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Council adopts shelter activation protocol setting triggers, partner sites and activation authority
Summary
Council approved a shelter activation protocol that sets triggers (partner shelters at capacity, weather thresholds and forecasts), names partner facilities and gives the city manager or emergency management coordinator authority to activate city shelters; the plan includes pet sheltering and daily operational reporting.
Fire and emergency management staff presented a city shelter activation protocol designed to coordinate responses when partner shelters reach capacity or weather conditions necessitate city action.
Chief Mike Armstrong described the primary trigger: the Salvation Army and Haven of Rest must be at capacity before the city opens additional shelters, and officials will consider temperature, precipitation and wind-chill…
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