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County and city fire and emergency officials brief council on wildfire season preparedness and evacuation tools
Summary
Spokane Valley fire, county emergency management and regional partners briefed the council on wildfire season readiness, alerting systems, evacuation levels, home ignition-zone mitigation and pre-positioning of resources as high-risk conditions approach.
Representatives from Spokane Valley Fire Department, Spokane County Fire District 8 and Spokane County Emergency Management presented a wide-ranging briefing on wildfire-season preparedness to the City Council, emphasizing personal readiness, alerting systems and interagency resource planning.
Presenters included Jenny Nickerson (building official), Marty Long (Spokane County Fire District 8 division chief), Ken Johnson (Spokane Valley Fire Department division chief of prevention) and Mark Conrad (Spokane County Emergency Management). Speakers outlined new and existing tools for residents and officials: the county's Alert Spokane registration system…
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