GETTY FIRE: Updates for Santa Monica Community

October 28, 2019 9:56 AM
by Constance Farrell

Here are updates from the City of Santa Monica regarding local impacts caused by the Getty Fire. Please remember to leave 9-1-1 open for emergencies.

Currently, there are no evacuations in Santa Monica. For official information, including evacuation orders, visit www.lafd.org/news/getty-fire.

Remember to be prepared for disasters of all types by having an emergency preparedness kit. Here are tips.

UPDATE: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 8:15 a.m.

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District and Santa Monica College are open.

UPDATE: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 8:45 a.m.

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District and Santa Monica College are open.

Community and Cultural Services outdoor activities are open. This includes:

• CREST 
• Santa Monica Swim Center  
• Memorial Park  
• Reed Park Tennis reservations 
• Outdoor field permits 

We are monitoring real-time air quality in Santa Monica. You can view the latest air quality here. With changing winds, air quality will vary. Take necessary precautions if you smell smoke/see ash or are sensitive to poor air quality, including staying indoors with windows and doors closed. Below and linked are health tips from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

UPDATE: Monday, October 28, 2019 5 p.m.

Due to the poor air quality caused by wildfire smoke, the Community and Cultural Services Department has suspended all scheduled outdoor activities for the remainder of today.

#SantaMonica's Airport Commission meeting tonight has been cancelled due to the #GettyFire. For information about the airport commission, http://ow.ly/TWd750wVOq0

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District and Santa Monica College are closed today.

We are monitoring real-time air quality in Santa Monica. With changing winds, air quality will vary. Take necessary precautions if you smell smoke/see ash or are sensitive to poor air quality, including staying indoors with windows and doors closed. Children, pregnant women, and people with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or heart disease, need to be especially careful about breathing wildfire smoke. Below and linked are health tips from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

Keep smoke outside.

• Choose a room you can close off from outside air.
• Set up a portable air cleaner or a filter to keep the air in this room clean even when it’s smoky in the rest of the building and outdoors.

Reduce your smoke exposure by wearing a respirator.

• A respirator is a mask that fits tightly to your face to filter out smoke before you breathe it in.
• You must wear the right respirator and wear it correctly. Respirators are not made to fit children.
• If you have heart or lung disease ask your doctor if it is safe for you to wear a respirator.
• Avoid using candles, gas, propane, wood-burning stoves, fireplaces, or aerosol sprays and don’t fry or broil meat, smoke tobacco products, or vacuum.
• If you have a central air conditioning system, use high efficiency filters to capture fine particles from smoke. If your system has a fresh air intake, set the system to recirculate mode or close the outdoor intake damper.

Pets and other animals can be affected by wildfire smoke too.

• Learn how to protect pets.

Authored By

Constance Farrell
Communications & Public Information Manager