Today I conducted two interviews one with Linda and the other interview was with Erin. Linda lived in Mountain Shadows, which was evacuation zone 2, and her dad lived in another part of Mountain shadows, which was evacuation zone 1. Linda’s dad lost everything in the Waldo Canyon Fire it took him six months to rebuild after the fire. He did rebuild in the same place. Her dad had his car and a suitcase, because he was visiting her sister in a different state. After the Waldo Canyon Fire fire there was a program called Colorado Springs Together, which provided resources for people who lost anything in the Waldo Canyon Fire. Linda works in Emergency Response Management at the Colorado Springs Utilities. After the fire the codes had changed on rebuilding their houses. There was a short time with coordination and planning. The Waldo Canyon fire was an eye-awakening event for the utilities of Colorado Springs. They also wanted to help the people who were evacuated and what there needs were especially for the people who lost everything. The organizations helped with those needs. Multiple people were working around the clock to help the firefighters or contributing in other ways. There were multiple companies also helping out with supplies and resources. Rampart reservoir did have enough water to help with putting out the fire Linda did mention that there were not that many planes flying to grab the water to put on the fire. Linda mentioned that a lot of people learned from the fires and the community needs to become more aware and needs to trust more as well. From the fire there were a lot of reactions with properties being at ground zero and power lost and not being able to open garage doors. When the Black Forest fire happened there was no Colorado Springs Together. Linda had a different role during the Black Forest Fire than she during the Waldo Canyon Fire.
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