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August 2020 Wildfires
The fires are growing but not incredibly fast yet and mostly in rural areas.
Here is what our Corps are doing in response to the heat and the fires:
Grass Valley/Auburn Corps- Feeding response to 80-100 first responders at Jones Fire in Nevada City for the next 4 days
Oakland Corps- Serving food to evacuees at Red Cross Shelter in Livermore for Marsh Fire
Napa Corps- Serving food to evacuees from Hennessey/Gamble Fire at Napa County Shelter
Yuba City Corps- Serving food to Jones Fire evacuees with Red Cross request at- 36 at Days Inn and 21 at Bonanza Inn
Lodi Corps- Opened a cooling center
Concord Corps- On standby ready to respond if needed. Opened their food pantry and offering space inside to cool down
Santa Rosa Corps- Opened cooling center at Santa Rosa Senior Center. Opened 11am-7pm
Our Canteen Crews are being alerted one at a time in case we need to scale up our response.
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