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Lafayette council workshop highlights wildfire preparedness push, evacuation planning
Summary
City staff reported gains in community-led wildfire readiness—Firewise growth and a surge in community warning sign‑ups—and recommended new 'evacuation-route hardening' tasks, more local analysis of evacuation capacity, and pilot steps if state funds lag.
Lafayette city staff on Feb. 20 detailed community and operational steps intended to reduce wildfire risk and improve evacuations, urging the council to add a new priority of "evacuation-route hardening." Andy, the city's emergency services presenter, said the community has made measurable progress: "they grew, 76% year over year growth in terms of the number of homes we have in the city of Lafayette that are in buyer wise communities," and pointed to recent wins in community warning sign‑ups.
Why it matters: staff framed wildfire work as a mix of community…
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