Recent Activity

CZU lightning complex fires development as captured by MODIS satellite imaging.
  • September 12, 2024: The La Honda Fire Department Operations Center was activated overnight for 12 hours due to communication outages in the area.
  • February 4, 2024: The La Honda Fire Department Operations Center was activated overnight for 13 hours due to power and communication outages in the area.
  • January 15, 2023: The La Honda Fire Department Operations Center was activated for a short period of time due to power and communication outages in the area.
  • January 8-10, 2023: The La Honda Fire Department Operations Center was activated due to a severe winter storm.  Once again, the TEP at Pescadero High School was opened.
  • January 4-5, 2023: The La Honda Fire Department Operations Center was activated due to a severe winter storm.  A TEP (Temporary Evacuation Point) was also staffed at the Pescadero High School.
  • December 31, 2022-January 1, 2023: The La Honda Fire Department Operations Center was activated due to a severe winter storm.
  • November 20, 2022: SC4ARES operators assisted the County and CERT members in the distribution of water to areas that were affected by a broken water line.
  • November, 2021: SC4ARES volunteers staffed the La Honda Fire Department Operations Center for 48 hours during potential evacuations in the same areas due to the threat of debris flows.  This included a mobile relay station at Whitehouse Canyon, staffed for 24 hours.
  • January, 2021: SC4ARES teams assisted law enforcement and CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) with distributing evacuation orders to residents in Whitehouse Canyon, Dearborn, Gazos Creek and parts of Loma Mar due to the danger of debris flows in the burn scarred area during an atmospheric river event.
  • August 18-28, 2020: Twenty-seven SC4ARES volunteers participated in the staffing of the La Honda Fire Department Operations Center during the CZU lightning complex fires. They provided essential communications with the Chief, the firefighters, the Emergency Operation Center and with residents 24 hours a day for a total of 220 hours (612 volunteer hours).