Denali Borough committee narrows evacuation-zone map, seeks local place names and structure counts

Forrest Shreve, the Denali Borough emergency manager, led a detailed review of a draft evacuation-zone map at the LEPC meeting held at the Miri Science Learning Center, noting the map is a draft intended for local feedback and that the goal is to finalize it for the fire season.

The map effort aims to give residents clear, locally meaningful evacuation triggers and text descriptions for each zone. Shreve said the map will include both a place name and a text description such as mile‑marker ranges so people can determine whether they are in an affected zone.

Why it matters: Clear evacuation boundaries and names reduce confusion during an incident and let emergency managers target alerts so people are not moved unnecessarily. Committee members…