fire risk
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Colorado Springs officials pitch plan to make wildfire evacuation planning law
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Colorado Springs city officials pitched a plan Tuesday to make the current wildfire evacuation planning steps local law, a measure residents say doesn’t address the core of their concerns around getting out of their homes safely in a major blaze. Councilman Bill Murray was among those during the back-to-back Colorado Springs City Council meetings who…
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Colorado shifts staff, buys $24 million helicopter for year-round fire risk
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The inferno that swept into Louisville and Superior last week proved the destructive power of a winter wildfire, but many of the aircraft and crews available in the late spring, summer and fall to fight massive Western blazes are not working in the heart of winter when many fire-prone states should see snow. The Colorado…
