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Coconino County outlines plans for wildfire readiness, evacuation maps and public outreach
Summary
Coconino County emergency management briefed supervisors on wildfire preparedness, highlighting a draft hazard-mitigation plan out for public review, interactive evacuation-zone maps, community outreach campaigns and mobile incident-command assets to support evacuations and sheltering.
Coconino County emergency management on Monday told the Board of Supervisors it is stepping up public outreach and operational planning ahead of a wildfire season that officials say now behaves more like a year-round threat.
Tim Carter, the countyemergency management director, said the countyhazard mitigation plan is being updated and will be released for public comment in May, with board consideration scheduled for June 23. "We really want the publicinput," Carter said, noting the plan is an all-hazards document that still identifies wildfire as the countytop risk.
Carter described several preparedness initiatives intended to speed…
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