LEPC hears concerns about evacuation maps, emergency text alerts and radio gaps; FCC engaged
The committee discussed refining evacuation polygons for more targeted notices, inconsistent emergency text delivery during recent fires that prompted an FCC engagement, and recurring radio interoperability problems reported by local fire chiefs.
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Forrest, the Denali Borough emergency manager, walked the committee through draft evacuation polygons developed after the Bear Creek incident and said the borough plans a layered approach: larger general zones with smaller, named subsectors for targeted messaging. "I think...we could get the messaging in the process, but I think it's just a little bit easier to visualize when we have the whole shape," he said while showing draft maps.
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