County of Riverside Active Events

County of Riverside Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is at Duty Officer Status (Normal). A Recovery Operations Center has been activated in support of Airport Fire recovery activities.

AIRPORT FIRE (Santa Ana Mountains area)

9/21/24 at 4:30 pm- All evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted.  Please use caution if re-entering the area as fire and utility resources continue to respond to the incident. 

 9/20/24 at 2:20 pm—The Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District issued a MANDATED DO NOT DRINK—DO NOT BOIL TAP WATER NOTIFICATION for El Cariso residents on September 19th. Here is what this means for El Cariso residents: 

Please do not drink or boil your tap water at this time. Boiling the water will not remove the contaminant. Instead, we urge you to use bottled water for drinking, cooking, brushing your teeth, making ice, and preparing baby formula until further notice.

Additionally, we recommend taking the following precautions to limit your exposure to benzene:

• Limit the use of hot water and take shorter showers.
• Use lukewarm water and ensure the area is well-ventilated.
• Use cold water for washing clothes and dry laundry outdoors.
• Do not use automatic ice makers or hot tubs/pools.
• Always ensure proper ventilation when using tap water indoors

For more information, please visit EVMWD.com/Fire or call 951-674-3146.

9/19/24 at 9:30 am- The Ortega High School Shelter is now CLOSED. 

9/18/24 at 2:39 pm - The DO NOT DRINK- DO NOT BOIL water advisory continues for the El Cariso area. The advisory is a precaution due to potential contamination caused by the Aiport Fire. For more information, please visit:  https://evmwd.com/who-we-are/operations/safety-resources-protocols/

All Riverside County residents should sign up for Alert RivCo at RivCoReady.org/AlertRivCo and download the County’s Protect app (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/genasys-protect/id1626884549)

Residents needing assistance with evacuated animals can take them to the County Department of Animal Services Jurupa Valley Animal Shelter at 6851 Van Buren Blvd. in Riverside. Residents needing assistance evacuating their animals should call (951) 358-7387.

Due to fires in the area there may be heavy smoke in areas of Riverside County, please take appropriate precautions. See public health press release on smoke and air quality.

Please avoid fire areas and follow the directions of public safety officials.

OCFA continues to be the lead agency on the Airport Fire. Please direct any questions about the fire to OCFA at (714) 628-7085.

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