Today I read my last source from a person at the Colorado Springs Utility Company. Erin Duran provided me with a After Action report on the Waldo Canyon Fire. The report includes the dates of when the fire to when the fire was 100% contained. When the Waldo Canyon fire was burning it burned in two counties in Colorado Springs. When the fire started it originally started in Pike National Forest, which is three miles west of Colorado Springs. The fire started at noon, people saw smoke. Before recent fire Waldo Canyon was the most destructive fire that Colorado Springs had seen. The fire destroyed over 347 homes. When they did the action report the fire is listed as a type one incident. With the fire response was a little slow, but people learned to respond quicker in the future. The Waldo Canyon fire provided a lot of learning for future fires. A lot of people did respond quickly, but not everyone responded quickly. When the fire started they originally thought that it would probably not jump the reservoir and come over the ridge, but with the wind blowing in a different direction the fire jumped the reservoir and came over the ridge. People were on evacuations quickly and there was a lot of traffic of people being evacuated. All of the Colorado Springs emergency crews have plans, policies and procedures when a fire happens. They evacuate the people who are closest to the fire and make sure they get them out and then proceed with all of the other neighborhoods that are also in danger. Jane who I interviewed evacuated for the Waldo Canyon fire she put a sign on her house door saying that her and her family were evacuated, so the police or firefighters did not have to check their house for them to make sure that they got out. The community of Colorado Springs came together to help pit everyone who was affected by the Waldo Canyon fire.
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