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The Resident Deputy and the North Fork Fire Department personnel, along with designated citizens, will notify as many people in the area as possible of the flash flood warning. This may be done by telephone, P A, or door to door if time permits. The R-l school bus personnel will also be advised of a flash flood warning. The bus drivers for the routes through Buffalo Creek and along the North Fork of the South Platte River will be advised of the warning by their dispatchers. If the bus drivers feel it is safe, they will drop the students off as normal, except for the students living on Buffalo Creek Road (FDR 543). Those students will be dropped off at Green's Store. Their parents will then be called and advised that the students are being held at the store until it is safe to bring them home. Several residents with four wheel drive vehicles, who are pre-authorized to take the children home, will take the children home at a safe time. A list of the pre-authorized drivers has been distributed to the affected parents. The Dome Rock bus will stage on Foxton Road, above the River Road. If possible, the bus driver will contact the bus dispatcher who will then contact the sheriffs dispatcher. The sheriff's dispatcher will advise the Resident Deputy who will, if possible, arrange for alternate transportation for the Dome Rock children. 5. Reported Flooding or Rising Water In the event of reported flooding or rising water, the Jefferson County Sheriffs dispatch will notify the Resident Deputy, the North Fork Fire Department personnel, and the mountain area bus barn (if during normal school hours). Emergency personnel will check the area to attempt to confirm the reports of flooding or rising water. If a flash flood warning has not been issued, and the flooding or rising water can be confirmed by a deputy, fire personnel, or multiple reports from citizens, the emergency pagers will be set off and the phone tree will be activated by the Resident Deputy or dispatch. If it is confirmed that water is rising, the North Fork Fire Department will close County Road 126 at Spring Creek Road and at County Road 96 (The River Road). The Jefferson County Sheriffs Department will close access to the River Road at Foxton Road and will clear the North Fork River. They will also request Douglas County Sheriff s Department to close the River Road at Night Hawk. 18