Not necessarily. According to the US EPA, duct cleaning has never been shown to prevent health problems or reduce particles in home indoor air. Learn more here. Nevertheless, if you are considering hiring a company to clean ducts in your home, consult the US EPA document for advice on choosing a reputable company and other...
According to CARB, cleaning and ventilation are the best ways to improve indoor air quality and “if these actions do not resolve indoor air quality problems, sensitive individuals may benefit from using a central air filter or a good air cleaner in one or more rooms of the house.” If you choose to use an...
As stated by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), “the most effective way to reduce exposure to indoor pollutants is to first remove sources of pollution or reduce pollutant emissions”. This means thoroughly clean the parts of your home damaged by smoke, ash, and/or soot. We recommend following the American Red Cross “Cleaning Up After...
During and immediately following the fires are when air quality impacts are the highest. There are steps you can take to prevent nearby burned buildings from affecting your home’s indoor air quality. Take off your shoes and wipe off your pets’ paws to prevent them from tracking ash and soot into your home. Keep doors...
Soot or ash inside your home can cause odors that can linger for a long time. You should thoroughly clean those parts of your home with smoke damage. Possessions or parts of your home that have been burned should be discarded. See the answer to “What can I do about the air quality in my...
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors invites community members to attend and provide input at the Housing Recovery Workshop on Tuesday, February 6, 2018. Representatives from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Burbank Housing, North Coast Builders Exchange, City of Santa Rosa, County of Sonoma, Sonoma Clean Power, Federal Reserve Bank...
ROHNERT PARK – The state, federal and local community partners conducting the Consolidated Debris Removal Program have reached a major milestone with the removal of more than one million tons of fire-related debris from properties affected by the October 2017 Northern California Wildfires in Lake, Mendocino, Napa and Sonoma counties. The U.S. Army Corps of...
If your site will require private debris removal in addition to what is covered under the USACE Phase II, you can use your debris insurance proceeds to cover those costs, and will only be expected to assign the remainder to reimburse the Program. If you do not have insurance the Program will be provided at...
Free Residential Chipper Service A free chipping program to help fire survivors with fire debris and to help residents create defensible space around occupied homes and reduce vegetation along access routes is being offered through Sonoma County Fire and Emergency Services. County crews will come to homes and chip for three hours for free. Your eligible chipping...
SANTA ROSA - The County of Sonoma is establishing a Resiliency Permit Center exclusively dedicated to assist survivors of the fires rebuild. The center, which will open on February 13, will accelerate the permitting process for home owners of the approximately 3,000 residential properties destroyed or damaged in unincorporated areas of Sonoma County. The...
SANTA ROSA — Pacific Gas and Electric Company has pruned or cut down more than 30,000 hazard trees in fire-impacted communities in Northern California to reduce wildfire and public safety risk. Approximately 10,600 of those trees are in Sonoma County. The company will haul away larger wood that it has cut down near its power...
Permit Sonoma is hosting another public environmental regulatory permit meeting for owners of private bridges that were damaged in the fires. The meeting will be Wednesday, January 31, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Permit Sonoma Hearing Room at 2550 Ventura Avenue, Santa Rosa. The meeting will include a brief question...
SANTA ROSA, CA—The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors invites community members to attend and provide input to guide post-fire recovery efforts at three upcoming public workshops. Each workshop will focus on a different topic, including Housing, Natural Resources, Economic Development, Health and Human Services, and Infrastructure. Topic areas will be discussed on the following...
SANTA ROSA, CA – Sonoma County Clerk, William F. Rousseau, is urging residents displaced by the October 2017 wildfires to update their mailing address with the Registrar of Voters so that they receive voting materials for upcoming elections. “We want to help voters who may have been impacted by the wildfires understand how to...
The Sonoma County Registrar of Voters wants to help voters who may have been impacted by the wildfires understand how to update Voter Registration. The residence address we have on file determines the contests for which you are eligible to vote. The mailing address we have on file determines where we mail voting materials, such...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Funding for many federal government operations and programs concluded on January 19, 2018, at 9 pm PST. However, each federal agency can determine the functions that continue and those that will be shut down in an orderly manner until a federal budget is approved. Because of the critical nature of many...
SACRAMENTO, CA – Federal, state, and county leaders will all come together for a Recovery & Rebuilding Town Hall in Sonoma on Tuesday, January 30 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. The Town Hall will be an opportunity for residents to receive updated information on debris removal and what to expect during the rebuilding...
New permit center streamlines rebuilding process in aftermath of Sonoma County fires SANTA ROSA, CA—Within seven weeks of opening its doors, the Santa Rosa’s Resilient City Permit Center has issued five residential rebuild permits with over a dozen more under review. Three of these permits include properties that were included in the Sonoma County...
Sacramento — The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is working with law enforcement agencies to identify and update records of an estimated 4,000 vehicles destroyed by the Northern California wildfires in October. “We’ve supported survivors through the Local Assistance Centers, and now we need to ensure all destroyed vehicles are properly marked and recorded to...
It has been 100 days since the devastating October wildfires in Northern California and Orange County. As of close of business January 16, FEMA and the State have provided the following to survivors: 4,349 households have been deemed eligible for FEMA individual FEMA has approved more than $14.3 million in Individuals and Households Program $8.8 million...
