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Madera County Sheriff's Office
Saturday October 26th, 2019 :: 06:58 p.m. PDT

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PSPS- Public Safety Power Shutoff - PG&E confirms they will begin to de-energize parts of Madera Co 10/27

Public Safety Power Shut Off - PG&E At 5:30pm today (10/26), PG&E confirmed it will begin to de-energize parts of Madera County TOMORROW October 27th. Power is expected to be de-energized around 6:00am 10/27. Restoration estimates are unknown at this time. The locations for the outage currently include: * Oakhurst * Bass Lake * North Fork * Coarsegold * Ahwahnee * Outlying mountain areas To support customers in the affected areas, PG&E will open a Community Resource Center located at the Madera County Sheriff’s Substation (42867 Liberty Dr. Oakhurst). The center will be open on Sunday 10/27 at 8a.m for the duration of the outage. Restrooms, bottled water, electronic-device charging and air-conditioning will be provided. The MCSO substation located in Oakhurst will be staffed 24 hours a day during the power outage. Patrol staffing will be increased in the affected areas. Land Line phones may be impacted by the PSPS- residents in the affected area who do not have cell service can drive to the substation in case of an emergency. For a map of the affected areas visit: https://www.pgepspsmaps.com/addresslookup Please check back frequently, as the weather conditions change so do the affected areas. ** Residents are encouraged to prepare for 24 hours to 48 hours without power ** For tips to help prepare for the outage, please visit: https://prepareforpowerdown.com/ We will continue to update residents as we get more details.

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Public Safety Power Shut Off - PG&E

At 5:30pm today (10/26), PG&E confirmed it will begin to de-energize parts of Madera County TOMORROW October 27th. Power is expected to be de-energized around 6:00am 10/27. Restoration estimates are unknown at this time.

The locations for the outage currently include:
* Oakhurst
* Bass Lake
* North Fork
* Coarsegold
* Ahwahnee
* Outlying mountain areas

To support customers in the affected areas, PG&E will open a Community Resource Center located at the Madera County Sheriff’s Substation (42867 Liberty Dr. Oakhurst). The center will be open on Sunday 10/27 at 8a.m for the duration of the outage. Restrooms, bottled water, electronic-device charging and air-conditioning will be provided.

The MCSO substation located in Oakhurst will be staffed 24 hours a day during the power outage. Patrol staffing will be increased in the affected areas. Land Line phones may be impacted by the PSPS- residents in the affected area who do not have cell service can drive to the substation in case of an emergency.

For a map of the affected areas visit: https://www.pgepspsmaps.com/addresslookup

Please check back frequently, as the weather conditions change so do the affected areas.

** Residents are encouraged to prepare for 24 hours to 48 hours without power ** For tips to help prepare for the outage, please visit: https://prepareforpowerdown.com/

We will continue to update residents as we get more details.

Address/Location
Madera County Sheriff's Office
2725 Falcon Dr
Madera, CA 93637

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 559-675-7770

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Alert Details

Severity:
Unknown - Severity unknown
Urgency:
Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
General emergency and public safety
Event:
Power Outage

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