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Committee reviews red-flag/PDS protocols; approves several amendments and report-backs on enforcement and towing
Summary
Emergency Management Department staff briefed the committee on city protocols for red-flag warnings and Particularly Dangerous Situations (PDS); members pressed on NotifyLA translation, staffing shortfalls, and enforcement logistics and approved a package of amendments, some as report-backs.
Emergency Management Department staff briefed the Ad Hoc LA Recovery Committee on current city protocols for red-flag warnings and the higher-level Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) designation, and the committee approved a set of amendments and report-back instructions that revise or seek additional analysis on enforcement, towing capacity, and funding for red-flag response.
John Brown, assistant general manager with the city's Emergency Management Department, said the PDS designation "follows a normal red flag protocol" but will be called out in upcoming EOP annex revisions; the revision will mandate that "no less than a level 3 EOC activation will occur during the particularly dangerous situation time frame." Jillian DiVella, EMD planning and mitigation chief, noted that two different red-flag declarations exist (the National Weather Service regional red-flag warning and an LAFD local red-flag day)…
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