The California state emergency agency plans to release new guidelines this week hoping to reduce problems with emergency alerts sent during an emergency. This reaction is part of a need to help California residents react when there is an evacuation order released. In the Butte County Campfire emergency that killed 85 people and destoryed over 15 thousand structures, many residents reported they never got the government issued evacuation orders and didna t really know what to do. The form of electronic warnings issued by Butte County the day of the fire failed to reach many of the people who’d signed up for them. The county never activated broadcast and wireless alerts that could have reached masses of people on mobile phones, radio, and television stations. These systems are maintained by the federal government and available to rescuers nationwide. Sonoma County leaders took criticism for failing to use them as well during the 2017 North Bay fires. Many local governments are rethinking their emergency plans after officials have warned all communities that the Paradise situation could happen anywhere, and local officials need to be attentative to this eventuality. Hundreds of communities in California are at risk if a fire starts and with A the right conditions, including our own nearby neighborhoods here in the Auburn Area.