THURSDAYS: Pray for Environmental Issues

With summer comes weather patterns that can wreak havoc in our environment. Let's dedicate Thursdays to pray for the issues facing our county - drought, fires, UV index, excessive heat, air quality and earthquakes. Information and resources will be provided every Thursday. If there's any current news that too will be posted. Included will be prayer for those who fight the fires, plan for earthquakes, medical personnel, first responders, leaders who oversee county and city disasters.

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Thursday, August 29th - Current Fires, Energy Grid, Energy Grid & Earthquakes Podcast

• How to Survive a Prolonged Power Outage - Consumer Reports

• Earthquakes in Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States - Most Recent (earthquaketrack.com)

• San Bernardino County Conditions | Drought.gov

• Incidents | CAL FIRE

Thursday, August 22nd - Current Fires, Prevention & Arsonists Podcast

• Fire Is Everyone's Fight® (fema.gov)

• Arson and Youth Firesetting (fema.gov)

• Incidents | CAL FIRE

Thursday, August 15th - Current Fires & Energy Grid podcast

• U.S. Policies Are Crippling the Grid - Intercessors for America (ifapray.org)

• What Happens if the American Power Grid Goes Down? – Tech Evaluate

• How to Survive a Prolonged Power Outage - Consumer Reports

• Incidents | CAL FIRE

Thursday, August 8th - Air Quality Index, First Responders & Active Fires Podcast

• Air Quality Index (AQI) | AirNow.gov

• World's Air Pollution: Real-time Air Quality Index (waqi.info)

• Prayers for First Responders (prayerleader.com)

• Park Fire | CAL FIRE

Thursday, August 1st - Weather Forecasters & Earthquakes & [Park Fire Contain] Podcast

• Local, National, & Global Daily Weather Forecast | AccuWeather

• Breaking Weather News | FOX Weather Home of America's Weather Team

• National Weather Service

• National and Local Weather Radar, Daily Forecast, Hurricane and information from The Weather Channel and weather.com

• Latest Earthquakes (usgs.gov)

• Earthquake Preparedness (ca.gov)

• Park Fire | CAL FIRE

Thursday, July 25th - Heat Warnings, Cramps, Exhaustion, & Stroke Podcast

• Heat Watch vs. Warning (weather.gov)

• Heat Cramps, Exhaustion, Stroke (weather.gov)

• Know the differences of heat warnings/watches and what to do to prepare or take action when it occurs

• Identify the symptoms of cramps, exhaustion and stroke when excessive heat exposure; take first aid steps or seek medical attention

Thursday, July 18th - Current Fires & First Responders Podcast

• Cabdf Vista Fire Information | InciWeb (wildfire.gov)

• CalFire, California Interagency Incident Team 15; San Bernardino Fire Department, San Bernardino County sheriff; California Highway Patrol, San Bernardino National Forest Service; Total Personnel assigned to the fire is 632.

• Air quality in county due to fire/smoke AirNow.gov

• 28 Strong Firefighters Prayers – Love In Bible - [#21-28]

Thursday, July 11th - Current Fires & All those Fighting Them Podcast

• Vista Fire near Mt. Baldy Ski Resort surpasses 1,000 acres (msn.com)

• Brush fires break out across SoCal amid extreme heat; evacuation orders in effect (newsbreak.com)

• Blue Water Fire | CAL FIRE [currently 0% contained] Vista Fire | CAL FIRE [current 0% contained]

• Lucerne Fire | CAL FIRE [contained 100%]

• Cahuilla Fire | CAL FIRE [contained 100%]

• 28 Strong Firefighters Prayers – Love In Bible - [#11-20]

Thursday, July 4th - Fires, Fireworks, Firefighters Podcast

• Firefighters battle back 400-acre Fontana fire, no longer threatening homes (msn.com); Firefighters gain upper hand on 400-acre Sierra fire burning near buildings in Fontana (newsbreak.com)

• Sierra Fire | CAL FIRE [contains latest statistics about current incidents

• San Bernardino County Firefighters – IAFF Local 935

  • The San Bernardino County Fire Department has 57 Fire Stations, that Cover our 19,278 square miles of Jurisdiction. 48 Fire Stations are Full Time Staffed, and 9 are Paid Call.

• 28 Strong Firefighters Prayers – Love In Bible - [1st 10] guidance in service, protection amidst flames, wisdom in rescue, strength in weakness, peace & protection for families, courage, healing for injured, unity, guidance for leaders, gratitude for safety.