Indian Hills Fire Rescue Community Meeting on Emergency Preparedness
Channel: MyMountainTown
Date: 2019-08-13

Indian Hills Fire Rescue Community Meeting on Emergency Preparedness
July 31, 2019

@0:00 Intro: Scott Kellar, President Indian Hills Fire Rescue Board & Marc Rosenberg, Deputy Fire Chief, Indian Hills Fire Rescue

@5:00 Start of presentation

@7:45 Grey La Certe, Jeffco Sheriff’s Office Office of Emergency Management - Emergency Notification System & Evacuation Routes

Smart911

Exercise in 2016: they sent 15 deputies to Ken Caryl to time door-to-door knocks for evacuations, it took 2 hours to get to 400 houses. Not optimal for saving many lives during last-minute evacuations if residents don't evacuate when first requested.

3 Standard Instructions:

- Shelter In Place: remain or go indoors, do not go outdoors, and do not evacuate the area.
    
- Pre-Evacuation: evacuation may be required in the near future. Actively prepare to leave. Leave if you feel you are in danger.
    
- Evacuation: Incident Commander has ordered an evacuation. Leave immediately.

Pre-Built Messaging

Evacuations - Why do people not leave?
Need to verify and validate
Need pets and livestock evac’d

@52:00 Scott Kellar

@53:50 Kristin Waters, Indian Hills Water District - Water District Impacts During an Emergency or Evacuation
Short Term Plan and Long Term Plan 

@57:00 Mike Fassula, Indian Hills Fire Rescue Wildland Lieutenant - Fire Protection Measures & Other Preparedness Considerations
National Statistics
Wildfires burn ~4.4 million acres
72,000 communities are at risk in the U.S.

@1:38:00 Scott Kellar - Fire Code Changes being considered by Indian Hills Fire Rescue Board of Directors, Wrap Up & Discussion

For additional resources, see our My Mountain Town Emergency Page at https://mymountaintown.com/emergency-info and our Scanner & Emergency Info, Weather Forecasts Forum here: https://mymountaintown.com/forum/46-scanner-emergency-info-weather-forecasts

Thank you to Indian Hills Fire Rescue and Jefferson County Sheriff's Office of Emergency Management for a great presentation!

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