Emergency board funds Genesys evacuation tool citing faster wildfire alerts; $1.135M approved

The emergency board approved a request to allocate $1,135,200 general fund for the Department of Emergency Management to cover contractually obligated payments for Genesys, a statewide evacuation planning and management platform. Representative Evans described Genesys as a tool that "streamlines and accelerates evacuation zone mapping and public alert routing" and said it can reduce notification times in wildfire incidents from "45 to 55 minutes" down to between "1 and 5 minutes."