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Fire agency urges stronger situational awareness, shared camera standards and cautious use of PSPS
Summary
The Division of Fire Prevention & Control told the PUC it supports technology investments (cameras, weather stations, fire‑behavior modeling) but urged minimum standards, data‑sharing agreements and use of advanced indices so PSPS are limited to days of genuinely elevated wildfire risk.
Von Jones, chief of wildland fire management at the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention & Control (DFPC), and deputy chief Paul Duarte presented DFPC’s operational perspective on the wildfire mitigation plan and PSPS decisions.
DFPC described its role supporting local fire agencies with incident management, intelligence, training and operational resources. Jones and Duarte said situational awareness — including weather stations, camera networks and…
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