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<br />Action Item #5: Implement a Countywide Emergency Management Public Education Program. <br /> <br />Issue Statement The Kit Carson County CPS identified several areas of concern that can be effectively addressed through an <br />Emergency Management Public Education program. The information that needs to be disseminated includes <br /> <br />Promoting the "FireWise" Education Program, which teaches communities and property owners basic, simple, and inexpensive <br />techniques that reduce damages from grass and wildland fires. This provides Fire Districts with an extra against defense measure <br />when faced with such situations - which are moderately frequent throughout the county. (An example may be viewed at www <br />(WCFPD example) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />An explanation to purchasers of in-line phone "zappers" that these devices will not allow Emergency Warning Notification <br />systems to reach them while they perform their function of blocking any computer generated call to get their telephone. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Implementation Manager and strategy: County Emergency Manager, in conjunction with the FSA (for promoting Crop <br />Insurance), KCC Volunteer Fire Protection District (for promoting FireWise techniques), and electronic device dealers in the Kit <br />Carson County area. <br /> <br />Medium <br /> <br />Priority <br /> <br />of <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Cost-Effectiveness Explanation: Public Education programs are generally inexpensive and are one of the more effective means <br />communicating useful information to people so that they may take effective actions to protect themselves from loss of property or <br />harmful injuries in emergency and disaster events. There are FEMA funds available through CO-OEM following presidentially <br />declared disaster areas that can be utilized for such efforts without requiring a cost/benefit analysis <br /> <br />89 <br /> <br />handouts, and envelope "inserts <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />"flyers, <br /> <br />$2,000 to pay for producing and mailing posters, <br /> <br />Cost Estimate: <br />