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Marin agencies urge residents to sign up for Alert Marin and beef up defensible space after Fairfax briefing
Summary
Ross Valley Fire, Marin Wildfire and the county Office of Emergency Management outlined evacuation planning, modeling and resident steps — including a new wildfire preparedness coordinator for Ross Valley Fire — and warned only about half of Fairfax adults are signed up for Alert Marin.
Ross Valley Fire, Marin Wildfire and Marin County emergency-management officials urged Fairfax residents on Wednesday to prepare now for wildfire evacuations and to sign up for Alert Marin, saying county modeling and recent drills show limited public participation and persistent gaps in defensible-space compliance.
The officials told the Fairfax Town Council that only 49% of adults in town are registered for Alert Marin, the county mass-notification system that issues evacuation warnings and orders. ‘‘Really only half of the town is going to get notified that there’s an evacuation order or a warning,’’ Ross Valley Fire Chief Dan Mahoney said, urging residents to register and to treat evacuation drills as practice.
The presentation also introduced Nicole Marcucci as Ross Valley Fire’s new wildfire preparedness coordinator, funded by Measure C (the Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority tax). Her responsibilities include vegetation management,…
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