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<br />The North Fork Fire Department will be responsible for warning or evacuating people from the <br />town of Buffalo Creek. If they need assistance they will request it from the sheriff s department. <br /> <br />Because the roadway areas along Sand Draw and lower Buffalo Creek are very likely wash away <br />during a flood, rescue personnel will not be sent up into this area unless absolutely necessary. A <br />member of the Buffalo Creek Crisis Committee will call all the residents along FDR 543 and <br />advise them of the rising water. <br /> <br />The R-I school bus personnel will also be advised of a flash flood warning. The bus drivers for <br />the routes through Buffalo Creek and along the North Fork of the South Platte River will be <br />advised of the flooding or rising water by their dispatchers. Students will not be dropped off in <br />the flood hazard areas. The Buffalo Creek bus will stage at Green's Store, and the Dome Rock <br />bus will stage on Foxton Road, above the River Road. Once it is safe and conditions permit, the <br />buses will be allowed to continue with their routes. If necessary, the pre-authorized residents <br />may assist with getting the children home. <br /> <br />6. School Bus Drivers <br />If at any time the bus drivers feel that it is too dangerous to let his or her passengers off the bus at <br />a designated bus stop, he/she will not allow the children off the bus, and will follow the <br />emergency protocol as described above. The parents of students living along Buffalo Creek and <br />in the Dome Rock area will complete a permission slip granting permission for their child or <br />children to be let off the bus at an alternate location, and for their children to use alternative <br />transportation if necessary. <br /> <br />C. PRIVATE PROPERTY MITIGATION MEASURES <br /> <br />1. Rehabilitation of Private Lands <br />The Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) has been involved with rehabilitation of private lands in <br />the Buffalo Creek vicinity. In particular, they have been working with land owners in the Sand <br />Draw and Spring Gulch watersheds. As of October 1996, three Forest Stewardship plans have been <br />completed that address rehabilitation on 197 acres in those areas. <br /> <br />As part of the effort, 250 linear feet of straw bale dams have been placed, 400 pounds of grass seed <br />have been spread, 400 trees have been planted, and 600 trees have been purchased for Spring <br />planting. The labor expended to date includes 300 hours of volunteer service, 30 hours of CSFS <br />technical assistance, and 4 hours of CSFS environmental education. <br /> <br />Another project which is now pending includes the purchase of 500 or more tree seedlings by the <br />Rocky Mountain News. Those trees will be planted next spring by CSFS personnel or by <br />volunteers. Additional rehabilitation strategies are presented in section XI of this report. <br /> <br />19 <br />