City of Golden Updates Community Wildfire Protection Plan Jefferson County to Update Emergency Notification System
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he Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) was recently updated by Golden Fire & Rescue in 2021 to EST. address the threat of wildfire to the City of Golden based on lessons learned and technology developments since the Plan’s last update in 2007. The Plan identifies RE THE WEST LIVE WHE fire risks facing the community, and outlines actions S to mitigate those risks and prepare for community FI E RE evacuation in the event of a wildfire. The updated plan can CU R S E be found at www.cityofgolden.net/city-services/wildfireprotection-plan/. Implementing the The City of Golden, nestled in a valley surrounded strategies outlined in by mountains, mesas and grasslands, is a city with the the Community Wildfire convenience of urban life and almost instant access to Protection Plan will wildlands. Firefighters call this “wildland urban interface.” require coordination This area of transition presents a unique risk to those who among the Golden Fire live on the edges of Golden and a unique challenge for the Department, other key Golden Fire Department. City of Golden departments, Jefferson County, many other stakeholders, and the community at large in The Community Wildfire Protection Plan focuses Golden. Golden Fire & Rescue and the City of Golden will on three key strategies to keep the City of Golden safe hold community meetings in Spring and Summer 2022 to from wildfire: 1. M itigation: Taking measures to minimize risk of structure review the Community Wildfire Protection Plan in detail, ignition through home features, landscaping design, answer questions from residents, and document ideas and outdoor storage practices and vegetation maintenance feedback submitted for further consideration. It should also be noted that Jefferson County’s opt-in on one’s property. emergency alerting / notification platform is changing from 2. N otification: Educating community members to CodeRed to Rave Alert on April 1. If you have signed up help ensure they are signed up for Jefferson County’s with CodeRed in the past, your information will transfer to emergency notification program at Your911.net and that the new platform, however you are encouraged to update it is activated in a timely manner. this information to ensure phone number(s) and e-mail 3. E vacuation: Building coordinated neighborhood plans addresses are still valid. Further information related to the to evacuate community members in an orderly fashion 2021 CWPP and Rave Alert can be found on our website at in the event of a wildfire and educating members of the www.cityofgolden.net/government/departments-divisions/ public about those plans. fire.
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