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Yahoo
14-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Emergency management officials preview evacuation plan
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Officials from the Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Management (PPROEM) briefed the El Paso County Board of Commissioners and the Colorado Springs City Council on the beginning of a multiagency project to design a regional Advanced Evacuation Plan. PPROEM said the evacuation plan will focus on three key areas to enhance public safety for those living in the Pikes Peak Region: Data-driven: The plan will leverage technology, including Ladris — an AI tool that supports public safety agencies with emergency planning — along with data to inform evacuation scenarios and enhance decision making. Locally informed: Strategies and tactics will be developed by the local agencies and organizations responsible for their implementation. Lessons learned: The plan will incorporate best practices and lessons from recent wind-driven wildfires, including improvements in the alert process. 'We place a high priority on continual improvement of emergency management and response in the Pikes Peak Region,' said Andrew Notbohm, PPROEM's Executive Director. 'Our region is well equipped and prepared to respond to wildfires, and this new effort will strengthen our evacuation capabilities.' PPROEM said the planning effort will include fire departments, law enforcement, traffic management, and other agencies throughout the region. The project is expected to be finished in November 2025. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
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- Yahoo
Hazard Mitigation Plan survey looks for feedback
(EL PASO COUNTY, Colo.) — The Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Management (PPROEM) is asking individuals for their feedback as they update its 2020 Hazard Mitigation Plan that includes El Paso County and its eight municipalities, including the City of Colorado Springs. PPROEM seeks public feedback in the planning process through a survey. The plan focuses on the population, buildings, infrastructure, and critical facilities that might be impacted by natural disasters. The mitigation project implemented will reduce vulnerability and enable communities to become more resilient to disasters. The survey will gather information from public safety agencies, public sector entities, and community members in El Paso County to help better coordinate activities and reduce the risk of injury or property damage. Survey questions are for planning purposes, and the survey can be found here. PPROEM will also host a series of virtual meetings throughout the plan update process. The first meeting will occur on Wednesday, April 23, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. The plan will include a risk assessment to identify hazards that may impact El Paso County and its municipalities. It will also profile relevant hazards and their potential consequences, identify assets that are subject to losses or damage, and estimate the potential losses that could result from each type of hazard. Following the risk assessment, the emergency management team will develop a hazard mitigation strategy, including the identification of hazard mitigation goals and a prioritized list of actions designed to reduce losses. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
