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Emergency manager outlines mass-notification apps, evacuation planning for Prescott Valley
Summary
Joel Schieffer, Prescott Valley’s emergency manager, introduced the town’s emergency management programs to the Town Council, highlighted regional mass-notification tools (Rave), recommended three situational-awareness apps, and described ongoing work on evacuation routes, training and outreach.
Joel Schieffer, the town’s emergency manager, told the Prescott Valley Town Council that his office handles “prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, [and] recovery” for incidents and disasters and introduced the town’s emergency-management program in a study session.
Schieffer said the town has adopted a regional mass-notification platform called Rave and urged residents to sign up at prescottvalleyalerts.gov so officials can notify people during evacuations or other emergencies. “Rave is our mass notification public alert system that we’re using,” he said. He also recommended two mobile apps for situational awareness: Genesis Protect (for evacuation-area…
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