The residents of the streets marked in red will be asked to participate. A list of streets is below.

The Los Angeles Fire Department will conduct a major fire drill on Saturday, July 28th from 9:30 am to noon. The eastern half of the Oaks has been picked as the first neighborhood in the City to test this simulation of an evacuation. Participation is strongly encouraged, but voluntary. An exact map and a list of the streets to be evacuated will be forthcoming. The point of this drill is to find out what works prior to an actual event happening. This is certainly very timely, given that we are currently in the driest fire season known to date.

Simulated puffs of smoke will be deployed periodically as "fire" approaches the Oaks from Griffith Park. The hypothetical scenario is a fire in Griffith Park blowing towards the Oaks.

The drill will involve a lot of other agencies, like the Red Cross and CERT. About 200 LAPD officers will set up "soft barricades" around the area. They will stop everyone, but not necessarily deny access to the drill area. The mayor as well as the news media is expected to attend.

The roughly 750 residents of the about 350 homes in the exercise are encouraged to evacuate to Cheremoya School on Franklin Avenue, where they will be “processed” by the Red Cross. There will also be food sponsored by the Hollywood United Neighborhood Council and a raffle, as well as an educational program. All Oaks residents are invited and encouraged to join the “evacuees”.

Here is a list of the streets that will be part of the drill. All homes on theses streets are included:

Green Oak Dr
Green Oak Pl
Park Oak Dr
Park Oak Pl
Park Oak Ct
Mt Beacon Ter
Canyon Oak Dr
Wild Oak Dr
Dell Oak Dr
Ridge Oak Dr
Spreading Oak Dr
Hill Oak Dr
Alto Oak Dr
High Oak Dr
Holly Oak Dr
Red Oak Dr
Live Oak East Dr
Live Oak West Dr
Mountain Oak Dr
Fern Dell Pl
Black Oak Dr
Ponet Terrace
Tyron Rd
Moco Lane