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County outlines evacuation study, ZoneHaven tool and targeted fuel‑reduction projects
Summary
Office of Emergency Services and the sheriff’s office presented an evacuation study identifying five high‑risk communities and a slate of FEMA, CAL FIRE and USFS fuel‑reduction projects plus community chipping events and an alert‑and‑warning RFP after a CodeRED data breach.
Nevada County emergency managers and law enforcement on Jan. 28 described a coordinated plan to reduce evacuation risk in communities the county’s 2024 evacuation study identified as most vulnerable.
Alex Kibble Toll, director of the Office of Emergency Services, said the county has completed an analysis pinpointing communities and road corridors that would be most affected by wildfire evacuations and is pursuing a mix of grant-funded and local projects. "Our most evacuation impacted communities countywide are Alta Sierra, Greenhorn Road, Cascade Shores, Banner Mountain, Lake Of The Pines, and Lake Wildwood," Kibble Toll said.
The county is advancing several…
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