Elk Creek Fire Department Board of Director’s Meeting May 2012
May 16th, 2012We attended the Elk Creek Fire Department’s Board of Director’s meeting last night. There is more information in the link below, as well as a video of the proceedings. As part of their ongoing efforts for increasing community outreach they are conducting a community forum at St. Laurence Episcopal Church on May 22nd from 6-8pm with a representative from the Jeffco Sheriff’s office as well, and are encouraging everyone to attend. Please mark your calendars!
http://285bound.com/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=20041&p=216541#p216541
Elk Creek Fire Department Board of Directors Election Today in Conifer
May 8th, 2012The Elk Creek Fire Protection District has 2 positions to be filled on its Board of Directors, and 3 candidates running. Voting is today only until 7pm, and you must vote in person at the Elk Creek Fire Department Station 1 on Richmond Hill Rd. and bring an ID so they can confirm that you live in-district.
We have a thread on our forums started by one of the candidates: http://285bound.com/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=139&t=19587
You can also read more about them on their pages:
and watch the video of them explaining their positions, experience, and goals here:
Conifer Area Council Town Hall Meeting – Lower North Fork Fire Briefing and More
April 21st, 2012http://285bound.com/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=19362
We attended the Conifer Area Council’s Town Hall Meeting and videotaped the event for those who couldn’t attend. You can access the information sent out or handed out at the meeting in the link above, including the timeline of when each speaker started so you can forward to the portion of the video of most interest to you, and watch the video on our YouTube Channel here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StlXJmV_b6c
Lower North Fork Fire 100% Contained per Jeffco Sheriff! Thank you from Type 1 Incident Management Team
April 3rd, 2012
Wrapping up the Lower North Fork Fire Info – Updates on Closures/Re-Openings:
West Jeff Middle School will be open Tuesday, but Conifer HS will be closed to setup again after fire crews leave. Conifer Library (inside Conifer HS) is scheduled to reopen on Wednesday, April 4. Jeffco’s Disaster Recovery Center moving to Mountain Resource Center location beginning tomorrow, 4/3.
There are a few updates on the Jeffco Sheriff Blog to check out including
Additional Resources from Jeffco Public Health
Hazardous Waste material disposal recommendations
Resources Available at the Mountain Resource Center
and a Thank You from the Type 1 Incident Management Team
http://www.jeffcosheriff1.blogspot.com/
Thank you again to all of our first responders and volunteers who helped the evacuees, we are blessed to be part of such a wonderful community!
Gov. Hickenlooper names leader of prescribed fire review team, joins Congressional delegation in calling for response review
The governor and Colorado State University, which oversees the Colorado State Forest Service, called for the independent review last week.
Bass, currently the forest supervisor of the Bighorn National Forest in Wyoming, will lead a fact-finding team that will assess the planning, protocols and execution of the prescribed burn. The review will include data collection, interviews of personnel involved and an assessment of the planning for the prescribed burn conducted by the Colorado State Forest Service. The team will issue a report at the end of its review, which is expected to take about 30 days.
The review is distinct from a separate law enforcement investigation by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, aided by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and other local, state and federal agencies, that is designed to determine the origin of the Lower North Fork fire and the circumstances surrounding the fatalities connected to the fire.
We look forward to a review of events and procedures so we can all be better prepared next time, and hopefully avert some of the tragedy that occurred during this event.
