The Colorado Springs Office of Emergency Management will conduct a full-scale wildfire exercise in Palmer Park between 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. April 25.
According to Tim Stoecklein, program director, Emergency Management, several firefighting and law enforcement vehicles participating in the exercise will use Lot 580 on the west side of campus as a staging and briefing area. Stoecklein encouraged the campus community to not be alarmed as there is no campus emergency.
During the exercise, law enforcement personnel will conduct door-to-door evacuation procedures throughout the neighborhoods surrounding Palmer Park while fire personnel simulate fire attack and damage assessments on selected properties.
“Law enforcement, and other response agencies, may be seen in the neighborhoods, on Austin Bluffs in front of campus, and staging in Lot 580. These resources will be in the area for exercise purposes only,” Stoecklein said. “Our role in this exercise, much like the last one, is in support of the Office of Emergency Management.”
During the drill a C-130 aircraft from the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base may be in the area briefly simulating aerial resources during one of its routine local training missions.
Anyone with questions or concerns is encouraged to contact Stoecklein at 255-3106.
— Photo courtesy of UCCS Emergency Management
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