Emergency Planning is vital to all the residents of San Luis Obispo County. Below you will find helpful information about what to do in an emergency; check lists to prepare your family for a large emergency event; and maps to route your safe evacuation.  

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Evacuation

Immediate risk:
If you smell gas, smoke or see fire or otherwise fear for your safety, evacuate household occupants immediately.  From a safe location, call 9-1-1

General evacuation orders:
If local officials issue evacuation orders, use the evacuation routes and methods specified; carpool whenever possible. If time allows:

• Wear sturdy shoes, long-sleeve shirts and pants.
  
• Bring car keys, credit cards, road maps, cell phone, charger and important phone numbers.
  
• If you have a pet, make sure it is wearing a collar, bring it in a pet carrier labeled with your name and the pet’s name. Bring your pet’s Go-bag.
  
• Lock your home and shut off the water and electricity, but leave gas on unless instructed otherwise.
  
• Leave a note or tell a neighbor where you are going.
  
• Once you arrive at a safe location, call your out-of-area emergency contact.

Public School Evacuation Center

Public, private and parochial schools within the Emergency Planning Zone have emergency plans. If your child's school is not shown on the chart below, ask the school for a copy of its plan.

As a precaution, public school officials may decide to close their schools and move students to a Public School Evacuation Center before any public action is required. They will be moved by bus to a Public School Evacuation Center under constant adult supervision. In this case, listen to a local radio or television station for details on school evacuation and where to meet your children. News reports will inform you of public schools that take early action to move children. The news reports also will let you know the location to which the children have been moved.

Parents should not try to pick up children at public schools unless they are directed to do so. This could cause traffic and safety problems for children who are being moved. Also, children already may be at a Public School Evacuation Center before parents arrive.

Day Care or Before/After School Programs: Please check with your children's care provider concerning emergency plans.

Disaster Shelters
Immediately following a large disaster, suitable shelter sites will be selected from a predesignated list based on areas of need and estimated numbers of displaced persons. Each site must be inspected for safety prior to being opened to the public. Therefore, it is not possible to say with advance certainty which sites will actually operate as disaster shelters. As soon as disaster sites have been formally designated, this list will be announced through local media to the public. If it is unsafe to shelter-in-place, and you do not have an alternative, evacuate to a designated emergency shelter

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Collection Points

If an evacuation is ordered and you have no transportation, try to find a ride with a friend or neighbor. If you can't find a ride, walk to the nearest collection point for your Protective Action Zone (shown below). If you are unable to walk to a collection point because of a disability, call (805) 543-2444. (This number will be activated only during an emergency.) Listen to a local radio or television station for further details.

Note that these collection points are just places to wait for transportation out of an affected area. They are not places to obtain shelter.

COLLECTION POINTS
Zone	Area		Collection Point
1	Plant Site		Not applicable for the general public
2	6-Mile Radius Low-Population Zone		Sheriff or fire department will transport to collection point (call (805) 543-2444)
3	Avila Beach		Avila Beach Community Center, 191 San Miguel, Avila Beach
	Avila Beach/San Luis Bay		County Fire Station, San Luis Bay Estates, San Luis Bay Drive
4	See Canyon/Prefumo Canyon/Los Osos Valley Road		Sheriff or fire department will transport to collection point (call (805) 543-2444)
5	Baywood/Los Osos		Los Osos Christian Fellowship, 1335 7th Street at Santa Maria Avenue, Baywood Park
			Trinity United Methodist Church, 490 Los Osos Valley Road at Pine Avenue
			Vons Shopping Center, Los Osos Valley Road near 10th Street
6	Pismo/Shell Beach,		Spyglass Inn parking lot, 2705 Spyglass Drive, Shell Beach
	City of Pismo Beach		Pismo Vet's Hall, 780 Bello Street, Pismo Beach
			Pacific Coast Plaza, 825 Oak Park Road near Highway 101 (this collection point serves both Zones 6 & 10)
7	Price Canyon		Sheriff or fire department will transport to collection point (call (805) 543-2444)
8	San Luis Obispo/Cal Poly/Cuesta College		Albertson’s Shopping Center, 772 Foothill Boulevard near Broad Street
			Laurel Lane Shopping Center, 1257 Laurel Lane at Augusta Street
			Meadow Park Recreation Hall, Meadow Street at South Street
			Laguna Lake Golf Course Club House, 11175 Los Osos Valley Road at Laguna
			Veterans Building, 801 Grand Avenue at Monterey Street
			Mission San Luis Obispo, 782 Monterey Street at Chorro Street
			Padre Plaza Shopping Center, Higuera Street and Prado Road
			Cal Poly- North side of Mustang Stadium- "O'Neil Green"
			Cal Poly parking area on the corner of Mount Bishop and Highland Drive.
			Cal Poly parking lot G1-R2, Grand Avenue and Slack Street
			Cuesta College Library Building #3100
			Cuesta College Parking Lot #3 on Romulda Street
			Cuesta College Soccer Fields next to the Service Road
9	Morro Bay		Presbyterian Church of Morro Bay, 485 Piney Way at Anchor Street
			Morro Elementary School, 1130 Napa Avenue at Monterey Avenue
			Morro Bay High School, 235 Atascadero Road at Highway 1
			Spencer's Market, 2650 Main Street at Elena Street
			Del Mar School, 501 Sequoia Street at Fir Avenue
	Cayucos		Cayucos Veterans Hall, North Ocean Avenue at Cayucos Drive
			CDF Fire Station, Chaney Avenue and Ocean Boulevard
10	Five Cities Southern Portion (Including Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach and unincorporated areas)
	Arroyo Grande		United Methodist Church, 275 N. Halcyon Road at Bennett Avenue
			St. Patrick's Church, 501 Fair Oaks Avenue near Valley Road
			Pacific Coast Plaza, 825 Oak Park Road near Highway 101 (this point serves both Zones 6 & 10)
			Elm Street Park Recreation Center, 1221 Ash Street, near Elm Street
			Arroyo Grande City Hall, 214 East Branch Street at Mason Street
			Peace Lutheran Church, 244 Oak Park Boulevard at Ramona Avenue
			Lucia Mar Adult Education Center, 227 Bridge Street
	Grover Beach		Grover Beach Police Department, 711 Rockaway Avenue at South 8th Street
			Ramona Garden Center, 993 Ramona Avenue at North 10th Street
			Grover Heights Elementary School, 770 North 8th Street at Ritchie Road
			Grover Beach Elementary School, 365 South 10th Street at Longbranch Avenue
			Grover Beach Recreation Hall, 1230 Trouville Avenue at South 12th Street
	Oceano		Oceano Fire Department, 1655 Front Street (Highway 1) near 13th Street
11	Price Canyon/Orcutt Road		Sheriff or fire department will transport to collection point (call 805-543-2444)
12	Nipomo (North of Willow Road)		Lopez High School, 1055 Mesa View Drive, Arroyo Grande
			Sheriff or fire department will transport to collection point (call 805-543-2444)