Once flooding begins, personnel will be needed to help in rescuing victims, securing utilities, cordoning off flooded areas and controlling traffic. These actions may overtax local agencies and additional personnel and resources may be needed. Extreme weather conditions, such as high temperatures, low humidity, and winds of extraordinary force, may cause an ordinary fire to expand into one of massive proportions. The City's non-combustible roof ordinance and the ongoing Weed Abatement Program have done much to reduce the risk. However, under extreme weather conditions the potential for a disastrous wildfire still exists.
Aircraft accidents can occur anywhere.
The number of military over flights between Camp Pendleton and San Diego along the coast adds to this potential hazard, increasing the possibility of an aircraft-related disaster. As with aircraft accidents, the potential that a major train derailment will occur in Encinitas has grown due to the increase in the number of passenger trains that travel through the City. A derailment could produce a large number of injuries, requiring mass medical care. Dam failures cause loss of life, damage to property, and other ensuing hazards, as well as displacement of persons residing in the inundation path. A failure of Lake Wohlford Dam in Escondido would likely produce flooding along Escondido Creek, which travels through Encinitas.