Bella Vista
---- In case of an emergency use the house
phone and call 9-1-1.
---- If unable to reach 9-1-1, use the house phone and
dial 565-2121.
---- If the house phone does not work, use your cell phone
and call 1-707-565-2121. (Do
NOT call 9-1-1 as this will connect you to CHP and you will
lose time).
---- If neither house phone nor cell phone will work, use call
box at Mile 56.25 on Hwy 1 and be connected there
to an emergency operator.
(To
get to that call box from Bella Vista, go back down Tallgrass,
turn left -- south -- onto Leeward Road, then past the Rec
Center and left onto Deer Trail to Hwy 1, then turn right onto
Hwy 1 and find the call box after going 0.57 miles south on
Hwy 1).
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Safety
Upon your arrival at Bella Vista, please find and read a
one-page information sheet entitled "EMERGENCY: Who do you call?"
Then familiarize yourself with the location of
the fire extinguishers.
One is located in the family room at the fireplace, another in a
closet in the master bedroom, one on the mezzanine, and one in
the garage.
Please help us maintain utmost fire safety.
The house is located in an area that is, during the summer and
fall season, considered "high fire danger."
Specifically:
--- use the gas grill or Weber only on the gravel surface
of the driveway, or on the concrete in the entry way, but not on
a wooden deck;
--- assure that the grease catcher is in place under the gas
grill;
--- no bonfires
on the beach!
--- during Red Flag Warning periods
use of the fireplace is prohibited.
--- burn only those fuels in the fireplace that do not generate
excess amounts of glowing embers, i.e. only firewood, NO PAPER, NO PINE NEEDLES, NO CHRISTMAS
TREES.
--- start a fire in the fireplace only with dry wood kindling or
Duraflame Firestarters (or equiv.), NOT
with NEWSPAPER or alike.
--- keep the door of the fireplace closed at all times when a
fire is burning;
--- keep the heat of the fire low -- not too many logs at
any one time, please! Be
considerate!
--- keep a fire in the fireplace under CONSTANT
SUPERVISION;
--- keep children near the fireplace under supervision;--- do not
dispose hot ashes anywhere; leave this to our
housekeepers to take care of;
Please assure that children are under constant
supervision when in the hot tub.
Please mind the hot cooking surface of the kitchen
range -- very dangerous for children!
Keep the cooktop clear of burnables, such as dishtowels.
Do not leave the house while something is cooking on the range
or in the oven.
Due
to the related extreme fire danger, we do not
permit the use of any candles at Bella Vista
(tea lights in metal containers are OK) -- no exceptions, please!