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Si un incendio en Utah obliga a evacuar, ¿tienes lista tu mochila con tus 'P'? 61%
By Sean Higgins0%
6/26/2026, 2:13:22 PM
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If a wildfire breaks out near your home and there’s an evacuation order, what do you grab first?
“A simple way to help people prepare is to tell them to pack their ‘P’s,” said Sierra Hellstrom, with the Northern Utah Type 3 Incident Management Team.
“Their prescription medicines (in Spanish: pastillas), their pets (puppies and fuzzy friends), their important documents (papers) and their photographs (picture frames, to keep the ‘P’ rule going) – those mementos they want to keep.”
With several wildfires prompting evacuation orders in recent days, experts like Hellstrom say it’s important to be prepared.
“I personally keep all my prescription medicines in a small basket inside a cabinet in my home, so if I ever need it, I can grab it and go,” she said.
“All my photos are in an album next to my safe, where I also keep all my documentation; my will, my mortgages, and the titles to all my vehicles and things like that.”
As the manager of Salt Lake County’s Emergency Management Joint Information Center, Tina Brown has wildfires constantly on her mind.
She’d add two more ‘P’s to Hellstrom’s list: people and portable electronics (in Spanish, we might think of laptops).
“So, people – we want to think about not just the clothes we’re wearing today, but clothes to get you through the next few days or even a week,” she said.
“You want shoes that are sturdy and comfortable.
You don’t know how long you’ll be evacuated or out of your home.”
Phones and a way to charge them are essential, she said, not just as a means of communication, but because a lot of important emergency information can come via text or notifications.
“Sign up for emergency alerts,” she said.
“Make sure you’re getting not just your city’s alerts; make sure you’re able to get alerts from the integrated public alert and warning system as well.”
Brown said having a family communication plan is also critical.
Questions like who to contact if everyone is displaced, how to reunite, and who else you might need to contact in an emergency should be answered and practiced ahead of time.
In addition to documentation like wills and mortgages, Brown also highly recommends packing pet vaccination records, as some emergency shelters might require them before allowing an animal inside.
It’s also important to remember to pack proof of residency for when you’re allowed back into your home.
“I recommend this because, if you are evacuated, you may be out for quite some time, and first responders and authorities want to make sure that you are a resident of that property before they let you in,” she said.
Brown’s main rule is to have enough supplies ready to survive on your own for the first 96 hours of an evacuation.
Water and some non-perishable, high-protein snacks like trail mix or jerky are her favorites.
That also includes at least a half-tank of gas so you can get where you need to go.
“Know your evacuation routes ahead of time and practice them,” she said.
“I would recommend more than one evacuation route, because the one you plan to use might be closed due to the fire.”
And it’s not just people who live near wildland areas who should be aware and prepared for the effects of fires.
An evacuation could happen anywhere in Utah.
“The truth is, we all live in a wildland-urban interface, so everyone should be thinking about wildfires and how to best prepare for them and for a possible evacuation,” Brown said.
“You’re not immune just because you’re in the middle of concrete and green space.”
Brown said anyone concerned about what might happen if they had to evacuate should start small.
That means getting to know the emergency managers in your city or locality.
“First and foremost, reach out to your local jurisdiction,” she said.
“They may already have evacuation zones pre-planned, so starting there would be my first piece of advice.”
This report was translated by artificial intelligence and edited by Edgar Zúñiga, of Avanza 88.3, Utah’s first bilingual public radio station.
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