[Know Your Zone Meeting Emergency Preparedness July 12, 2023.]
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SO WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED AT SIX.
AND IF YOU KNOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE LIKE TO BE ON TIME, UM, IF NOT EARLY.
SO I'M GONNA SIT DOWN JUST SO THAT, UM, THE MICROPHONE CAN PICK ME UP, ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE I HAVE A VERY GOOD VOICE THAT TRAVELS.
BUT FOR ANYBODY THAT'S AT HOME AND VIEWING AND WATCHING, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PICK UP EVERYTHING THAT'S SAID.
SO I'M JUST GONNA SIT DOWN, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED, UM, I WILL TAKE A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
MY NAME'S STEPHANIE FOLEY, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE SEDONA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WANTED TO, BEFORE GOING INTO OTHER INTRODUCTIONS, INTRODUCE MAYOR JLO THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY JUST A FEW WORDS.
I'M GONNA TRY TO BE AS CLOSE TO THIS ONE, BUT MY VOICE SHOULD CARRY.
ANYWAY, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE, UH, NOT FOR THE, THE WAY IT HAPPENED BECAUSE OUR POLICE, THE TWO COUNTIES, OUR FIRE DISTRICT ARE VERY, UH, NORMALLY WORK TOGETHER QUITE WELL.
BUT FOR THIS KIND OF A PROJECT, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO DO WHAT THEY CAN TO KEEP US SAFE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S, IT'S A GREAT NEW PLAN.
IT'S GOING TO EDUCATE EVERYBODY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF US HEARING ABOUT IT TOGETHER.
WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A PREVIEW OF ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEETINGS A WHILE BACK.
WE WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE ALL PUT TOGETHER FOR, WHAT IS IT, ALMOST 18 MONTHS OR ALMOST TWO YEARS.
I MEAN, MOST DAYS GO BY, YOU SEE ALL THE CARS IN THE PARKING LOT, AND IT'S GREAT TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER.
SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, BEHIND ME, THERE ARE A GROUP OF PEOPLE.
SO AS I INTRODUCE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN THE ROOM THAT I'D LIKE JUST TO TAKE A MOMENT AND, AND LET YOU KNOW, IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S HERE.
UM, IF THEY COULD STAND WHILE I INTRODUCE THEM, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING SO THAT OUR VIEWERS AND EVERYONE ELSE CAN SEE.
HE IS THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR FOR COCONINO COUNTY.
I WILL, UH, GO TO THE YAVAPAI COUNTY SIDE.
ASHLEY ALL QUEST, THE YAVAPAI COUNTY MANAGER MANAGER.
YOU'RE THE ASSISTANT CHIEF, RIGHT? THANK YOU.
TELL ME, THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD.
ASSISTANT CHIEF JASON COYLE FOR SEDONA FIRE.
YOU GUYS CHANGED TITLES AND YOU HAVE SO MANY MORE THAN US.
YOU GOT LAYERS, GOT MORE STUFF TO DO THIS.
UH, SO WE HAVE CAPTAIN JOHNSON WITH YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
BEHIND HIM IS LIEUTENANT WALK WITH THE SEDONA POLICE DEPARTMENT, SERGEANT LEON WITH THE SEDONA POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND ALSO SOMEBODY HERE THAT IS, UM, CAN OFFER ASSISTANCE WITH SPANISH, UM, INTERPRETATION FOR TONIGHT.
SO IF WE NEED ANYTHING OR ANY QUESTIONS, UM, SERGEANT LEON IS FLUENT IN AN INTERPRETER.
SO, UH, THEN WE HAVE COMMANDER BECK WITH COCONINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, DEPUTY CHIEF RYAN QUICKEN, LIEUTENANT MARTIN SEDONA PD.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER HERE.
EVERYBODY WILL BE CHEERING BY THE TIME WE'RE DONE, I'M SURE.
UH, THEN WE HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER, KAREN OSBORNE HERE.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE OUR MAYOR TO COUNSELORS RIGHT NEXT.
YOU GIVE YOUR LITTLE WAVES TOO.
AND THEN OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, UM, MR. DICKEY.
AND THEN, UM, I HAVE MY EXEC ASSISTANT HERE HELPING OUT WITH THINGS.
AND THEN I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER ASHLEY, UM, SOMEBODY THAT WE CONTRACTED WITH THAT'S BEEN AMAZING PUTTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
SO JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND EXPLAIN WHO'S IN THE ROOM AND, AND ALL THE PARTNERS THAT ASSISTED WITH PUTTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER OVER ALMOST TWO YEARS WORTH OF WORK.
AND THAT WILL CONTINUE GROWING AND BUILDING, UM, OVER THE YEARS AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE A POWERPOINT SLIDE.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN READING EVERYTHING TO YOU BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU CAN READ IT TOO.
BUT I WILL MAKE SOME HIGHLIGHTS AS WE GO THROUGH.
SO WE STARTED BACK IN APRIL OF 2022 WITH THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
YOU CAN SEE WE MOVED ON TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GUIDE.
WE DID WHAT'S CALLED THE TH THE THREAT AND HAZARD IDENTIFICATION RISK ASSESSMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
UH, WE DON'T REALLY RELEASE THAT BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ADDRESSES ANY, UM, THREATS THAT COULD HAPPEN TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE
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USE TO BUILD TRAININGS AND, AND KNOW WHAT SOME OF THOSE GAPS THAT COULD EXIST AND WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE SOME, SOME, UM, POINTS OF CONCERNS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK INTO.SO THAT'S WHAT THAT THREAT, THE THY ASSESSMENT IS, AND WE'LL BE UTILIZING THAT IN OUR TRAININGS.
UH, THE GUIDED EXERCISE WITH THE YAVAPAI COUNTY, WE DID IT, UM, OVER AT THE HUB OFF OF POSSE GROUNDS BACK IN MARCH AT THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE READY SET GO.
AND WE DO HAVE SOME OF THESE MATERIALS IN THE BACK.
THOSE WERE DOOR HANGERS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN.
ALSO, WE HAVE THESE BANNERS HERE THAT, UM, JUST AS A VISUAL DISPLAY OF WHAT READY SET GO IS, AND THEN THE EVACUATION PLANNING PROJECT.
SO WITH THAT, UM, THE BACKGROUND IS, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL PROVIDED US DIRECTION BACK IN JANUARY OF 22 TO WORK WITH COCONINO COUNTY AS FAR AS AN EVACUATION MODEL FOR UPTOWN.
AND WE, UH, DID A SIGNED CONTRACT IN APRIL OF 22 TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.
WE EXPANDED THAT SCOPE TO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TODAY WITH, UM, ALL THE EXTRA WORK OF DOING AN EVACUATION, THE ENTRY, THE REENTRY, AND DOING MANY STUDIES THAT HELPED WITH TRAFFIC AND GETTING US, UM, MORE INFORMATION TO PUT TOGETHER A VERY UNIQUE PLAN THAT YOU'LL HEAR MORE OF FROM, UH, WES AS, AS HE'S TALKING, WE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE SOME GRANT FUNDING.
SO, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS UP HERE.
AND, AND SO THAT YOU GUYS KNOW, THIS IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, THE WORK THAT WAS DONE TO GET FUNDING THAT'S NOT OUT OF OUR CITY BUDGET.
UM, WE DID PUT MONEY ASIDE TO, TO DO THIS WITH, BUT THROUGH, THROUGH GRANT FUNDING AND WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY REDUCE THE COST THAT SEDONA PUT OUT FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, THESE ARE, SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE IN THE ROOM FOR OUR STAKEHOLDER GROUP THAT WERE PART OF IT, BUT SOME PEOPLE THAT AREN'T HERE, WERE WITH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
UM, DPS, WE DID HAVE A COMMUNITY GROUP THAT, UM, DID SOME FOCUS SESSIONS WITH US ABOUT SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS, SOME, UH, HISTORICAL INFORMATION THEY HAD OF THEIR AREAS, OF THEIR HOMES, THE RESIDENTS.
AND THEN WE, WE WORKED TOGETHER TO BUILD, UM, A PLAN AS FAR AS WHAT THE NEEDS WERE BY LISTENING NOT ONLY JUST TO WHAT WE KNOW FROM, FROM OUR TIME HERE, BUT ALSO FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO AT THIS POINT, I WILL PASS IT OFF TO ASHLEY.
AND JUST, JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, AT THE END, WE DO HAVE WHERE THERE IS, UH, A QUESTION TIME.
SO IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, PLEASE FEEL FREE AT THE END, UM, TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS OF ANYBODY THAT'S HERE, THAT WILL HAVE SOME, UM, EXPERTISE IN MAYBE YOUR SUBJECT MATTER THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION OF.
WE, WE DO HAVE TIME AT THE END FOR THAT.
UH, IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL.
I'M A CONSULTANT WITH A COMPANY CALLED EM PARTNERS.
UH, IT'S AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FIRM BASED OUT OF VIRGINIA, BUT I'M HERE BASED IN ARIZONA.
UM, I'VE BEEN VERY, UH, GRATEFUL TO SUPPORT THE CITY IN THIS, THIS PROJECT.
I ACTUALLY GREW UP IN COTTONWOOD.
SO THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
IT'S BEEN HO KIND OF CLOSE TO HOME FOR ME.
SO VERY GRATEFUL TO GET TO WORK WITH ALL OF THESE GREAT PEOPLE YOU SEE HERE AND, AND DEVELOP A, A GREAT PLAN FOR YOU TO HELP FACILITATE YOUR CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS IN MAKING SEDONA A SAFER PLACE FOR YOU TO LIVE.
SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN THAT WE DEVELOPED AND THE PROCESS THAT WENT INTO THIS, UH, PLAN AND SOME OF THE, THE KEY POINTS AND KEY TAKEAWAYS OF THE PLAN FOR YOU.
UM, THE PLAN IS AVAILABLE ONLINE.
THERE'S A FRIENDLY URL THERE WITH SEDONA AZ.GOV/EVACUATION WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE PLAN IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY.
UM, AND WE CAN HELP, UH, AFTER THE MEETING NAVIGATE YOU TO THAT AS WELL.
UM, BUT THIS SEDONA EVACUATION AND REENTRY PLAN, UM, HAS A FEW COMPONENTS, SOME OF WHICH ARE PUBLIC AND SOME OF WHICH ARE, UH, F O U O, WHICH IS FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY DUE TO KIND OF THE, THE CRITICAL NATURE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOME OF THE THREATS THAT, UM, WE WOULDN'T WANT BAD ACTORS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO PUBLICLY, UM, TO POTENTIALLY, UH, CAUSE HARM IN THE CITY.
SO THE, THE PUBLIC FACING PART OF THIS PLAN IS A BASE PLAN, WHICH I'LL GO OVER THE CONTENTS OF THAT WITH YOU BRIEFLY, AND THEN THE COMMUNITY ZONE EVACUATION MAPS ANNEX, WHICH IS REALLY THE MEAT OF IT, AND WHAT IS GOING TO BE MOST USEFUL FOR YOU.
UM, AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET INTO THAT AND SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT THE COUNTIES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING TO SUPPORT THAT AND MAKING THAT A USEFUL PRODUCT FOR YOU.
UM, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE IS THOSE F O U O PIECES, AS I MENTIONED, WHICH GETS INTO THE TRAFFIC STUDY REPORT, WHICH WAS A LOT OF GROUND TRUTH STUDY AND DATA THAT WAS DONE BY
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OUR SUBCONTRACTOR, GREENLIGHT TRAFFIC ENGINEERING.UM, IN ORDER TO GET LIKE, UH, ON THE GROUND DATA SPECIFIC TO THE CITY AT THIS TIME, THAT INFORMED OUR DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN AND INFORMED, UH, THE OPERATIONS OF YOUR CITY OFFICIALS.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE AN OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS ANNEX, WHICH GETS INTO SOME OF THE, UM, SPECIFIC, UH, THREAT INFORMATION AND, AND PARTICULAR, UH, ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT POLICE AND FIRE NEED TO KNOW TO FACILITATE SAFE EVACUATION OPERATIONS.
SO THIS GRAPHIC THAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE PLANNING UNIVERSE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DEVELOPED IN WORKING WITH WEST IN COCONINO COUNTY ON THEIR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
UM, AND IT'S, WE FOUND IT TO BE APPLICABLE TO ALL JURISDICTIONS WITHIN THE COUNTY TO REPRESENT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND ALL OF THE VARIOUS EMERGENCY PLANNING EFFORTS THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE CONDUCTING.
UM, SO WE, WE HAVE, UH, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THE PHRASE THAT INCIDENTS BEGIN AND END LOCALLY, UM, LOCAL JURISDICTIONS, OWN INCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES, AND THEN THEY REQUEST SUPPORT FROM COUNTY, STATE, AND FEDERAL AS APPLICABLE.
AND SO THIS REPRESENTS AN INCIDENT OCCURRING WITH THE SUN THERE.
AND KIND OF EACH RING OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM IS THE ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, JURISDICTION THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING IN SUPPORT WITH THE COUNTY, ARIZONA STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH FEMA.
UM, AND THEN KIND OF THE TAGLINE HERE IS WHERE PLANS ALIGN, UM, IN KIND OF REPRESENTING HOW FEDERAL POLICY IS BUILT UPON TO DEVELOP THESE PLANS AND THEN FURTHER DEVELOP PROCEDURES AND INTERNAL CHECKLISTS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT USE IN ORDER TO ENACT THEIR EVACUATION AND REENTRY OPERATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE PLANS THAT ARE DEVELOPED.
UM, SO THIS JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU, UH, THE BIGGER PICTURE IN WHICH YOUR CITY'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EFFORTS ARE OCCURRING.
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS AND, AND CONTRIBUTING TO, UM, MAKING SEDONA A SAFER PLACE.
SO IN DEVELOPING YOUR, UH, EVACUATION PLAN, WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION A LOT OF DOCUMENTS ACROSS THAT PLANNING UNIVERSE THAT INFLUENCED THE EVACUATION PLAN THAT WERE ALREADY OUT THERE, UM, ALREADY WRITTEN.
FIRST, UH, CHIEF MENTIONED YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN AND YOUR COMMUNITY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GUIDE.
WE'VE WRITTEN YOUR EVACUATION PLAN TO TIE IN DIRECTLY TO THOSE PLANS.
AND SO THE, THOSE PLANS SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE AND BUILD OFF OF EACH OTHER APPROPRIATELY TO CAUSE A MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT COORDINATION DURING RESPONSES.
UM, WE ALSO INCORPORATED WITH OUR YAVAPAI AND COCONINO COUNTY PARTNERS, THEIR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLANS AND HOW THEY COME IN TO SUPPORT THE CITY OF SEDONA.
AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE EMERGENCY MANAGERS FOR THE COUNTIES IN A MINUTE, AND THEY'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEIR, UH, ROLES AND HOW THEY SUPPORT THIS PLAN.
UM, AND THEN FURTHER, AGAIN, WITH THE STATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOVERY PLAN, AS WELL AS FEMA GUIDANCE AND FEMA, UH, PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO SHELTER IN PLACE AND EVACUATION, THOSE WERE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN THIS PLANNING PROCESS AS WELL.
SO, AGAIN, THE POINT IN OF SHOWING YOU THIS IS TO SAY THAT THIS PLAN WAS NOT CREATED IN A SILO.
THERE WAS A LOT OF PLANNING GUIDANCE AT VARIOUS LEVELS THAT WAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION TO ENSURE THAT YOUR PLAN ALIGNS WITH BEST PRACTICES THAT ARE OUT THERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UM, AND SO WE FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY MAKE THOSE THOSE ALIGNMENTS OCCUR, UM, FOR THIS PLAN.
UM, AND THEN LOOKING SPECIFIC FOR THE CITY OF SEDONA, THIS GRAPHIC REALLY REPRESENTS YOUR, YOUR OVERALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
YOUR CHIEF MENTIONED A FEW THINGS WITH YOUR E O P, UM, THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GUIDE, THE TH ALL OF THESE EFFORTS ALL ARE CONTRIBUTING, UM, TO OVERALL LIFE SAFETY INCREASED IN THE CITY.
AND THIS IS JUST TO REPRESENT, AGAIN, THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTY SUPPORTING THE CITY AND, AND HOW YOUR EVACUATION PLAN BUILDS OFF OF THE ALREADY EXISTING EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR THE CITY TO DIAL INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS, WHICH I'LL GET INTO.
SO IN DEVELOPING THIS PLAN, WE FOLLOWED FEDERAL PLANNING PROCESSES AS FAR AS BUILDING A PLANNING TEAM, WHO TO INCORPORATE AS STAKEHOLDERS IN THE TEAM, UM, AND HOW TO CONDUCT THE, THE PLANNING WORKSHOPS.
AND SO, UM, THIS IS JUST KIND OF A, A HIGHLIGHT OF THE STATS OF OUR PLANNING PROCESS.
UM, AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, WE BEGAN IN, WHAT WAS IT, APRIL, 2022.
UM, AND FROM THAT POINT UNTIL TODAY, WE'VE HAD 22 STAKEHOLDER TEAM MEMBERS THAT PARTICIPATED.
UM, WE HAD SIX CORE CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVES AND
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A HANDFUL OF ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIVES THAT WERE BROUGHT IN WITH THOSE CORE REPRESENTATIVES AND SOME OF OUR WORKSHOPS.UH, WE CONDUCTED SEVEN STAKEHOLDER PLANNING WORKSHOPS INVOLVING BOTH THE STAKEHOLDER TEAM AND THOSE CORE CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVES IN ORDER TO, LIKE THE CHIEF MENTIONED, GET, UH, FOCUSED DISCUSSION ON THE VARIOUS ZONES WITHIN THE CITY, AND PARTICULAR CONSIDERATIONS AND CONCERNS THAT FOLKS HAD ABOUT, UH, EVACUATION AND MAKING, UH, SURE THAT THINGS WERE INCORPORATED THERE.
UM, THIS RESULTED IN A 58 PAGE EVACUATION AND REENTRY PLAN WITH 108 PAGE TRAFFIC STUDY REPORT BEHIND THAT WITH ALL OF THAT GROUND TRUTH DATA THAT THAT LENT TO THIS PLAN.
UH, AND AS PART OF THAT, UH, OUR, OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING FIRM, UH, THEY CONDUCTED 35 INTERSECTION TRAFFIC COUNTS WITHIN THE CITY IN ORDER TO COLLECT A LOT OF THAT GROUND TRUTH DATA.
UM, AND THEN WE, YOU HAVE 12 COMMUNITY ZONES THAT WERE DEVELOPED, UM, WITH CITY AND THEIR STAKEHOLDERS IN IDENTIFYING HOW TO BREAK THE CITY UP INTO LOGICAL ZONES THAT WOULD HELP FACILITATE, UM, MORE EFFECTIVE EVACUATION OPERATIONS.
AND THEN FINALLY, THIS PROJECT FROM THE EM PARTNERS PERSPECTIVE OF, OF CONTRACTING SUPPORT IS ENDING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS HERE AND OUR CITY COUNCIL PRESENTATION THAT WE DID LAST, UH, LAST MONTH OR TWO MONTH, TWO MONTHS AGO.
UM, AND, AND, BUT LIKE THE CHIEF SAID, THERE WILL BE A LOT THAT THE CITY AND ITS STAKEHOLDERS CONTINUE TO DO.
WE CONSIDER THESE TYPES OF EMERGENCY PLANS LIVING DOCUMENTS, AND THAT MEANS THAT YOURS, CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE CONSTANTLY TRAINING AND EXERCISING AND PREPARING IN VARIOUS WAYS TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PLAN STAYS UP TO DATE AND RELEVANT FOR HOW THE CITY'S EVOLVING AND FOR THE NEEDS OF THE CITIZENS AND THE STAKEHOLDERS.
SO, AGAIN, THEY'LL TALK MORE ABOUT KIND OF WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT AND HOW THEY'LL CARRY THIS, UH, PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN OF THIS PLAN ON BEYOND, UH, JUST OUR CONTRACT SUPPORT.
UM, A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PLAN HERE.
UH, IF YOU'VE SEEN THE COVER PAGE OF THE PLAN, AND WE JUST HAD IT UP A SECOND AGO, THE ENTIRE LEFT SIDE SAYS, IN BOLD, ALL HAZARDS LIFE SAFETY RESPONSE.
THAT'S WHY WE WROTE THIS PLAN.
UM, IT'S TO HELP YOUR CITY OFFICIALS HAVE A GUIDE, HAVE A PLAN TO FACILITATE LIFE SAFETY RESPONSE OPERATIONS FOR ANYTHING THAT MIGHT OCCUR IN THE CITY.
SO WHEN WE SAY ALL HAZARDS IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THAT MEANS THAT IT CONSIDERS ANYTHING THAT MAY OCCUR THAT IMPACTS THE CITY.
UM, THIS ISN'T A WILDFIRE PLAN, IT'S NOT A FLOODING PLAN.
IT'S AN ALL HAZARDS PLAN THAT PUTS IN PLACE CONSIDERATIONS AND OPERATIONAL STAKEHOLDER RELATIONSHIPS THAT WILL SUPPORT ANYTHING HAPPENING IN THE CITY THAT MIGHT CAUSE THE NEED FOR AN EVACUATION.
UM, AND SO IT IN THAT WAY, WHAT THE PLAN INCLUDES IS HIGH LEVEL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE'VE LISTED HERE AS PART OF THIS PLANNING TEAM AND WHAT THEIR ROLES ARE IN FACILITATING EVACUATIONS.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, THIS WAS BASED ON THAT GROUND TRUTH TRAFFIC STUDY DATA, UM, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY A, A UNIQUE PIECE OF THIS, THIS PARTICULAR PLAN AND PROJECT THAT IS NOT ALWAYS DONE.
UM, SO THAT WAS, UH, A, A GREAT PIECE OF THIS.
AND REALLY THE GOAL HERE WAS TO HAVE A, A USABLE DOCUMENT FOR YOUR CITY OFFICIALS TO CONTINUE THEIR OVERALL PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS IN SUPPORT OF, AGAIN, THAT LIFE SAFETY RESPONSE.
SO THIS SUPPORTS THEIR TRAINING AND EXERCISE AND RESPONSE EFFORTS TO CONTINUE TO, UM, HONE THEIR, THEIR RESPONSE, UH, CAPABILITIES.
UM, AND THEN YOUR, UH, YOUR FIRE CHIEF IN ONE OF OUR WORKSHOPS SAID THIS THING WE HAVE IN QUOTES HERE IN THE BOX, THE PLAN GENERATES CONVERSATION.
SO THIS PLAN ISN'T GONNA SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD, RIGHT? BUT IT'S GENERATING CONVERSATION.
IT'S SPARKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINING AND EXERCISE AND INCREASE CAPABILITIES FOR YOUR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO, UM, TO IMPROVE THEIR PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS.
IT'S SPARK SPARKING OPPORTUNITY AND CONVERSATION WITH YOUR COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE YOUR PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS AND HOW YOU DEVELOP YOUR INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY EMERGENCY PLANS, UM, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, WE REALLY WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS PLAN AS, AS A, A BUILDING BLOCK TO CONTINUE THOSE PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS.
UM, JUST A COUPLE MORE SLIDES HERE.
I'LL TELL YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE PLAN IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT ALREADY.
UM, IN THE BASE PLAN, THERE'S SOME INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION, WHICH COVERS A LOT OF WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU, UM, AND, AND JUST OVERALL WHAT THE, THE ALL HAZARDS LIFE SAFETY RESPONSE MEANS AND, AND HOW THE PLAN IS STRUCTURED.
UM, AND THEN IT GETS INTO ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES, AND THAT'S WHERE WE GET INTO CITY, COUNTY, STATE, AND FEDERAL SUPPORT AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT.
UM, AND IT REALLY BREAKS DOWN THAT WITHIN, UH,
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THE PLAN.THE MEAT OF THE PLAN THOUGH IS IT'S CALLED THE CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS.
AND THIS IS REALLY WHERE IT GETS INTO HOW YOUR CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS SUPPORT PUBLIC INFORMATION AND WARNING DURING EMERGENCIES, UH, THAT REQUIRE EVACUATION, UM, USING ALERTING SYSTEMS, WHICH THEY'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE.
UM, AND THEN IT, IT PROVIDES OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE EVACUATION PHASE AND THE REENTRY PHASE.
REENTRY PHASE IS JUST AS IMPORTANT.
UM, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF DETAILS IN THERE AS FAR AS THE, THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE CITY OFFICIALS AND, AND THEIR SUPPORTING STAKEHOLDERS ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR TO ENSURE SAFE REENTRY AFTER AN EVACUATION.
UM, AND SO THAT IN THAT SENSE, ALL OF THESE OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS ARE THAT ALL HAZARDS APPROACH AS, AS WE MENTIONED.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, MAINTENANCE AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION THAT DISCUSSES HOW YOUR CITY OFFICIALS WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE AND REVISE THIS PLAN AS CHANGES OCCUR IN THEIR OPERATIONS OR WITHIN THE CITY.
AND SO, UM, AGAIN, THAT'S THAT CONCEPT OF THIS BEING A, A LIVING DOCUMENT TO CONSISTENTLY REMAIN RELEVANT AND USABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE STAKEHOLDERS.
AND THEN THE, THE PIECE THAT'S REALLY GONNA BE THE MOST USEFUL PIECE FOR YOU IS THE EVACUATION ZONE MAPS.
UM, THESE ARE BEST ROUTE EVACUATION MAPS.
SO IN SAYING THAT, AND IT'S, THIS IS EXPLAINED IN DETAIL IN THE PLAN AS WELL, WHEN AN EMERGENCY OCCURS, WE CAN'T PREDICT EVERY POSSIBLE EMERGENCY EMERGENCY THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR.
SO THE, THE ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE WITH OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING FIRM WAS WORST CASE SCENARIO, WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST ROUTES OF EVACUATION IN THE PARTICULAR ZONES? UM, IT COULDN'T, IT, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH AN EMERGENCY, BUT WE CAN AT LEAST TAKE A LOOK AT THESE ZONES AND SEE WORST CASE SCENARIO, WHAT ARE THOSE ROUTES.
UM, AND SO WE'VE GOT FROM THESE 12 ZONES WITHIN THE PLAN, EACH ZONE HAS THIS PAGE DEVELOPED THAT THE FOCUS IS TO KNOW YOUR ROUTE AND OWN YOUR PLAN.
THAT'S KIND OF THE TAGLINE HERE FOR THIS, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE REALLY WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS AND, AND INCORPORATE THIS INTO YOUR OWN PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS, YOUR OWN EMERGENCY PLANNING FOR YOUR FAMILIES, AND, AND, AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ROUTES ARE, UM, IN THE ZONES THAT YOU LIVE IN AND MAYBE WORK IN.
UM, THERE'S ALSO INFORMATION ON EACH OF THESE PAGES ABOUT HOW TO SIGN UP FOR EACH OF THE EMERGENCY ALERTS WITH THE CITY OF SEDONA BEING HALF WITHIN CO COCONINO COUNTY AND HALF WITHIN YAVAPAI, BOTH OF THE COUNTY EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEMS ARE LISTED.
UM, AND ONE OF THE KEY THINGS WITH THIS EVACUATION PLAN IS THAT IT IS NOT A CHANGE TO READY SET GO.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE TO EMPHASIZE.
UM, THIS IS JUST AN ENHANCEMENT OF READY, SET, GO TO HELP FACILITATE THOSE EVACUATION OPERATIONS.
BUT READY, SET GO IS COMPLETELY INCORPORATED WITHIN THIS PLAN AND IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE USED IN THE SAME WAY THAT YOU KNOW, AND, AND THAT IT'S BEEN USED BY THE CITY AND THE COUNTIES, UM, UP UNTIL THIS POINT.
UM, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE A QR CODE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THIS PAGE, AND THAT IS TO, UH, THE COCONINO COUNTY EVACUATION MAP.
SO I WILL NOW MOVE TO WEST EASTON, THE COCONINO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR, AND HE WILL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING.
UM, A COUPLE OF POINTS I'D LIKE TO MAKE RIGHT UP FRONT BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT, UM, THE ACTUAL MAP.
UH, THIS PLAN IS UNIQUE IN ARIZONA.
THERE IS NO OTHER COMMUNITY IN ARIZONA THAT HAS PLANNING TO THIS LEVEL AND TO THIS DEGREE, AND TO THIS SPECIFICITY, NOT EVEN CLOSE, QUITE FRANKLY.
UM, THIS IS, UH, IT'S A CHALLENGING UNDERTAKING BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF VARIABLES AND EVACUATIONS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
UM, SO THE, THE REALIZATION AS ASHLEY STATED THAT THIS PLAN IS NOT A FIX ALL SAW LAW.
IT'S NOT PERFECT, RIGHT? NO PLAN IS.
UM, BUT IT IS UNIQUE AND IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN BE PROUD OF IN YOUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST ONE OF ITS KIND AS WELL, UH, BY A LONG WAY.
SO, UM, I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT, AND, AND SHE ALREADY MENTIONED IT, AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, THIS IS NOT A CHANGE TO READY, SET, GO.
ANYBODY IN HERE WHO'S NOT FAMILIAR WITH READY, SET, GO.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO CHANGE THAT.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S A NATIONAL PROGRAM.
IT'S A VERY EFFECTIVE PROGRAM.
YOU'VE LEARNED IT, WE'VE BEEN TRAINED ON IT.
BUT IN THE WAKE OF SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE EXPERIENCED LAST YEAR IN COCONINO COUNTY WITH THE TUNNEL FIRE AND THE PIPELINE FIRE, VERY FAST MOVING FIRES VERY RAPIDLY DEVELOP AND EVACUATION NEEDS, WORKING WITH, UH, COMMANDER BECK WITH THE CO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WE REALLY WANTED TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN DO BETTER AND MORE QUICKLY IMPLEMENT EVACUATION DECISIONS THAT COME FROM EITHER OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS OR LOCAL POLICE OFFICIALS.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE NEXUS BEHIND THE MAP THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE HERE MOMENTARILY.
BUT IT IS NOT A CHANGE TO RACE THAT GO.
IT JUST MAKES READY, SET, GO BETTER AND STRONGER, UH, IN IN, IN OUR, UH, EXPERIENCE.
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I ALSO WANNA TALK JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT EM PARTNERS, THE, THE COMPANY THAT WE CONTRACTED WITH.UM, THERE ARE COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT DO EVACUATION PLANNING.
UH, THERE COMES TOGETHER THAT DO ALL KINDS OF PLANNING.
UH, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED ON THIS ENDEAVOR EARLY 2022, UM, THE DECISION TO GO WITH EM PARTNERS WAS, WAS LARGELY MINE.
UM, I WAS LOOKING FOR A COMPANY WITH THE RIGHT, YOU KNOW, THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES.
WE ALWAYS HEAR THAT RIGHT KSAS.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD SOMEBODY THAT, THAT COULD PRODUCE A GOOD PLAN.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS, AND THE REASON THAT EM PARTNERS WAS SEPARATED FROM THE HERD WAS, UH, BECAUSE OF ASHLEY.
UH, ASHLEY WORKED AT ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS IN EMERGENCY IN STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND SHE WROTE THE STATE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
IT'S CALLED THE STATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOVERY PLAN.
IT'S THE SAME GUIDING PRINCIPLE FOR ALL STATE AGENCIES WHEN THEY HAVE, UH, A RESPONSE TO A DISASTER AND EMERGENCY.
UH, I SELECTED HER TO WRITE MY COUNTY, UH, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
SHE WROTE YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
SHE'S CURRENTLY WRITING THE FLAGSTAFF CITY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS ALL OF THOSE PLANS CANNOT EXIST IN A VACUUM.
THEY MUST EMPHASIZE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEM.
SO PICKING THE PERSON THAT HAD, OR YOUR, THE AGENCY OR THE COMPANY THAT HAD THE RIGHT EXPERIENCE IN ADDITION TO THOSE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES, WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND THAT'S WHY IAN PARTNERS WAS, WAS SELECTED.
UM, I WILL ALSO TELL YOU WHY WE DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS TODAY.
UH, THE PROJECT DID COME IN UNDER BUDGET, AND IT CAME IN ON TIME.
UH, FOR ME, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
WHEN WE ARE, WHEN WE ARE DELIVERING PROJECTS TO THE PUBLIC, TO YOU, UH, WE CAN'T BE LATE.
THAT'S JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE THESE DAYS, RIGHT? UH, IT NEEDS TO, IT NEEDS TO COME OUT ON TIME, AND IT NEEDS TO COME IN AT BUDGET.
UH, YOUR COUNTY MANAGER AND YOUR, YOUR COUNTY STAFF ARE, THEY WORK THEIR BUDGETS HARD.
SO TO COME BACK AND SAY, OH, WE NEED MORE MONEY TO COMPLETE THIS, IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT, THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN AS A PROJECT MANAGER.
SO IT DID COME IN UNDER BUDGET, A, A FAIR AMOUNT.
UM, THE LOCAL INVESTMENT FROM, UH, THE CITY OF SEDONA IS, IS PRETTY SMALL.
I DON'T REMEMBER EXACT NUMBERS, BUT IT'S, IT'S PRETTY SMALL.
THE GRANTS THAT THE CHIEF SPOKE OF WERE, WERE, UH, VERY HELPFUL.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE THROW A SHOUT OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF, UH, FORESTRY FIRE MANAGEMENT, STATE DEPARTMENT OF, UM, FOREST AND FIRE MANAGEMENT.
THEY HAD SOME FUNDING POOL AVAILABLE THAT THEY OFFERED.
UH, WE APPLIED TO THEM AND THEY SUPPORTED THE PROJECT AT ABOUT, AT THE TIME, 50% OF THE FUNDING OF THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT.
IT TURNS OUT THAT IT WAS A BIT MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, WE CAME IN WITH THE BUDGET.
SO, UM, A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE STATE AND TO D FFF M FOR THAT.
UM, SO THE MAP THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE HERE, UH, WE BEGAN DEVELOPING THIS KIND OF IN A PARALLEL EFFORT WITH THE, THE SEDONA EVACUATION PLAN THAT, UH, WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.
UH, WE, WORKING WITH OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WITH OUR LOCAL PDS, WE REALLY WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO IDENTIFY AREAS, SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WE COULD PIN, PINPOINT ON OUR MAP VERY QUICKLY.
GET A MESSAGE OUT TO IMMEDIATELY TO GET PEOPLE MOVING QUICKLY.
UH, THE HEADWINDS ON THE TUNNEL FIRE LAST YEAR WERE AT 72 MILES AN HOUR.
THAT'S HOW FAST THAT FIRE WAS.
MOVING TO GET MESSAGING OUT TO OUR CITIZENS WAS A CHALLENGE.
COMMANDER BECK OVER THERE WAS PULLING OUT, WELL, HERE HE HAD LEFT CUZ IT WAS TOUGH, RIGHT? BUT THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS THE KEY.
WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN IDENTIFY THESE.
AND, AND HE WOULD CALL US ON THE PHONE AND HE'D SAY, I NEED TO EVACUATE.
AND IT'S THAT TREE TO THAT ROAD, TO THAT DRIVEWAY, TO THAT SIDE, TO THAT TREE.
IT, IT WAS, IT WORKED, IT WORKED VERY WELL, CUZ WE WORKED VERY WELL WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, BUT IT WAS NOT AS CLEAN AND EFFICIENT AS WE THOUGHT IT COULD BE.
SO WE WENT THROUGH AND DEVELOPED ALL THESE EVACUATION, UH, MAP.
CAN YOU ZOOM IN JUST A LITTLE BIT? AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS, UH, THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT SIZES AND SHAPES, AND IT'S REALLY BASED ON PRI PRINCIPALLY THE INPUT FROM ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS.
HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN THAT AREA, HOW FAST CAN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GET TO EVERYBODY IN THAT AREA? UM, WHAT ARE THE ROUTE CHALLENGES? HOW MANY ROADS IN, HOW MANY ROADS OUT? THERE'S A LOT OF CONSIDERATIONS TO PICKING EACH ONE OF THESE ZONES THAT YOU SEE UP THERE.
UH, CAN, CAN, THE ASSESSOR DATA WAS USED, LAW ENFORCEMENT DATA WAS USED, AND IT, IT TOOK A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WORK TO PUT THESE PROJECTS TOGETHER.
UH, YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THE CITY OF SEDONA, EXCUSE ME, THE CITY OF, UH, YEAH, CITY OF SEDONA HAS ZONES ONE THROUGH 12.
YOUR PROJECT, THE PROJECT THAT WAS INITIATED HERE IN SEDONA WITH YOUR CITY LEADERSHIP AND YOUR COUNCIL REALLY WAS, UH, AN IMPETUS TO THIS WHOLE EFFORT.
THAT'S WHY THEY'VE GOT ONE THROUGH 12.
I THINK IN TOTAL THERE'S ABOUT 250
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ZONES, INCLUDING ALL THE ZONES FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.JUST RECENTLY, THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, LIKE SEDONA WENT THROUGH, DID ALL THE SAME ANALYSIS, BROKE IT ALL UP.
AND IF WE CAN GO INTO, UM, FLAGSTAFF JUST A LITTLE BIT, YOU'LL SEE THE ZONES ARE SMALLER.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT MAKES SENSE.
THERE'S MORE PEOPLE, RIGHT? IT'S MORE CONDENSED.
SO THERE'S, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SMALLER AND EASIER TO IDENTIFY.
THE WAY THIS WORKS OPERATIONALLY IS WHEN I GET A CALL FROM COMMANDER BECK, CUZ IN, IN CO COUNTY, MY OFFICE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DOES EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS.
WHEN I GET A CALL FROM COMMANDER BECK, INSTEAD OF HIM TELLING ME FROM THAT TREE TO THAT SIGN, TO THAT TREE, TO THAT DRIVEWAY, TO THAT TREE, HE CAN JUST SAY, I NEED ZONE 33, 34 AND 35 EVACUATED.
I HAVE PRE-PROGRAMMED ALL OF THESE INTO MY EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
I TYPE THE MESSAGE THAT YOU WANT SENT, USUALLY VERY SHORT AND VERY EASY, AND I PUSH THE BUTTON.
UM, WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE TRIED IT AND TESTED IT AND EXERCISED IT, BUT I AM PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT I CAN GET EVACUATION MESSAGES OUT FROM COMMANDER BECK OR FROM, UH, CHIEF MUSCLE MAN AT THE CITY, FLAGSTAFF, OR ANY OF OUR OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
CAUSE WE'VE DONE ALL THE JURISDICTIONS ACROSS ALL OF COMPANY COUNTY AGE WILLIAMS. I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT I CAN GET AN EVACUATION MESSAGE OUT IN TWO TO THREE MINUTES, MAYBE FASTER, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY ZONES AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE MESSAGE.
SO OPERATIONALLY, IT IS GOING TO MAKE OUR ABILITY TO GET THOSE SAFETY MESSAGES OUT TO YOU MUCH, MUCH, MUCH QUICKER.
UM, HERE IN, IN, IN, UH, YAVAPAI COUNTY, UH, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DELIVERS US MESSAGE, UH, CAPTAIN JOHNSON IN THE BACK WAS A BIG PART OF THIS.
UM, ACTUALLY ALL CHRIS, THE, HERE SHE GO, THERE SHE IS.
WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE HERE.
UH, IT WAS A GREAT COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
PUT THIS TOGETHER AND, UH, I THINK YOU SHOULD AGAIN, BE VERY PROUD OF THE PRODUCT.
THAT THAT WAS REALLY AN, IT WAS REALLY AN NEXUS OF COMMUNITY ASK THAT DROVE THIS FORWARD.
THERE WERE, THERE WERE CITIZENS THAT CAME TO YOUR COUNCIL AND DROVE THIS.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT POINT, AND I'LL TURN IT BACK TO ASHLEY AND I'LL JUST ADD A COUPLE MORE THINGS ON THIS MAP.
UH, THOSE PAGES I SHOWED YOU RIGHT BEFORE THAT ARE IN THE, IN THE PLAN, THE QR CODE WILL BRING YOU TO THIS MAP.
UM, YOU CAN SEARCH AN ADDRESS IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER, AND IT'LL BRING YOU RIGHT TO, UH, WHAT ZONE YOU'RE IN.
UM, AND ALSO WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE ZONE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THE PDF THAT I SHOWED YOU POPULATES MIGHT TAKE A SECOND WITH THE INTERNET.
AND SO, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, YOU'RE FINDING USING THAT QR CODE OR USING THE, THE WEB ADDRESS, UM, THIS, THIS PAGE WITH YOUR BEST ROUTE EVACUATION MAP FOR THE ZONE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND THANK YOU, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
KNOW YOUR ROUTE ON YOUR PLAN, RIGHT? WE NEED YOU TO KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE AND, AND, UH, THEY'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, SUSAN'S GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
BUT KNOW YOUR ROUTE, KNOW WHERE YOUR ZONE IS, KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOR'S ZONE, KNOW YOUR OTHER FAMILY MEMBER ZONES AND HAVE A PLAN, AND KNOW YOUR PLAN TO BE READY TO GO.
ASHLEY ALQUIST TO EMERGENCY MANAGER FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY.
I'M JUST VERY THANKFUL TO BE HERE AND TO BE FRANK, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT THAT I CAN SAY THAT HAVEN'T, HASN'T BEEN SAID ALREADY.
BUT I DO WANNA START WITH SAYING THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING, BRINGING EVACUATION ZONES TO ARIZONA.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A CONCEPT THAT WE'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE NATION, UM, IN OUR HURRICANE PRONE AREAS, TSUNAMIS, AND EVEN IN OUR, SOME OF OUR SISTER STATES THAT ARE PRONE TO WILDFIRES.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SEEN IN ARIZONA REALLY UNTIL NOW.
AND AS WES HAD MENTIONED, THIS IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO SEE A PLAN TO THIS EXTENT WITHIN ARIZONA.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EYEBALLING.
UM, BOTH YAVAPAI AND COCONINO COUNTY HAVE BEEN PART OF A, A STATE WORK GROUP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MILITARY AFFAIRS, AS THEY ARE EVEN, THEY'RE REALLY EYEBALLING IT TO BRING EVACUATION ZONES TO THE STATE OF ARIZONA AS WELL.
AND THIS IS KIND OF THE, UM, OH, I DON'T WANNA SAY GUINEA PIG, BUT KIND OF, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MUCH MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE IT, IT, IT'S SUCH A, A WELL DONE PRODUCT AND YOU GUYS SHOULD BE SO VERY PROUD OF THAT.
SO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, UM, FOR BEING LEADERS IN ARIZONA TO SAY WE WANT MORE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE, WE DON'T WANT TO BE REACTIVE.
WE WANT TO BE PROACTIVE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY OF SEDONA AND BE PREPARED AND BRING IN THIS CONCEPT THAT JUST MAKES SENSE.
UH, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WES HAD MENTIONED AND HIS STORIES OF LAST YEAR WITH A TUNNEL FIRE AND SUCH, REALLY HIT ME HARD.
UM, BECAUSE IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE BEFORE I WAS AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UH, I WAS A 9 1 1 DISPATCHER, AND I'VE SENT MANY EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS THROUGHOUT MY LIFE, AND I KNOW THAT STRUGGLE VERY, VERY WELL, UM, OF, OF DRAWING THE POLYGON AND, AND GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND UNDERSTANDING, SOMETIMES YOU JUST DON'T HAVE
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TIME.AND KNOWING THAT THERE IS A BETTER WAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PROCESS THAT WORKS.
YOU GET THE MESSAGE OUT AT THE END OF THE DAY.
UM, BUT WHEN THERE'S A BETTER WAY AND WE'RE SAYING, LET'S GET THE BETTER WAY, THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE APPLAUDED.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT BECAUSE IT, IT IS NOW CAUSING CONVERSATIONS TO HAPPEN IN OUR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES AT A LARGER SCALE.
SO AS, UH, COCONINO COUNTY AND, AND WEST HAD MENTIONED, THEY HAVE EVACUATION ZONES THAT THEY ARE NOW, UM, HAVING IN THEIR JURISDICTION.
AND WE ARE, UH, SLOWLY BUT SURELY DOING THE SAME THING WITHIN YAVAPAI COUNTY.
I'M WORKING WITH, UH, COTTONWOOD AND CAMP VERDE ON EVACUATION ZONE EFFORTS.
AND THE CITY OF PRESCOTT WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT LATER THIS YEAR.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING I JUST, I, I CAN'T EXPRESS MY, MY THANKS ENOUGH, UM, FOR YOU GUYS BEING INNOVATIVE AND JUST WILLING TO TAKE THIS BY THE REINS.
NOW WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, KIND OF CIRCLING BACK TO THE, THE MAPPING APPLICATION.
AND, UM, IN THAT REGARD, COCONINO COUNTY HAS PRODUCED A VERY AMAZING PRODUCT.
UM, BUT WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT DATA AND THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR YOU ON THE YBI COUNTY, UH, SIDE AS WELL.
UM, BUT YAVAPAI COUNTY IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING A HUGE WEBSITE CHANGE, WEBSITE CHANGE OF, UH, VERY EXTENSIVE MEASURES.
SO RIGHT NOW, TO GET TO OUR WEBSITE, YOU HAVE TO GO TO WWW.YBYZ.GOV/PUBLIC WORKS SLASH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
UM, CUZ THAT'S NOT A MOUTHFUL, RIGHT? UM, BUT IF YOU WERE TO GO THERE AND SOMEHOW MEMORIZE THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE AN EMERGENCY INFORMATION HUB THAT YOU COULD CLICK ON AND IT WOULD TAKE YOU TO OUR MAPPING, UM, APPARATUS THAT WOULD ALSO SHOW YOU YOUR ZONES.
UM, HOWEVER THAT SAID, WE ARE WORKING ON CREATING A, A PRODUCT, UH, A NEW WEBSITE THAT IS SIMPLE TO USE, EASY TO FIND, AND IS A ONE STOP SHOP THAT IS, UM, REPETITIVE, NOT REPETITIVE, UM, BUT REFLECTIVE OF THE INFORMATION AND CONNECTS TO OUR LOCAL PARTNERS AS WELL.
UM, SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT IS AVAILABLE ON THE ABBY COUNTY SIDE.
UM, BUT COCONINO COUNTY ALSO HAS A, A GREAT PRODUCT.
UM, SO WE WILL HAVE ANY EVACUATIONS OR, UH, STATUS CHANGES, WHETHER IT BE SET, UM, OR GO OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, UH, ACTIVE ON OUR INFORMATION HUB, BUT I'M SURE IT WILL BE ACTIVE IN COCONINO AS WELL.
WE, WE, I HARASS, UH, WES ALL THE TIME AND, UH, BUG HIM AND HIS TEAM AND HE DISHES IT JUST AS WELL.
UM, BUT WE COMMUNICATE SO THAT WAY THE INFORMATION IS THE SAME, UM, AND WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
ALRIGHT, UH, NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE BACK TO CHIEF FOLEY AND SHE'LL SPEAK MORE ON THE PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN THE CITY IS, UH, CONDUCTING.
UM, BUT BEFORE THAT, I RECALLED ONE MORE THING ABOUT COCONINO COUNTY'S MAP IS THAT DURING EVACUATIONS YOU'LL BE CHANGING THE ZONES TO IDENTIFY ZONES THAT ARE IN SET AND ZONES THAT ARE IN GO ACTIVELY AS AN INCIDENT IS OCCURRING.
SO THAT'S JUST ANOTHER PIECE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING FOR YOU.
I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT, THAT'S IMPORTANT POINT.
SO LAUREN BROWN CANNOT BE HERE, BUT SHE IS OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER.
SHE ALSO SENT OUT A MAILER THAT HAD A MAGNET IN IT, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT.
BUT, UM, SHE'S SOMEBODY THAT'S BEEN HELPING COMMUNICATE THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS MEETING, PUTTING THINGS ON FACEBOOK, MANY DIFFERENT, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA SITES TO TRY AND REACH ALL OF YOU, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN STAY ENGAGED WITH US, US WITH YOU, ABOUT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND BEING PREPARED.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON WAS THE READY, SET GO.
AND, AND ALTHOUGH EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, THERE ARE VIEWERS WATCHING ONLINE, SO I'LL SAY IT JUST FOR EVERYBODY, UM, THE READY, SET, GO.
THE FIRST STEP IS PREPARE NOW.
SO WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE READY, UM, FOR WHATEVER MIGHT COME.
YOU DON'T NEED US TO, TO EMPHASIZE THAT EVEN MORE TO YOU BECAUSE YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA, YOU KNOW THE CHALLENGES THAT POTENTIALLY AND THE RISKS THAT ARE, THAT ARE COMING FOR US.
SO BE PREPARED NOW, HAVE PLANS, UH, IN PLACE, HAVE YOUR SUPPLIES, YOUR KIDS AT HOME, AND, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATE THAT WITH ALL OF THE FAMILY BECAUSE IF ONE OF YOU'S AT THE STORE AND ONE OF YOU'S AT HOME, YOU KNOW, ONE TOOK A TRIP DOWN TO THE DOCTOR'S IN PHOENIX FOR SOME REASON, THEN YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ON A PLAN TOGETHER.
AND PART OF WHAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IS THAT SINCE YOU'RE SEPARATED, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO AND YOU'RE GONNA TRY AND USE YOUR PHONE AND THE PHONE LINES ARE GONNA BE REALLY BUSY.
AND, AND THAT'S NOT THE TIME TO HA TO START PLANNING.
UM, NOW IS, SO THE, THE READY IS PREPARE.
NOW THE SECOND STEP WOULD BE BE ALERT.
SO, UM, WHEN THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT DANGER IN YOUR AREA, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU, YOU GRAB YOUR KITS AND SUPPLIES AND, AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE READY TO GO.
SO TYPICALLY IN A SET, YOU'LL GET AN ALERT FROM WHICHEVER THAT YOU'RE SIGNED UP FOR.
HOPEFULLY YOU'RE SIGNED UP FOR NIXLE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT SEDONA
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USES.IF NOT AFTER TONIGHT, WE ARE GONNA HAVE SOME COMPUTERS SET UP THAT WE COULD HELP YOU WITH THAT.
IF YOU'RE NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, SUPER SAVVY ON, ON THE TECHNICAL SIDE, THEN WE WANNA HELP YOU WITH THAT TONIGHT.
UH, IF YOU'RE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY SIDE, THEN UH, YOU WOULD WANNA SIGN UP FOR THEIR EVERBRIDGE.
IF YOU'RE ON THE COCONINO COUNTY SIDE OF SEDONA, THAT WOULD BE YOUR RAVE.
SO WITH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, WE WILL STAY AFTER THIS MEETING.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE ASSISTANCE BY SIGNING UP FOR THOSE THINGS, THEN UM, WE'RE, WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP YOU.
SO PART OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SET IS THAT NOTIFICATIONS START GOING OUT, BUT IF YOU SEE SOMETHING COMING YOUR WAY, YOU DO NOT NEED TO WAIT FOR US TO NOTIFY YOU.
YOU CAN START MOVING INTO YOUR PLANS NOW.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE SET AND OR THE GO WHERE WE'RE SAYING NOW'S TIME TO GO.
IF YOU'RE IN A POSITION THAT YOU CAN GET READY, UM, WELL, I DON'T WANNA USE THAT WORD CUZ THAT'S PART OF THIS, BUT IF YOU CAN START PREPARING TO LEAVE YOUR HOUSE BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT SOME, SOME DANGER, WE'LL JUST SAY A FIRE'S COMING YOUR WAY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR US TO SAY EVACUATE.
IF YOU HAVE OTHER ALTERNATIVE MEANS A FAMILY DOWN IN THE VALLEY OR SOMETHING ELSE, GO THEN, BECAUSE ONCE EVERYBODY STARTS GOING, THEN WE ARE DEALING WITH THE TRAFFIC AND SOME OF THE, THE HEIGHTENED STRESS THAT POTENTIALLY CAN MAKE YOU SLOWER TO MOVE, FINDING YOUR VALUABLES.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT ALL THE PREPAREDNESS.
WE'LL TELL YOU WHEN THE THREAT'S GETTING CLOSER AND THEN ULTIMATELY WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN IT'S EVACUATION TIME.
UM, I DID JUST SHARE THIS, BUT IT'S UP ON THE BOARD AS WELL.
SO NIXLE, RAVE AND EVERBRIDGE, THOSE ARE THE THREE DIFFERENT NOTIFICATIONS THAT YOU WOULD WANNA BE SIGNED UP FOR THAT WILL, UM, HELP KEEP YOU WELL-INFORMED OF POTENTIAL DANGERS AND THREATS COMING YOUR WAY.
SO PART OF WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS HAVING A PLAN AND AND THINGS IN PLACE IS, IS THIS, UM, GUIDE TO PREPAREDNESS.
SO IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE THAT IS A RESOURCE FOR YOU TO ALSO SEE A CHECKLIST TO GO THROUGH, UM, THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT WANNA CONSIDER AT YOUR HOME, A PACK THAT YOU WOULD WANNA PUT TOGETHER, UM, SO THAT YOU ARE PREPARED.
SO YOU'RE NOT GATHERING THAT ALL UP.
YOU JUST GRAB YOUR PACK AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE READY TO GO.
YOU KNOW, IT HAS A CHARGER IN THERE.
YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME, SOME SUPPLIES AS FAR AS SOME FOOD YOU TYPICALLY, IT GIVES YOU ALL THE, THE INFORMATION.
BUT TWO WEEKS OF SUPPLIES, YOU KNOW, CHANGE OF CLOTHES, A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ARE HARD TO DO IF YOU'RE ALSO TRYING TO GET YOUR PETS READY.
SO HAVING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO UP FRONT IS SUPER IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE FOR YOU TO DO NOW.
SO THIS GUIDE IS ONLINE AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT BEFORE, PLEASE GO ON A CITY SITE AND YOU WILL FIND IT UNDER THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
YOU'LL FIND ALL THE DIFFERENT GUIDES, BUT IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE WITH IT, PLEASE STAY AFTER AND WE CAN HELP SHOW YOU WHERE SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE.
SO I TALKED ABOUT THE MAILER THAT WAS SENT OUT WITH A LETTER.
SO THERE'S A MAGNET INSIDE WITH THIS GRAY BOX AND WE HAVE SOME EXTRA ONES HERE.
WE HAVE A MAP ON THE BACK WALL THAT WE CAN HELP YOU TODAY IF YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO, TO USE THE SYSTEM IN PLACE TO THE SITE TO FIND YOUR, YOUR ADDRESS IN WHICH ZONE YOU ARE.
WE'LL HELP YOU WITH THAT TONIGHT AT THE END AS WELL.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE EXTRA MAGNETS BECAUSE YOU HAVE ANOTHER LOCATION THAT YOU WORK IN, IN THE CITY AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO GRAB A SECOND, PLEASE, PLEASE HELP YOURSELF.
WE HAVE THE DOOR HANGERS, LIKE I SAID BACK THERE, CARDS THAT HAVE THE NICKEL ADDRESS.
YOU, YOU WILL HAVE TO WEAR GLASSES.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO PUT A MAGNET THAT'S EASY FOR YOU TO PUT ON, IDEALLY YOUR REFRIGERATOR, RIGHT? AND IF YOU CAN, AND YOU CAN PRINT OFF YOUR MAP IDEALLY, THEN THIS MAGNET'S SITTING WITH YOUR MAP THERE OR YOU KNOW, YOUR CHECKLIST FOR THE GUIDE.
WE WANT TO HAVE YOU HAVING A REMINDER TO LOOK AT THIS TO BE INVESTED IN THIS PLAN.
UM, SO READY, SET, GO AND KNOW YOUR ZONE.
HOW MANY IN HERE HAVE ALREADY LOOKED AND DO KNOW YOUR ZONE? WELL THAT'S A GREAT NUMBER.
SO THAT MAKES ME REALLY HAPPY.
I HOPE THE VIEWERS RAISE THEIR HAND TOO.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS IMPORTANT AND IF YOU HAVE A LOVED ONE OR YOU WORK SOMEWHERE ELSE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THOSE AS WELL BECAUSE YOU MIGHT BE AT WORK AND A DANGER'S COMING FROM THAT DIRECTION AND YOUR HOME'S FINE, BUT YOUR, YOU KNOW, WORK ISN'T OR VICE VERSA.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT WENT INTO THIS.
I, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THAT THEY ALL WENT OUT IN THE MAILER.
IT SEEMED LIKE THE BEST WAY TO REACH EVERYONE.
SO, UH, IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY ELSE THAT MAYBE DIDN'T GET ONE, PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE SOME.
UM, I, WE COULD ALWAYS ORDER MORE AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO.
SO THIS IS, LIKE I SAID, THE THE POINT WHERE WE WANTED TO LET YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, UH, ASK QUESTIONS OF US.
THERE'S MANY PEOPLE HERE THAT HAVE EXPERTISE IN THEIR FIELD AND WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU
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ALL THE TIME.BUT ALSO BEFORE WE, WE GO WITH YOUR QUESTIONS, I REALLY WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND FOR ANYBODY THAT'S VIEWING IT, WE DID A LOT OF WORK, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE DON'T REACH YOU.
AND SO EVEN AFTER TODAY, FOR YOU, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DID, YOU KNOW, COME HERE OR WATCHING ONLINE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBOR ABOUT THIS, TO SHARE IT WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
WE ARE GONNA DO A SECOND PRESENTATION, UM, I THINK WE SAID SOMEWHERE MAYBE LIKE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER.
UH, AND WE'LL PUT THAT OUT SO EVERYBODY CAN KNOW TOO AND MAYBE NUDGE PEOPLE TO COME.
BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THE BEST THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN IS THE QUESTIONS THAT COME FROM AND AFTER AND FROM YOU HEARING WHAT THOSE ANSWERS ARE.
SO OF COURSE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TO GIVE TO YOU, BUT THERE'S MORE.
AND THIS, LIKE ASHLEY SAID, THIS ISN'T GONNA STOP TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA KEEP TRAINING ON IT, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP UPDATING IT.
WE'RE GONNA LEARN FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT GO THROUGH THINGS TO HELP MAKE OURS EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL.
SO WITH THAT, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU THAT ARE HERE AND UM, WE'LL GO TO QUESTIONS AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'RE GONNA STAY BEHIND.
SO IF YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ASKING A QUESTION IN FRONT OF THE GROUP, YOU CAN HAVE SOME ONE-ON-ONE TIME WITH US.
SO QUESTIONS AND IF YOU DO, PLEASE JUST FEEL FREE TO WALK UP TO THE PODIUM.
HI, MY NAME IS PAISA AND I LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS RIGHT NOW, BUT IN OCTOBER I'M GOING TO BE MOVING OUT INTO YAVAPAI COUNTY.
UM, WHAT DO I DO THEN? WHERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY? UM, BILL GRAY ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, SO YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE IN TERMS OF EVACUATION ZONES, UM, BECAUSE IT ALL LOOKS MAGENTA ON THE MAP RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL, WE'LL OPEN THE MAP, MAP MAP BACK UP.
YOU WANT UP HERE? SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A PRE, UM, PRE-DRAWN ZONE FOR THAT AREA.
YOU'RE GONNA BE IN ON BILL GRAY ROAD.
I CAN TELL YOU DURING THE LAST FIRE, UH, DURING RAPHAEL, UM, WE CONTACTED EVERY SINGLE HOUSE OUT THERE IN PERSON WHEN WE PUT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IN SET.
UM, AND WE VERY QUICKLY SENT AN EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM OUT DURING OUR FLOOD SEASON, UH, THIS LAST, UH, SERIES OF FLOODS.
WE SUCCESSFULLY USED THE NEW EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, EVERBRIDGE, WHICH WORKS MUCH BETTER THANKFULLY THAN OUR LAST SOLUTION.
UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, IN PARALLEL SEND MESSAGING TO CITY OF SEDONA IN AFFECTED AREAS ALL ALONG OAK CREEK IN CORN VILLE, AND VERY QUICKLY DEVELOP ACCURATE ZONES JUST WHERE THE PROBLEMS WERE IN CAMP VERDE.
UM, AND, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE HOUSES THAT WERE HEAVILY IMPACTED IN BEAVER CREEK DURING THOSE FLOODS.
AND WE ALSO ENDED UP HAVING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS IN BLOCK KENON CITY THAT WERE POTENTIALLY GONNA BE IMPACTED.
JUST BE REGISTERED FOR EVERBRIDGE, UM, SIGN UP ON OUR WEBSITE, Y CSO AZ.GOV EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS.
I HAVE IT RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MAIN PAGE.
UM, AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE DOES A LOT OF EVACUATIONS.
WE HAVEN'T DONE ONE YET THIS YEAR, BUT NORMALLY EVERY YEAR WE'RE EVACUATING PARTS OF CROWN KING AND OTHER, OTHER AREAS, SO, OKAY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF DEDICATED EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE DO ALL THE TIME.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO? WELL, IT WAS, I'M IN AN AREA THAT IS IN MAGENTA ON THE MAP AND SO IT DOESN'T SAY WHAT, WHAT THE READY SET GO SIGNAL IS.
SO THAT MAGENTA, YEAH, THERE'S LIVE WEATHER THAT'S ALSO BROADCAST ON THIS WEBSITE.
MAGENTA WAS A HEAT ALERT IT, BUT THERE'S LIVE WEATHER.
SO WHAT WE DID THAT, BECAUSE IF THERE'S A STORM AND THAT'S A LAYER YOU CAN TURN ON AND OFF, YOU CAN TURN THE WEATHER ON AND OFF.
IF THERE'S A STORM AND YOU GET AN EVACUATION OR IF THERE'S SOME OTHER WEATHER ANOMALY, WE FELT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE GOOD FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT CUZ YOU'RE TRYING TO LEAVE.
RIGHT? SO WE ADDED LIVE WEATHER ON TOP OF IT.
IT IS A LAYER YOU CAN TURN ON AND OFF.
THAT IS REALLY COOL CONFUSION THERE.
WELL, JUST TO TOUCH ON SOMETHING THAT YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT WITH, WITH THE MAPPING.
SO, AND WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT IT IN THIS ONE, BUT WE HAVE THREE ZONES HERE IN SEDONA THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT USES.
SO IT'S THE WEST SIDE, THE ROBERT AND THE EAST.
SO WE HAVE THREE ZONES THAT WE UTILIZE TO SEND OFFICERS OUT TO.
SO WE TOOK THOSE THREE ZONES AND WE BUILT 12.
SO THOSE ARE THREE BEATS WE TOOK AND MADE 12 ZONES.
AND EVEN FROM THESE 12 ZONES, WE MADE ADDITIONAL SECTORS AND WE BROKE IT DOWN EVEN MORE.
THAT'S MORE FOR OUR USE, UM, WHEN WHAT, WHEN A SITUATION HAPPENS.
BUT WHAT WE WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW IS THE ZONE ONE OF THOSE 12 BECAUSE THAT'S HOW OUR ALERT SYSTEM
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GOES.BUT WHEN WE CREATED THIS, IT WAS CAPTAIN JOHNSON, UM, THE ASSISTANT CHIEF, LIEUTENANT WALK, AND COMMANDER BECK.
WE WERE ALL IN A ROOM TOGETHER AND WE STARTED GOING THROUGH OUR MAP FIRST CUZ THIS WAS THE PROJECT THAT WE WERE ON.
THEN WE WENT, UM, AND WE CREATED ADDITIONAL ZONES IN THE CANYON, WE DID IT DOWN, UM, THE VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK.
WE DID UPPER RED ROCK LOOP TO LOWER LOOP.
SO IT REALLY, WHEN WE SAY IT STARTED SPARKING CONVERSATIONS AND WE WERE APPLYING THIS TO OTHER AREAS, THAT'S HOW IT ALL HAPPENED WAS LOOKING AT OUR, AND THEN GOING, WOW, WE SHOULD DO THIS FOR ALL.
BECAUSE IF THEY HAVE ISSUES THAT ARE IN LOWER LOOP, WE ARE SO CLOSE TO THAT AREA THAT WE ARE ALSO GONNA BE PART OF HELPING.
SO THE CANYON, THERE ARE TIMES WHERE WE MIGHT BE THE FIRST TO GET TO THAT AREA AND SIT ON A FIRE, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTS THAT AREA.
SO WE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING THAT WAS AROUND US USING ALL OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN BEING IN THIS COMMUNITY AND AROUND THE AREA TO HELP REALLY DEFINE THOSE AND TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT THE NEEDS, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THOSE AREAS, UM, TYPES OF ANIMALS, UM, AGES AND JUST SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS AND UM, OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATIONS WHILE BUILDING THESE ZONES.
SO I KNOW WE DIDN'T GO INTO A LOT OF HOW WE DID IT IN STEPS, BUT I JUST WANTED, SINCE FROM YOUR QUESTION, YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATION'S NOT DONE.
IT WILL KEEP GOING OUT MORE AND MORE TO OTHER COMMUNITIES TO MAKE THEIR OWN ZONES.
SO, AND, AND JUST ONE LAST FOLLOW UP, I'M SORRY TO, TO YOUR POINT, I I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED IT.
UM, COOKING COUNTY IS OVER 18,000 SQUARE MILES.
WE COULD NOT PUT ZONES FOR THE ENTIRE AREA.
THERE ARE HOMES TO YOUR POINT, WHO ARE NOT IN A ZONE, PROBABLY NEVER WILL BE IN A ZONE CUZ THEY'RE REMOTE, THEY'RE MORE REMOTE, YOU KNOW, A RANCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHAT WE ASK IS THAT YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THE ZONE THAT'S CLOSEST TO YOU BECAUSE IF A ZONE THAT'S CLOSE TO YOU WITHIN, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE, 3, 4, 5 MILES IS, YOU KNOW, TURNS, YOU KNOW, INTO A CENTER GO STATUS, IT'S PROBABLY A CLUE.
YOU KNOW? SO NOT EVERY SINGLE HOME IN COCONINO COUNTY, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WILL OCCUR IN YELLOW PI COUNTY, EITHER.
NOT EVERY SINGLE HOME WILL BE IN A OWN.
SO IT'S REALLY, AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO KNOW YOUR ZONE OR YOUR NEIGHBORING ZONE AND HAVE A PLAN READY.
SO PAY ATTENTION TO THE ZONES THAT ARE CLOSEST TO YOU AND, AND KIND OF TAKE THE, THE CUE FROM THAT.
HI, UM, MY NAME IS JILL AND I LIVE IN UPTOWN SEDONA.
AND UM, THIS IS PROBABLY A SIMPLE QUESTION, UM, IN UPTOWN SEDONA, IF YOU WANNA EVACUATE FAST, YOU'D HAVE TO GO THE WRONG WAY.
ON ONE OF THREE, ONE-WAY STREETS, I'M THINKING OF OBI, APPLE AND WILSON, CAN WE JUST ASSUME THAT IF WE'RE TO EVACUATE WE CAN GO THE WRONG WAY ON A ONE-WAY STREET? WELL, WE DON'T WANT MORE EMERGENCIES.
SO, UM, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS IF, IF WE'RE AT THE APPOINT OF EVACUATION AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE A ONE-WAY ROAD, UM, AND GO THE WRONG WAY ON, THEN THERE ARE GONNA BE RESOURCES STATIONED THERE TO ENSURE THAT SOMEBODY DOESN'T COME OUT FROM A PRIVATE DRIVE AND NOW WE HAVE A HEAD ON COLLISION.
SO WHEN AN EVACUATION HAPPENS AND WE'RE DOING THAT, THEN WE ARE GONNA HAVE RESOURCES ON THOSE ROADS AND THOSE STREETS DIRECTING TRAFFIC TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO I WOULD SAY I WOULDN'T RISK ADDITIONAL DANGER AND LIFE-THREATENING, YOU KNOW MM-HMM.
BUT RIGHT NOW JORDAN ROAD IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUT.
SO I MEAN, THERE ARE OTHER ROADS AND THIS IS PART OF KNOWING, YOU KNOW, THAT AREA.
SO JORDAN ROAD IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL ROAD THAT'S TWO LANES CAN COME DOWN.
BUT IF YOU'RE UP AT NAVA, EVERYBODY GOES TO IT, THEN YOU MIGHT BE TAKING RIDGE ROAD DOWN AND COMING OUT ON RIGHT.
SMITH, YOU KNOW, SO THERE ARE OTHER ROADS, BUT IF WE HAD TO TAKE ONE OF YOUR SIDE ROADS, VAN DEEN OR SOMETHING TO THAT POINT OF WILSON MM-HMM.
BUT WHEN WE USE A ROAD THAT IS, UM, ONE LANE THAT TAKES A LOT MORE RESOURCES TO CHANGE THAT TO BE ALL ONE DIRECTIONAL.
SO WE KNOW THAT CERTAIN AREAS OF OUR CITY ARE GONNA, ARE GOING TO REQUIRE MORE TIME TO EVACUATE MM-HMM.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE TAKE INTO EFFECT YEAH.
INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE'RE GONNA DO A GO IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL.
IS GIVING MORE TIME SO THAT WE DON'T RUN THE RISK OF PEOPLE PUTTING ADDITIONAL DANGERS OUT THERE.
PATRICK'S DAY PARADE, MAYBE THEY'LL DO IT FOR AN EVACUATION TOO.
AND, AND IF YOU'VE SEEN THE, THE PARADE THOUGH, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN HOW MANY PEOPLE WE BRING IN TO STATION AT EVERY INTERSECTION TO ENSURE RIGHT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD DO FOR THE PLANNING.
UM, AND THAT IS WHERE WE TAKE ALL OF OUR, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCES AS WELL AS YOU FOR LIVING
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THERE, KNOWING WHAT THOSE ROADS ARE AND WHAT IS OUR BEST PATH TO GET YOU OUT.YOU KNOW, FOR, LIKE I SAID, IF, IF JORDAN'S BEING FLOODED FROM, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, PARK RIDGE, YOU KNOW, THAT AREA UP THERE, THEN WE MIGHT BE USING THIS SIDE ROAD FOR SOME OF THESE PEOPLE DOWN HERE.
SO IF WE HAD TO, YOU KNOW, SHUT DOWN TRAFFIC FOR O AND B, THAT THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT MM-HMM.
HELLO, MY NAME'S DAVE ELLIS AND I LIVE UP IN THE CANYON UP AT INDIAN GARDENS.
AND WHEN YOU WERE DOING YOUR TRAFFIC COUNTS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST, UH, THERE'S ABOUT 750 FAMILY, I MEAN 750 RESIDENTS THAT LIVE BELOW THE SWITCHBACKS.
AND THE ONLY WAY OUT, THERE'S ONLY JUST ONE, ONE WAY DOWN AND ONE WAY UP ON THE CANYON.
SO WHEN YOU DID YOUR TRAFFIC COUNTS, DID YOU COUNT THOSE PEOPLE? NO, SIR.
SO OAK CREEK CANYON UP IN, IN, WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WAS NOT PART OF THE TRAFFIC COUNTS WE'RE CONDUCTED HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
HOW DO WE GET INCLUDED, I GUESS WOULD BE MY QUESTION? UH, UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WE'D HAVE FOLLOW UP CONVERSATION.
I I, THE FACT IS, TO YOUR POINT, THERE'S ONLY TWO DIRECTIONS TO GO FROM.
EITHER UP OR DOWN,
UM, I, I PERSONALLY DON'T ENVISION THE NEED FOR A TRACK ACCOUNT.
WE KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU ARE THERE.
WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF COMMANDER BECK THAT YOU'RE GONNA GO NORTH, YOU'RE GONNA GO SOUTH.
AND THAT'S REALLY GONNA BE AN OPERATIONAL DECISION BY THE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM.
YEAH, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, DECIDING FACTORS THAT GO INTO THAT.
LIKE WHERE THE EMERGENCY'S COMING FROM.
I'M SORRY, YOU SPEAK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DECIDING FACTORS THAT GO INTO THAT DECISION.
UM, LIKE WHERE THE EMERGENCY'S COMING FROM, WHETHER IT'S IN THE SUMMERTIME OR IN THE WINTERTIME, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH ADOT IN DPS.
UM, AND THAT'S PART OF THE PLAN IS IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN IN THE CANYON, THAT'S ONE OF OUR FIRST THINGS IS JUST TO SHUT OFF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING INTO THAT AREA BECAUSE OF, UH, JUST THE VAST AMOUNT OF, UH, VISITATION IT GETS.
AND ONCE THAT HAPPENS, UM, EITHER IN SEDONA OR NORTH, DEPENDS ON WHERE THE EMERGENCY'S COMING FROM, WE WOULD EVACUATE, UH, APPROPRIATELY AT THAT POINT.
I HAVE A TRAFFIC RELATED QUESTION.
I THINK, CHIEF THIS QUESTION'S FOR YOU.
UM, WE LIVE ONE MILE BACK ON BRISTOL CONE PINES.
SO IF THERE WERE AN EVACUATION THAT THAT STREET OF ALL THE NEIGHBORS COMING OUT FROM THE SIDE STREETS COULD GET PRETTY BACKED UP AND OUR WAY OUT WOULD THEN BE ON 89 A, WHICH ALSO COULD BE BACKED UP, ARE THERE ANY PLANS THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE THE RESOURCES TO HELP DIRECT TRAFFIC AND LET PEOPLE OUT INTO SOME OF THE MAIN ROADS? UH, IF THEY ARE KINDA LOG JAMMED AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT, BUT WE CAN'T GET OUT BECAUSE OF THE BACKUP OF TRAFFIC.
AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS, WHEN WE DO EVACUATE, DO YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES TO GO BACK AND MAKE SURE OUR HOMES ARE OKAY THAT BAD ACTORS AREN'T GETTING BACK IN THERE AND, AND ROAMING AROUND AND, UH, HELPING THEMSELVES TO SOME OF OUR RESOURCES? THANK YOU.
SO TO YOUR, YOUR FIRST QUESTION ABOUT, UM, ASSISTING YOU GETTING OUT OF THAT AREA.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY LUCKY.
UM, WE HAVE OVER 25 POLICE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE RETIRED PEOPLE THAT ASSIST US.
AND SO WE WOULD START CALLING THEM IMMEDIATELY.
WE WOULD BE CALLING IN OTHER OFFICERS BECAUSE ALSO, UNLESS THIS JUST HAPPENED, WE, WE'VE HAD TIME TO ALSO PLAN.
SO WE'VE STARTED SETTING IN WHO ARE WE CALLING, HAVING PEOPLE PUT ON, ON THE ON-CALL STATUS AND THEN ACTIVATING THEM TO COME IN.
SO YES, WE WOULD HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE HELPING DIRECT TRAFFIC, GETTING OUT, STOPPING 89 A WHEN WE MIGHT NEED TO, OR PUTTING CONES OUT TO GET INTO ONE OF THE LANES FROM THAT AREA AND FLOW WHILE ONE CAN CONTINUOUSLY FLOW.
CUZ THAT IS A TWO LANE ROAD FROM WHEN YOU GET OUT ON BRISTOL CONE TO 89 A.
SO IF WE NEEDED TO TAKE ONE LANE AND THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS THE BEST PLAN, THEN THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD SET UP, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY A DIVIDER, SOME CONES, ANYTHING TO SAY START FLOWING OUT.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE TIME.
THAT'S REALLY GREAT TO CALL IN ALL THOSE RESOURCES.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE REALLY GREAT AT IS WORKING ON OUR TOES TO DO THINGS AS IT FIRST HA HAPPENS AND THEN CALLING IN OUR RESOURCES.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES
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IT'S, IT'S CHALLENGING IN DIFFERENT WAYS LIVING IN TWO COUNTIES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UH, KNOWING THE COUNTY LINE TO WHERE TO SEND THINGS.BUT THE OTHER THING THAT'S GREAT IS THEN WE'RE, WE'RE ABLE TO DOUBLE ASK TWO COUNTIES TO COME HELP AND SUPPORT US SO WE CAN IMMEDIATELY CALL OUR FRIENDS AND ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES AND THEY WILL SEND PEOPLE TO HELP US.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE OTHER THING, BY BUILDING THESE PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH SEDONA FIRE, WITH, YOU KNOW, DPS, COTTONWOOD PD, UM, YAVAPAI COUNTY, KINO COUNTY, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT, UM, YOU KNOW, PARTNERS, THEY WILL COME AND ASSIST US WITH THOSE RESOURCES TOO.
AND THE ONLY THING THAT GETS BETTER IS OVER THE DAYS OF AN EVENT, MORE RESOURCES EVEN COME FROM THERE.
SO TO YOUR SECOND PART IS YES, THE NEXT THING THAT GOES INTO, ONCE YOU ARE EVACUATED, NOW WE BECOME SECURITY FOR THOSE AREAS AS WELL.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A LOT TO GO INTO THAT AND IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE HELPING SUPPORT US.
SO, UM, ALL THOSE FACTORS GO IN INTO KNOWING, UM, EVACUATING IS ONE PART, THEN CREATING A SAFE PLACE FOR WHATEVER'S HAPPENING IN THAT AREA THAT PEOPLE DON'T GO IN WITH BAD INTENTIONS.
AND THEN ALSO WE CAN SAFELY GET YOU BACK HOME WHEN THE TIME'S, RIGHT.
THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY MENTIONED THE REENTRY PORTION OF THE TIME.
UM, REENTRY IS ACTUALLY MORE COMPLICATED.
AND AGAIN, I WON'T SPEAK FOR COMMANDER BECKER OR THE OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT WHAT WE EXPERIENCED IN CARILLO COUNTY LAST YEAR, IT'S COMPLICATED.
UH, ONCE YOU'RE EVACUATED, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO DRIVE BACK INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD UNTIL YOU LIVE FOR ONE OF THESE GUYS.
SHOW ME DRIVER'S LICENSE PROVE YOU LIVED THERE BECAUSE OF EXACTLY THOSE TYPES OF CONCERNS.
UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE AREAS UP THERE EVACUATED FOR WEEKS THAT PEOPLE COULDN'T GO BACK HOME.
AND THEN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SET UP A VERY INTENTIONAL PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY THAT CAME BACK IN WAS VETTED.
THEY, THEY WERE ABLE TO SHOW THAT THAT'S WHERE THEY LIVED, IF THEY BELONG THERE BEFORE THEY WERE ALLOWED BACK IN.
SO REENTRY IS MUCH MORE COMPLICATED THAN EVACUATION.
ACTUALLY, WE MOVED SIX YEARS AGO FROM ST.
PETE, UH, FLORIDA, AND THEY HAD A PLAN WHERE YOU COULD GO TO THE CITY OFFICE AND THEY WOULD, UH, IDENTIFY WHO YOU WERE WITH YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE.
THEN YOU WERE ACTUALLY GIVEN SOMETHING TO HANG IN YOUR CAR AND CARRY WITH YOU THAT VALIDATED THAT YOU WERE ALLOWED TO COME BACK IN AND YOU COULD JUST, IT'S, IT REALLY SPEEDED UP THE PROCESS.
WE NEVER HAD TO USE IT, BUT WE ALWAYS FELT GOOD ABOUT IT.
WE DID HAVE TO EVACUATE ONCE, UH, WITH THE POTENTIAL HURRICANE COMING IN AND HITTING, BUT HAVING THAT IN ADVANCE THAT WAS HANGING IN OUR CAR THAT THEY KNEW WE WERE OKAY BECAUSE WE HAD THAT.
UM, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'VE CONSIDERED OR COULD YOU SO I COULD SAY FROM THE YAVAPAI COUNTY PERSPECTIVE AND THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT, UM, MORE SO IN TERMS OF LIKE, UM, WHAT'S CALLED A COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER.
AND SO KIND OF IN THE AFTERMATH OR KIND OF GOING INTO THE RECOVERY PORTION OF A, AN EVENT LIKE THIS, WE CAN MOBILIZE A COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER, A RESOURCE CENTER, UH, FOR FOLKS THAT MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED LOSS OR MAYBE YOU JUST HER, UM, NEEDING HELP PERIOD.
AND SO WE HAVE, UH, ARE WORKING ON ESTABLISHING A PROCESS, UM, TO DO EXACTLY THAT WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME THERE AND GET VETTED SO THAT WAY WE'RE NOT, UH, JAMMING UP THE ROADBLOCKS WITH HAVING TO GO BACK IN.
AND SO YES, THAT POTENTIALLY, UH, SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON.
I
I CANNOT TELL YOU I AM, I'M SO PLEASED.
I, I DON'T WANNA SAY SURPRISED.
I'M, I'M, I'M PLEASED YOU GUYS SHOULD ALL BE SO PROUD OF YOURSELVES.
I, I, UH, FOR, FOR THIS THOUGHTFUL COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND COMMUNICATION.
I MEAN, YOU GUYS ALL, ALL DESERVE, I MEAN, THIS IS, I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'RE THE ONLY ONES DOING THIS.
I'M SHOCKED YOU'RE THE ONLY ONES DOING THIS IN ARIZONA BECAUSE ARIZONA DOES HAVE FIRES EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T HAVE HURRICANES.
FLORIDA HAS ALL OF THAT STUFF, PLUS ALL OF THE OTHER HAZARD TYPE THINGS.
SO YOU GUYS SHOULD ALL BE SO PROUD OF YOURSELF.
I THINK GREG, YOU HAVE A LOT OF, THEY GOT, THEY GOT ALL WE DON'T WANT.
IT'S, IT'S THE LAND OF FRUITS AND IT'S ANOTHER LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS.
CALIFORNIA
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SAID.UM, I THINK THIS PRESENTATION HAS BEEN FANTASTIC AND, UM, COMPREHENSIVE AND SMART AND THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I'M AN OLDER PERSON, SO I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND ONE OF THEM IS, IS THERE A CIVIL DEFENSE SIREN IN THIS TOWN? NO.
I USED TO THINK THAT THEY WOULD MAKE THOSE SOUNDS GO OFF AND THEN YOU'D GET UNDER YOUR DESK AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE FINE.
BUT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE CONSIDERED IS LOOKING AT A PILOT PROGRAM TO BRING A SIREN, UM, INTO OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S DESIRABLE, HOW DOES IT FUNCTION? AND UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE HAVING CONVERSATIONS IS TRYING OUT POTENTIALLY ONE OR TWO SIRENS IN AN AREA, UM, BASED OFF OF ANOTHER GRANT THAT POTENTIALLY WE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO ON THE COCONINO COUNTY SIDE FIRST TO START WITH, AND THEN, AND THEN EVALUATE IT FROM THERE TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO INVEST IN AS FAR AS A CITY.
I GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN AND AT NOON THEY WOULD SEND OFF THIS CIVIL DEFENSE THING AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNEW IT WAS NOON, THAT'S ABOUT ALL YOU KNEW, BUT IT WAS NICE.
OKAY, WELL, AND I'LL TELL YOU SIR, THE, THE, THE SIRENS OF TODAY, YOU MENTIONED CIVIL OFFENSE.
I GREW UP WITH 'EM IN TUCSONS WHERE I'M FROM.
THEY KINDA WOKE YOU UP AT NOON OR ONE O'CLOCK.
THE SIRENS OF TODAY ARE NOT THE SIRENS OF YESTERDAY.
THE SIRENS THAT, UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY DEPLOYING DOWN IN PARTS OF FLAGSTAFF, UH, THEY HAVE A SIREN THAT'LL WAKE YOU UP.
UH, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE VERY CLEAR ENGINEERED VOICE COMMANDS.
SO THE SIREN GOES OFF TO GET YOUR ATTENTION.
YOU WILL HEAR A COMMAND, IT WILL SAY RUN FOR THE HILLS SHELTER AT HOME.
VERY CLEARLY, VERY ENGINEERED, VERY LOUD.
UM, THE, THE, I HOPE YOU HAVE THE KEYS TO THAT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY DOESN'T GET UP THERE AND SAY, YOUR MAMA'S COME AND RUN.
CAUSE IT IS, WE SAW HAWAII, RIGHT? WE, WE WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE A MISTAKE WITH THAT SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE VERY CAREFUL WITH IT, BUT DEFINITELY NOT THE SIRENS OF, OF YESTER HERE.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE CITY AND AND I'M SURE THEY'LL UPDATE YOU.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY ONE MORE THING BECAUSE THE ASSISTANT CHIEF COYLE, HE REMINDED ME THAT WE DO HAVE A SIREN THAT IS IN TOWN THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY MAINTENANCE.
I'M NOT SURE HOW WELL IT IS, UM, OR YOU KNOW, HOW HOW GOOD IT OPERATES, BUT IT'S ON TOP OF A ROYAL ROBLE, UM, IN, IN UPTOWN.
AND AND WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH THAT IN, IN A WHILE.
UM, SO THERE IS THAT SYSTEM THAT WAS UP THERE THAT I, I REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY, UM, I REMEMBER HEARING IT AND A LOT OF THE TIMES IN THE CANYON THAT ECHOES DOWN HERE.
SO YOU CAN ALSO HEAR THAT LIKE A SURROUND SOUND.
BUT YOU KNOW, PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, MORE UPDATED CURRENT SYSTEMS AND, AND, UH, POTENTIALLY A PILOT PROGRAM.
I ASSUME THAT THERE ARE PROVISIONS FOR AIRBNBS AND THE HOTELS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ASSUME THAT YOU DON'T WANT 184 ROOMS BEING EVACUATED AT THE SAME TIME AND SO FORTH, BUT YOU'VE GOT THAT COVERED.
YEAH, THOSE ARE ALL PART OF THE CONSIDERATIONS, KNOWING WHEN WE PUT THESE ZONES TOGETHER, SOME OF THE HORSE PROPERTIES VERSUS, UM, SOME ASSISTED LIVING, UM, 55 PLUS COMMUNITIES, THOSE WERE ALL TAKEN IN THE SAME WAY OF KNOWING WHERE OUR HOTELS ARE AND AND COUNTING THAT INTO WHAT TIME MIGHT BE NEEDED TO EVACUATE THAT AREA.
AND MY LAST THING IS UNDER THE AUSPICES OF AN ALL HAZARDS PLAN AND ABOUT GROUND TRUTH, I LOVE THAT WORD, GROUND TRUTH.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT IT MEANS.
UH, IT'S LIKE GROUNDWATER, UH, GROUND NUTMEG.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT I, I THINK GROUND TRUTH HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH, YOU'VE SEEN IT WITH YOUR OWN EYES, YOU'VE COUNTED IT ALL RIGHT.
UNDER THAT BANNER, I'M HOPING THAT THERE IS SOMEONE IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT WHO HAS BOTH THE JURISDICTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO SPEAK TO MY CONCERN ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BROADER IN SCOPE.
IT'S ABOUT PREVENTION, NOT EVACUATION.
UM, MY OBSERVATION IS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CITY OWNED LOTS AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY PRIVATE HELD LAND THAT HAVE A LOT OF DENSE GROWTH THAT'S ALL NOW DRY AS FIRECRACKERS.
AND ALL OF THE, SOME OF THIS IS WITHIN LITERALLY A BLOCK OF THIS BUILDING.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOMETHING'S NOT BEING DONE ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND SO MY QUESTIONS ARE AROUND THAT ARE, AND AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO DO COLD WATER ON THIS, BUT I DO THINK AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE AND THE PLAN GENERATES CONVERSATION.
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WANT TO START THE CONVERSATION AROUND, YOU KNOW, IS THERE SOMEONE PRESENT HERE TONIGHT WHO DOES HAVE THESE ISSUES IN THEIR JOB SCOPE? AND IF SO, COULD THEY RAISE THEIR HANDS? SO I COULD SEE WHO, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THAT? WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M IN CHARGE OF THAT, BUT YOU SAID SCOPE FIRST.THAT'S WHAT I RAISED MY HAND FOR.
SO, UM, YEAH, NUMBER ONE, THE, UH, THERE ARE PROVISIONS IN PLACE.
UM, MATTER OF FACT, BEFORE WE BUILT STATION, UH, SIX TO ONE, HALFWAY IN THE, IN THE CHAPEL THERE, WE, WE GOT DINGED FOR HAVING TOO MANY WEEDS IN OUR LOT AND HAD TO GO CLEAN IT UP.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS THERE WAYS TO, UM, MAKE, AND I, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS THE CITY THAT DID THAT, THAT THAT REFOR ENFORCE THAT ORDINANCE.
BUT THE, TO ME, THE BIGGER ISSUE ABOUT, CUZ YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE AND KEEPING YOUR HOME SAFE.
WE, WE LIVE IN A WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE WHILE THOSE ISSUES AND THOSE LOTS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF ONE HAZARD AND THEY'RE PRIVATELY OWNED AND THEY'RE SQUARE AND YOU CAN LOOK AT 'EM, THAT'S HAPPENING ALL AROUND US RIGHT NOW.
AND WHAT MATTERS MOST TO PROTECT YOUR HOME IS WHAT YOU DO WITHIN 30 FEET OF THAT HOME.
SO MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE USING FIREWISE LANDSCAPING PRINCIPLES, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MOVING COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL AROUND THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE A FIRE THAT STARTS SOMEWHERE OF THOSE LOTS, BUT THERE HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN A LOT OF FIRES THAT HAVE STARTED ROADSIDE OUT IN THE WOODS, EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND IF YOU SHIFT YOUR FOCUS TO THOSE LOTS, THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'RE NOT FOCUSING ON WHAT YOU CAN DO AROUND YOUR HOME THAT ACTUALLY MITIGATES THE HAZARD TO YOUR HOME.
DO YOU THINK THAT HAVING A, A LOT I'M THINKING ABOUT, AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANNA MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF THIS AND I GO OFFLINE IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT THE FIRE STATION RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE, THE BIG ONE, YOU HAVE A FUELING TANK THERE, DO YOU NOT? WE DO.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU OUT THERE AND SHOW YOU WEEDS THAT ARE FOUR FEET HIGH, WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET OF THAT.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE NOT GETTING READY.
IT'S JULY 20TH, IT'S A HUNDRED DEGREES.
UM, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT URBAN INTERFACE, BUT I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE, THE LOT RIGHT NEXT TO THE CITY OF SEDONA.
I'M, I'M THE LOT THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO OWNS IT, SOMEBODY'S PAYING THE TAXES ON IT AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE NOT MITIGATING THESE DANGERS WITHIN RIGHT HERE UNDER OUR NOSES.
I DON'T WANNA MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, IS THERE SOMEONE WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR GOING AROUND AND SAYING IT'S TIME TO WEED EAT AND I'VE GOT PICTURES IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT, I'LL BE HERE.
BUT IT'S, THIS IS THE STUFF THAT'S RIGHT UNDER OUR NOSE AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE SOMEBODY TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT.
CUZ I KNOW YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE FOREST, BUT WE CAN HANDLE WHAT'S REALLY RIGHT UNDER OUR LOOK AT YOUR FUEL STATION.
IT'S, OH YEAH, I'LL GIVE THIS TO YOU FULLY.
SO OUR FUEL STATION IS A GREAT EXAMPLE BECAUSE IT'S DOUBLE WALLED.
IT'S WHAT THEY CALL NEMA X EXPLOSION, PROOF, FLASH PROOF, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.
WE DON'T KNOW IF A FUEL LEAK IS GONNA CAUSE A FIRE.
SO YEAH, HAZARDS LIKE THAT, THEY EXIST EVERYWHERE AND WE TRY TO HARDEN THE STRUCTURES VERSUS ELIMINATE THEM ALL.
WELL, AND I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT, WHAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT, IT WILL GENERATE CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, THAT I CAN, YOU KNOW, TALK WITH OUR DEPUTY CHIEF OR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY MANAGER AND YOU KNOW, OUR, WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A FACILITIES DEPARTMENT THAT GOES AROUND AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY.
SO I'M SURE THERE'S A CONVERSATION THAT CAN OCCUR AFTER THIS, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SURE.
THAT'S PART OF THE PREPAREDNESS AND YEAH.
AND I REALLY CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.
I MEAN, I, I HATE PULLING WEEDS AT MY HOUSE, SO, AND THEY'RE MUCH SMALLER, BUT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT LATER.
HI, UM, I JUST, I'M KATHY ELLA, I'M ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I THINK IT'S GREAT THE COMMENTS, OBSERVATIONS, SUGGESTIONS AND QUESTIONS THAT ARE COMING FROM THE AUDIENCE, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, AS YOU ALL HAVE POINTED OUT, THIS IS A COMMUNITY PLAN.
SO I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT, I MEAN, THE AMOUNT OF EXPERTISE, THE TIME AND THE THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO THIS FROM ALL OF YOU.
YOU REALLY TOOK THE BALL AND RAN WITH IT.
UM, BUT I, I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE HOW THIS STARTED BECAUSE SINCE IT IS A COMMUNITY PLAN, IT CAME FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THERE WERE SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UM, THE ACCESS OR LACK OF ACCESS ROOTS UP UPTOWN.
UH, BROUGHT THAT TO A COUPLE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO BROUGHT IT FORWARD TO OUR COLLEAGUES
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ON THE COUNCIL, UH, WHO SAW THE VALUE IN PURSUING THIS.AND THEN CITY STAFF RAN WITH IT.
AND REALLY THANKS TO OUR CITY MANAGER, KAREN OSBORNE, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH CHIEF FOLEY FOR, FOR DOING THAT.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS A COMMUNITY PLAN AND THE BEST THING THAT WE COULD DO TO YOUR COMMENTS IS MAKE SURE THAT THIS PLAN NEVER HAS TO BE PUT INTO USE.
BUT I DID WANNA THANK, IF IT DOES HAVE TO BE PUT INTO USE, WE WILL ALL BENEFIT.
AND IT'S REALLY OUR GRATITUDE NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THOSE ORIGINAL RESIDENTS WHO BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, WHO OBSERVED IT, BROUGHT IT FORWARD.
SO THANK YOU TO THEM IF THEY'RE WATCHING.
AND THANKS TO ALL OF YOU, WELL SAID.
SO IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, UM, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GONNA DO ANOTHER MEETING AND I WOULD SAY EVEN THOUGH YOU HEARD IT THIS FIRST TIME, IT WON'T HURT FOR YOU TO ATTEND THE SECOND TIME AND OR BRING A FRIEND BACK WITH YOU OR WATCH ONLINE.
UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY'S MADE UP OF MANY PEOPLE AND WHAT I WANT TO REALLY TRY TO HIT HOME TOO IS GETTING OUR HISPANIC COMMUNITY HERE.
SO IF YOU KNOW OF PEOPLE, WE ARE GONNA, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, SERGEANT LEONE OR SOMEBODY ELSE HERE THAT CAN ASSIST.
AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE COMMUNICATE THIS OUT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN.
SO I WILL PUT SOME BURDEN ON YOU.
I KNOW YOU'RE COMING UP AND YOU KEEP COMING, UM, BUT I'LL PUT SOME BURDEN ON YOU BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE IT IF ALL OF YOU COULD MAKE A COMMITMENT TO TELL A FEW PEOPLE, THREE TO FIVE PEOPLE THAT THEY SHOULD COME THIS NEXT TIME AND, AND BE PART OF THIS AND, AND LISTEN AND ASK QUESTIONS.
AND WHY I SAID IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR YOU TO EVEN COME BACK IS BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT WANNA HEAR THE ANSWERS TO.
UM, SO, AND THE CHIEF'S POINTS ARE VERY WELL TAKEN.
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO BE INVOLVED WITH YOUR COMMUNITY.
I THOUGHT I WOULD TALK FROM THIS SIDE OF THE PODIUM, SO I'M NOT, I'M NOT LOOKING AT MY BACK.
SO WE, YOU KNOW, I'M ANDY DICK YAM WITH THE CITY.
SO I CAN SAY THAT WITHIN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WE OVERSEE RIGHT OF WAYS WE OVERSEE, YOU KNOW, UH, CITY PROPERTIES.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS THAT WE DO MAINTAIN.
SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE CONTRACTORS THAT WE DO SEND OUT EACH YEAR THAT, THAT DEAL WITH.
WE CONTROL AND LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AND ALL THOSE SORT OF THINGS RELATED TO THE CONCERN THAT WAS, UH, EXPRESSED EARLIER AS FAR AS A PROACTIVE FIREWISE, UM, YOU, YOU KNOW, EFFORT MADE TO GO OUT AND CLEAR VEGETATION AHEAD OF TIME.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT PARTNER WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, DEPUTY CHIEF, UM, AND, UH, THE FIRE DISTRICT AND LOOK AT SOME SORT OF PROGRAM LIKE THAT.
IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A BAD IDEA.
DO WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO COMMIT TO THAT TODAY? I CAN'T REALLY SAY THAT, BUT I CAN SAY THAT WE WILL, WE'LL BE IN DISCUSSION AND SEE WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
SO THAT, UH, BRINGS THE CLOSURE TO OUR MEETING, BUT PLEASE STICK AROUND, UM, HIT UP ANY OF US WITH ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY AT THE BACK WITH THE MAGNETS THAT WE CAN HELP LOCATE YOUR ZONES.
WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WITH COMPUTERS THAT IF YOU NEED HELP SIGNING UP FOR ONE OF THE NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS, THAT'LL BE OVER IN THIS AREA.
SO, UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING.