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<br />Issue C-5: Resident Warning and Evacuation <br />Background: Evacuation continues to be a problem in the interface. Residents have <br />relied upon second,hand infonnation abouL status of threatening wildfires and the need to <br />evacuaLe. They must have reliable, immediate warning and updaLed infonnation about a <br />nearby wildfire, evacuation procedures and routes. Warnings can be issued from mobile <br />public address sysLems, NOAA weather radio, radio stations, Emergency BroadcasL <br />System and local warning systems. <br /> <br />Action Element: <br /> <br />1. Develop local warning and evacuation systems and procedures, who will <br />activate them and when. Incorporate procedures and diagrams into local <br />Emergency Operations Plans and sheriff's dispaLch centers. Exercise and test <br />warning system annually, <br /> <br />2. EducaLe area residents abouL warnings and procedures through uLiliLy mailers, . <br />boxholder notices, door hangers, service clubs, printing of basic evacuation <br />guidelines in telephone books or other methods. <br /> <br />3, Develop subdivision evacuation diagrams. PosL them as durable signs aL <br />developmenL entrances. Post warning signs aL entrances to all dead-end roads. <br /> <br />Agencies: <br /> <br />Warnina svstems - county emergency offices, connLy sheriffs */* fire <br />departments, Office of Emergency Management. <br />Public education - local emergency managers, fire departments, C01lllty <br />sheriffs */* service clubs, uLility companies, <br />Telenhone book - Office of Emergency Management */* Colorado SLate <br />Forest Service <br />Diagrams and sians - fire departments, road departments */* county sberiffs. <br /> <br />Estimated Costs: SLafftime plus signs or printing. <br /> <br />Funding Sources: Local agency budgets; grants for special costs, local, state and <br />federal emergency programs. <br /> <br />Schedule: ImmediaLe and ongoing. <br /> <br />Issue C-6: Incident Command System <br />Background: Successful conunand and firefighting activities requires inLegrated <br />efforts of all forces, As wildfires grow and require more forces, stmctural fire <br />departments are eager LO help but may not know how Lo join with wildland forces for besL <br />results. Field operaLions deterioraLe in the first five minutes if common procedures and a <br />standard incident organization are not implemenLed. Without commonalities, it takes the <br />remainder of the incidem LO catch up, if ever, The Incident Command SysLem (ICS) has <br />been developed as a common incidem organization for command and control. <br /> <br />ICS uses pre-established, sLandard incidenL procedures for a sysLematic course of action <br />at any emergency scene, Major caLegories of procedures are needed for: <br />1. Common incidem organizaLioIl <br />2, Transfer and assumption of conunand for single or multiple jurisdictions, <br />3. Delegation of f1lllCLional duties. <br />4, A standard method for resource designators, procurement, check,in and status, <br />5. Communications. <br />6, SafeLy. <br />7. Guides for describing tactical prioriLies and needed support f1lllctions. <br />8. An outline of responsibilities of various responding units. <br /> <br />ICS has been adopted by many fire and emergency response agencies bUL noL all. Local <br />procedures are noL standardized. <br /> <br />Action Element: <br /> <br />1. All fire agencies in Colorado adopt ICS. Apply ICS LO all emergencies and use <br />ICS in local incidem management actions. <br /> <br />28 <br />