Humboldt County hosts wildfire preparedness meetings in Garberville, Willow Creek
Garberville and Willow Creek residents will get wildfire readiness briefings this month, with county officials urging people to check their evacuation zone and pack for two weeks.
Humboldt County is sending emergency officials to Garberville and Willow Creek this month to walk residents through wildfire evacuation zones, alerts and household planning before the next fast-moving fire forces decisions under pressure. The two public meetings are part of the county’s Know Your Zone effort, and they come as officials keep pushing a simple message: know your zone, know your alerts and be ready to move.
The first meeting will be held Wednesday, July 22, 2026, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Humboldt County Library - Garberville Branch, 715 Cedar St. The second will follow on Thursday, July 23, 2026, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Willow Creek Community Services District, 135 Willow Rd. Representatives from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services, the Patrol Division and Special Services Division will join CAL FIRE, the National Weather Service and PG&E.
At the center of the outreach is Humboldt County’s evacuation map, which now includes more than 300 emergency zones. The county uses Genasys Protect, formerly Zonehaven, to determine and display those zones and their status updates. Humboldt Alert is the county’s emergency alert system. Evacuation notices will use zone names, not just general place names.
Residents should sign up for Humboldt Alert, know their hazards, make a plan and build a kit that can sustain a household for at least two weeks. In Garberville and Willow Creek, where road options can be limited and terrain can isolate neighborhoods, that means deciding in advance how to leave, where to go and how to stay informed if phone service, power or local services are interrupted.
The community has held Firewise recognition since 2010, and its Firewise Fair has been held every year since 2002. Local preparedness work has also included a community wildfire protection plan, workshops, fuels-reduction projects with Humboldt and Trinity County resource conservation districts and a volunteer-led chipping program.
The Humboldt County Fire Safe Council, formed in 2002 to oversee the county’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan, is now part of an update.
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