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Candidates in Santa Fe forum call for bigger emergency‑management staff, better coordination
Summary
District 2 candidates at a Santa Fe forum described gaps in emergency management—an understaffed office, weak enforcement and communication black spots—and proposed more staffing, regional coordination and clearer evacuation and event‑safety plans.
At a candidate forum for Santa Fe’s District 2, multiple contenders said the city’s emergency‑management capacity needs more staff, clearer coordination and better public communications.
Burl Brechner said the city’s emergency management office was "down to 1 interim director" after the former director left months ago and urged the city to provide budgetary support and broaden planning beyond fires and floods. "We also need to better understand what an emergency is," Brechner said, arguing the office must plan for a wider range of threats.
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