emergency preparedness

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    Glenwood Report: Wildfire theme rings throughout first meeting of September

    The Sopris Sun is happy to introduce the Glenwood Report, covering the regular Glenwood Springs city council meetings which take place every first and third Thursdays.

    The theme of the Sept. 7 meeting was emergency preparedness. 

    Wildfire collaborative
    Paula Stepp with the Middle Colorado Watershed Council appeared in… read more →

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    West Slope hosts mass care shelter trainings

    By London Lyle
    Sopris Sun Intern

    At the end of the month, American Red Cross is hosting two mass care shelter trainings in western Colorado for community members interested in volunteering during times of natural disaster. Coloradans are no strangers to natural disasters — wildfires particularly.read more →

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    Redstone braces for flooding and fires

    Redstone’s community gathered on a rainy night at the fire station north of the Boulevard to discuss flooding preparedness, and a bit about wildfire season too. Pitkin County Emergency Manager Valerie Macdonald presented along with members of the Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District (CRFPD).

    Accelerated snow melt this spring… read more →