Emergency Preparedness Updates
Colorado Safety Educators' Blog for the latest news and updates on emergency preparedness.

Feds say Colorado wildfire started on camp stove – KTVL

Posted in News  by Admin | May 19th, 2012
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Feds say Colorado wildfire started on camp stove
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Emergency preparedness plans for Curry, Jackson, and Josephine counties' citizens. Links to California and Oregon Emergency Management Offices, National Safety Council, … Links to websites full of information and background material, as well as sites

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Crews at CO wildfire to face warm, stormy weather – KTVL

Posted in News  by Admin | May 19th, 2012
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Crews at CO wildfire to face warm, stormy weather
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John Hickenlooper has declared a disaster emergency to allow $3 million of the state's disaster fund to be spent fighting the fire. How are your tax dollars being spent? Reality Check tracks whether local, state and federal governments or any groups

School pulls boy out of class for MLK costume – KTVL

Posted in News  by Admin | May 19th, 2012
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School pulls boy out of class for MLK costume
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A white Colorado second-grade student who wore black face paint as part of a Martin Luther King costume has drawn criticism from school officials. Sean King was pulled out of class Wednesday for the costume,

Search and rescue: Logansport native, dogs on FEMA task force – pharostribune.com

Posted in News  by Admin | May 19th, 2012
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Search and rescue: Logansport native, dogs on FEMA task force
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She works for the West Metro Fire Protection District and also serves on one of 28 regional search and rescue task forces associated with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. She has been with the Colorado task force for 10 years.

More firefighters heading to Colorado – KTVL

Posted in News  by Admin | May 19th, 2012
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More firefighters heading to Colorado
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Emergency preparedness plans for Curry, Jackson, and Josephine counties' citizens. Links to California and Oregon Emergency Management Offices, National Safety Council, … Links to websites full of information and background material, as well as sites

Pa. boy ordered into state custody for 2009 deaths – KTVL

Posted in News  by Admin | May 19th, 2012
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Pa. boy ordered into state custody for 2009 deaths
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(AP) — A 14-year-old Pennsylvania boy accused of killing his father's pregnant fiancTe and her unborn child will be sent to an undisclosed juvenile facility where he could remain in state custody until his 21st birthday. Jordan Brown, who was 11 at

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Stabbed Ohio woman’s mother: Attacker was a friend – KTVL

Posted in News  by Admin | May 19th, 2012
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Stabbed Ohio woman's mother: Attacker was a friend
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She said Friday that her daughter did not have any children and was employed as a factory worker. How are your tax dollars being spent? Reality Check tracks whether local, state and federal governments or any groups are using your money wisely…or

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Stabbed Ohio woman hits child with car, both dead – KTVL

Posted in News  by Admin | May 19th, 2012
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Stabbed Ohio woman hits child with car, both dead
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Emergency preparedness plans for Curry, Jackson, and Josephine counties' citizens. Links to California and Oregon Emergency Management Offices, National Safety Council, … Links to websites full of information and background material, as well as sites

US judge: Woman who sent back Russian boy must pay – KTVL

Posted in News  by Admin | May 19th, 2012
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US judge: Woman who sent back Russian boy must pay
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(AP) — An American woman who adopted a Russian boy and later sent him back to Moscow on a one-way flight has been ordered to pay $150000 and cough up an additional $1000 a month in child support. On Thursday a Bedford County, Tenn., judge said Torry

Driver who was hero in ‘76 Calif. bus kidnap dies – KTVL

Posted in News  by Admin | May 19th, 2012
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Driver who was hero in '76 Calif. bus kidnap dies
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Ray led the children to safety after he and two older children dug their way out as the kidnappers slept. No one was hurt. The incident was made into a TV movie. His granddaughter, Robyn Gomes, says Ray didn't consider himself a hero.