fire prevention
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Jennah Kitchell tapped to join Colorado’s state fire agency
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Jennah Kitchell will soon join the executive team leading Colorado’s state fire agency, after being selected to serve as chief administrative officer of the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control beginning next week. Kitchell currently works as the internal audit director of the Colorado Department of Public Safety, a position she has held since…
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Colorado Springs-area officials share fire prevention tips for dry weather after several grass fires
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Officials are reminding citizens to do their part in preventing wildland fires after a series of fires ignited around the Colorado Springs area. Most notably, the human-induced Sweetwater fire burned 346 acres of land near the Pikes Peak International Raceway on Saturday, causing evacuations. Wildland fires are statistically most often caused by humans, according Klint…
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Outdated? Marshall fire area mitigation plans more than a decade old
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The wildfire mitigation plan for the area where the Marshall fire ripped across a suburban landscape on Thursday hadn’t been updated since 2010, predating heavy population growth in the area. The plan, managed by the Rocky Mountain Fire Protection District, includes evacuation routes for the area, the designation of subdivisions in hazardous locations and places where…
