Almanac note · Home and property
San Bernardino emergency alerts run through county systems too
San Bernardino residents can use city emergency management information and San Bernardino County alert systems, including TENS, for wildfire, evacuation, shelter, and public-safety messages.
San Bernardino sits close to foothills, freeways, rail, older neighborhoods, and county-level emergency systems. For alerts, it helps to think city and county together.
The city’s Emergency Management page sends residents toward San Bernardino County emergency alert signups. The county’s Telephone Emergency Notification System, often called TENS, is used by fire and sheriff officials to send high-speed messages during major disasters such as wildfires. County pages keep alert and preparedness tools close to the people who may need them.
That is useful for evacuation messages, shelter information, road issues, smoke, fire activity, and other public-safety notices that may cross city lines. A message may be about one canyon, foothill edge, neighborhood, or route, not the whole city.
Set up alerts for the places you care about: home, work, school, a relative’s house, and any hillside or canyon-edge property. Keep phone numbers current, and make a simple plan for pets, medicine, keys, documents, and a meeting place. The goal is not to worry. It is to make the first few minutes less confusing.
Where to see it
San Bernardino Emergency Management and San Bernardino County emergency alert pages.
Official sources
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Reviewed July 4, 2026
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