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County details evacuation zones, Ready, Set, Go alerts and motor-vehicle closures during high fire danger
Summary
Coconino County Emergency Management described how residents will be notified during wildfires through Ready, Set, Go messaging, the county Rave/Smart911 system and FEMA IPAWS alerts, and said temporary motor-vehicle closures on specified roads will be used in stage 2 fire restrictions to reduce human-caused ignitions.
Coconino County Emergency Management walked residents through the county’s evacuation-zone mapping and alert tools, urging people to sign up for the county notification system and to learn their evacuation zone ahead of a wildfire or flood.
Tim Carter, deputy director of Coconino County Emergency Management, described the Ready, Set, Go framework adopted statewide and said the county uses Rave Mobile Safety (Smart911) for registered messages and FEMA’s IPAWS for location-based alerts to people in the field. “We’re always in the state of ready. So today, we’re in ready,” Carter said, urging residents to prepare…
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