{"id":301522,"date":"2026-05-05T22:32:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T22:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/301522\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T22:32:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T22:32:33","slug":"red-cross-helps-the-community-stay-prepared-during-wildfire-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/301522\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Cross helps the community stay prepared during wildfire season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Wildfire season has begun as the Kern County Fire Department works to get a handle on the Tower Fire burning near East Bakersfield.<\/p>\n<p>While this fire is now under control with 98% containment, it is a reminder of how wildfires can impact communities around Kern County.<\/p>\n<p>The American Red Cross is always working to make sure they can respond to disasters at a moment&#8217;s notice.<\/p>\n<p>Red Cross Regional Communications Director Taylor Poisall joined ARC Bakersfield to share how families can be prepared in the event of a wildfire.<\/p>\n<p>Poisall says everyone should make a plan if they have to evacuate and have a &#8220;go bag&#8221; ready with important items they may need.<\/p>\n<p>More information about wildfire preparedness can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.org\/get-help\/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies\/types-of-emergencies\/wildfire.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">redcross.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Wildfire season has begun as the Kern County Fire Department works to get a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-301522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}