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Committee advances bill to add county links on state wildfire information site
Summary
The House Culture, Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Committee voted to send Senate Bill 20 five-fifteen to the Committee of the Whole after testimony that it would centralize wildfire updates by adding county-level emergency website links on the Division of Fire Prevention and Control site.
Senate Bill 20 five-fifteen, introduced in committee by Representative Morrow, would require the Division of Fire Prevention and Control within the Colorado Department of Public Safety to include direct hyperlinks to county-level emergency websites on the state’s wildfire information and resource center.
Supporters told the committee the change would centralize timely, localized wildfire information while leaving counties responsible for maintaining their own pages. Representative Morrow described the measure as “very simple” and said it would “enhance public access to timely, localized wildfire and emergency updates,” while allowing counties to retain…
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