From information week.com

The KPBS public broadcasting station in San Diego has created a mashup of fire information with Google Maps, telling residents in areas affected by fire which neighborhoods are to be evacuated, which roads are closed, and the location of the nearest evacuation center.

The information, essential to those threatened by fire, is updated frequently with details from police, sheriff's office, and firefighting authorities.

An index of the information available has been built on the left-hand side of the map. Clicking on an item prompts a window to open on the map, pointing to the area where the information applies. The device is a Web 2.0 way of connecting text bulletins to locations, critical information for those in neighborhoods not yet affected by the fires but in their potential path.

For example, when evacuation orders are given, they're posted on the map, pointing to the neighborhoods affected. Sometime after 9 a.m. Tuesday, Chula Vista Police began using a reverse 911 calling system to notify residents to evacuate immediately. At 9:54 a.m., the KBPS fire map posted the evacuation order, saying residents of Bella Lago, Paseo los Gatos, and Paseo Vera Cruz were affected.

"The fire has jumped Procter Valley Road and is threatening the Bella Lago community in the northeast of the city. The neighborhood is north of Proctor Valley Road and bordered by Aqua Vista Drive on the west," the evacuation notice said.