientific American, the gloom was followed by extremely high heat waves in July.

Cal Fire reported that 2018 was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire season in California history.

Schiavo’s Emergency Preparedness Fair and Workshop is scheduled to be held from 1 p.m to 3:30 p.m. RSVP for the event here.

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Assemblywoman Schiavo Hosts Emergency Preparedness Fair & Workshop

SANTA CLARITA – Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo announced today that her office will hold an Emergency Preparedness Fair and Workshop this Saturday (see details below) too provide information, free resources, and support for community members to prepare for natural disasters known to impact our community, such as fires, earthquakes and floods. There will be tabling by representatives from the Red Cross, Los Angeles County Fire, California Highway Patrol, City of Santa Clarita Emergency Operations/CERT Programs, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CaOES), MySafe:LA and more, who will be on-site tabling with resources and information. Representatives from most of these organizations will also speak to the public about their organizations specific preparedness information. 

“I will never forget when I had to evacuate my home with my daughter as a fire threatened our community, not to mention multiple fires that had us on the edge of evacuation. Often until that moment comes you don’t know if you’re ready for an emergency. As our communities face increasingly severe natural disasters, especially as we approach wildfire season, our office wants to ensure everyone is ready and prepared to the best of their abilities,” said Schiavo. “That’s why we’re bringing together resources from many different departments in one place at one time – to make it as simple and easy as possible for our community to get the resources and information they need.”

Event Details

DATE: Saturday, June 10

TIME: 1:00 – 3:30P

LOCATION: 21545 Centre Pointe Pkwy, Santa Clarita

RSVP: bit.ly/ad40epw

We invite community members and their families to join us and ensure they are ready for the next emergency or natural disaster. Participants can watch presentations and join a Q&A with emergency response representatives covering safety from fires, earthquakes, floods, and more.

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