Each year our nation experiences large-scale disasters that prompt evacuations, and each year we watch communities relearn the same lessons. This class shares how lessons learned from more than two decades of disasters both near and abroad influenced planning across Larimer County ahead of the 2020 wildfires and how those lessons were applied in response.
This FRI course will highlight the main lessons learned from national incidents and our own experiences. We will outline the actionable steps that each community can take to evaluate their current programs and leverage the partners necessary to move forward. It will also touch on how these lessons can be carried to other types of disasters, both natural and human caused. We hope for each community to improve the cooperation and collaboration between all emergency response agencies working on these disasters to produce the best outcome for all involved.
This program is delivered by IAFC as a two-day Evacuation Management for Law & Fire Service Leaders. It has been delivered in Castle Rock (CO) and Sevier County (TN), with plans for Oklahoma and Idaho in 2024.
Learning Objectives:
Share best practices for conducting a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis of their community for review of their evacuation preparedness and response.
Outline the planning processes for large-scale evacuations for wildfire and other disasters.
Outline the response priorities for large-scale evacuations for wildfire and other disasters.
