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Residents report gaps in evacuation alerts, urge multiple-notification channels
Summary
At a Sierra Madre listening session on the Eaton Fire recovery, residents described late or uneven evacuation notifications and urged the city to use redundant alert methods — text and landline alerts, bullhorns, door-to-door checks and a registry for vulnerable residents.
Residents at a Sierra Madre City listening session on the Eaton Fire said notification problems and reliance on cell-phone alerts left some people unaware of the fire until neighbors warned them.
"I saw no fire, heard nobody say anything about a fire," said Kevin Moore, a resident, describing that he only learned about the blaze when neighbors began yelling at about 7:30 p.m. "I didn't own a cell phone at the time."
The concern echoed throughout the meeting: several speakers said they had not received timely official notices, while others praised door-to-door checks and the recreation center evacuation site. Shirley Moore said she received no formal notification until a neighbor knocked on…
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