County of Monterey
Emergency, Readiness, Response, and Recovery

Get Ready & Prepare

Disasters Happen - Be Prepared

Your actions and emergency preparedness will help you and your family stay safe and be ready for the next disaster. Understand disaster risks in your region and develop a plan to stay safe, have an emergency kit, and receive information as events unfold.

Stay
INFORMED

Make a
PLAN

Build a
KIT

Get
INVOLVED

Know Your Zone

Planning for evacuation in advance will help you react fast when needed. Know what to do and be ready to go when an evacuation warning or order is issued. View our Evacuation Guide to learn more and learn how to Prepare Your Animals in event of evacuation. In the event of evacuation warnings and confirmed evacuations, law enforcement and fire agencies stress the importance for residents to Know Your Zone. Evacuation warnings/notices and repopulation notices are issued based on protection zones. Zones are identified by letters and numbers. The first three letters identify the geographic community's name. Each community is further subdivided into numerical zones. Residents are urged to Know Your Zone by looking up your address on our zone map.

Hazard Ready

Learn how different types of hazards may impact you and strategies to stay safe. Prepare for earthquakes, wildfires, landslides, utility outages, and more. Below are some of the most common hazards in Monterey County. Click on each hazard to learn more about the risk and how you can prepare, respond, and recover.