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Cedar Heights residents celebrate, give thanks
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Cedar Heights neighbors gathered Saturday to enjoy each other’s company and food, thank first responders and learn more about measures that could protect their homes from flames. “It was a close community, but it’s closer…
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Cedar Heights residents celebrate, give thanks
Cedar Heights neighbors gathered Saturday to enjoy each other’s company and food, thank first responders and learn more about measures that could protect their homes from flames. “It was a close community, but it’s closer now,” said resident Tom Ford. About 300 people attended the third annual Cedar Heights Safety and Security Information Festival on…
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WALDO CANYON FIRE: Fire department releases home rebuilding guidelines
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save New fire codes will likely require rebuilt homes in the Waldo Canyon fire burn area to use fire-resistant materials, while older homes that survived the blaze will be allowed to keep existing wooden siding and…
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WALDO CANYON FIRE: County opts out of forum on disabilities
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save El Paso County’s Emergency Services Division turned down a request to participate in an upcoming Waldo Canyon fire listening session with disabled people. It wants the Pikes Peak chapter of the American Red Cross to…
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WALDO CANYON FIRE: Fire department releases home rebuilding guidelines
New fire codes will likely require rebuilt homes in the Waldo Canyon fire burn area to use fire-resistant materials, while older homes that survived the blaze will be allowed to keep existing wooden siding and decks. Fire-resistant materials for house siding and deck materials are among the biggest changes in a proposed amendment to existing…
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WALDO CANYON FIRE: County opts out of forum on disabilities
El Paso County’s Emergency Services Division turned down a request to participate in an upcoming Waldo Canyon fire listening session with disabled people. It wants the Pikes Peak chapter of the American Red Cross to validate their complaints first. Last month, Patricia Yeager, CEO of The Independence Center, a Colorado Springs-based nonprofit that serves people…
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WALDO CANYON FIRE: Mitigation could do little in rare event, scientist says
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nearly two months after Marc Sabin’s Mountain Shadows home was consumed by the Waldo Canyon fire, he is trying to understand what happened. Like many others, Sabin used the advice of Colorado Springs firefighters when…
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WALDO CANYON FIRE: Mitigation could do little in rare event, scientist says
Nearly two months after Marc Sabin’s Mountain Shadows home was consumed by the Waldo Canyon fire, he is trying to understand what happened. Like many others, Sabin used the advice of Colorado Springs firefighters when it came to protecting his Talleson Court home from a potential conflagration, cutting down the trees and vegetation that surrounded…
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Sen. Udall hosts fire mitigation meeting for homeowners
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save United States Senator Mark Udall is sponsoring a fire mitigation discussion with Colorado Springs homeowners Wednesday night at Centennial Hall, at 200 South Cascade Avenue. Through the Catamount Institute and Colorado Springs Come Together, the…
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Air quality control program returned in time for Waldo Canyon fire
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The reinstatement of the county’s air quality control program couldn’t have come at a better time. Axed from El Paso County Public Health in 2008 because of budget problems, the program was resurrected July 1,…