Wildfire Evacuation and Survival Workshop

The Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council is putting on a Wildfire Evacuation and Survival Workshop in Vandenberg Village at Cabrillo High School on May 31st, 2025. This free event seeks to empower our community with the knowledge to make critical decisions in real life wildfire evacuations. During the workshop you will listen to experts speak on the different facets of evacuation and you will have access to several different resources. Our community has long asked for more in depth information regarding wildfire evacuation and we aim to provide just that.

At the end of the workshop there will be an evacuation supply giveaway. To earn raffle tickets take a picture of your current go bag or bring it to the event so we can see what you have in stock. There will also be an electronic scanner and USB flash drives on-site so you can digitize your important documents and take them home. Wildfire comes faster than you think and it’s much easier to grab a packed go bag and flash drive rather than assembling everything last minute.

Please keep in mind this is a workshop rather than the family focused events we have hosted in the past.

Whats happening at the workshop?

• In depth presentations from the relevant experts
• Q & A
• Resource tables
• Fire extinguisher training
• Evacuation supply giveaway
• Lunch

What will the presentations cover?

• Wildfire evacuation best practices (what to do, what to wear, where to go)
• Basic fire behavior
• The psychological components of evacuation (how to stay calm / recovery)
• How agencies execute evacuation

What will you find at the resource tables?

• Local fire department representatives explaining how to build personal evacuation plans
• Information from LISTOS / 805 Undocufund / Redcross
• Go bag resources
• Scanner with flash drives to save your important documents
• Information on community scale communication

The Partners

• Lompoc City Fire
• Santa Barbara County Fire
• Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department
• Lompoc City Police Department
• Santa Barbara Office of Emergency Management
• Lompoc City
• Santa Barbara County
• 805 Undocufund

Event Agenda

Saturday, May 31st, 10 am – 1 pm

• 9:30-10:00am: come early to enjoy coffee and chat with SBCFSC staff
• 10:00-12:10am: presentations
• 12:10-12:30pm: Q & A
• 12:30-1:00pm: resource tables
• 1:00-2:00pm: stay late for the evacuation supply giveaway, attend the fire extinguisher training, lunch