Tag: Emergency Management
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Lee fire grows to 5th largest in Colorado history
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One of three wildfires burning in Colorado reached historic proportions on Monday, while another fire was now “out of control.” The Lee fire — which is raging southwest of Meeker in Rio Blanco County — grew to 113,378 acres by Monday morning, according to the Rio Blanco County…
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Jefferson County set to invest nearly $7 million in wildfire response program
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jefferson County will invest around $7 million into the sheriff’s office’s new Wildland Fire Management Program after being approved by both county commissioners and Jeffco residents. The county’s board of commissioners officially approved the budget item Tuesday morning, taking $6,880,379 from the general fund for…
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Adams City High School lockdown was due to bomb threat
The lockdown that caused Adams City High School to send its students home early was due to a bomb threat, police said. The Adams City High School — a school just west of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Commerce City — was placed on lockdown around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, according to a…
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Denver daytime warming centers to open ahead of cold temperatures
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save All operational recreation centers in Denver will be open as warming centers on Tuesday, according to a news release from the Denver Department of Public Health and the Environment. The recreation centers will be open during normal business hours. Meteorologists predicted snow starting to fall…
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Aurora to test emergency warning sirens
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Aurora’s Office of Emergency Management will test the city’s emergency outdoor warning sirens at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. About 50 sirens will be tested, and anyone outdoors in the city should expect to hear three minutes of a loud wailing sound. Sirens may not be audible…
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Aurora to test emergency outdoor sirens Tuesday
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 50 sirens will ring across Aurora on Tuesday during its semiannual test of its emergency siren system, the city announced Friday. The sirens will begin wailing at 11:30 a.m. and will sound for…
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Investigation into emergency alert ‘glitch’ underway
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An investigation is underway after an emergency alert intended for over 20,000 Englewood residents was received by many outside the impacted area, according to a statement from the Arapahoe County Office of Emergency Management. The alert was informing impacted residents of a boil advisory that…
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Colorado wildfires threaten new homes in high-risk areas with out-of-date protection plans
Fire chief Jay Teague discusses the wildfire preventative measures for the Four Mile Fire Protection District. (Video by Skyler Ballard and Katie Klann) { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “NEWS | Wildfire prevention with Four Mile Fire Protection District”, “description”: “Fire chief Jay Teague discusses the wildfire preventative measures for the Four Mile Fire Protection…
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CBI will test Amber Alert system to some devices on Monday
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Bureau of Investigation will test its Amber Alert notification system Monday morning. People with test alerts enabled on their devices will receive a notification at 11 a.m. Monday. The alert test feature is…
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Gov. Polis orders State Emergency Operations Center to return to level 1
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As COVID-19 cases continue to surge, Gov. Jared Polis on Saturday ordered the State Emergency Operations Center to return to Level 1 status. Level unifies all state agencies, federal partners and voluntary organizations that serve…