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Colorado Daily Status Report October 4, 2019

Information in this report was gathered prior to 8:30 a.m.

Statewide Community Lifelines Assessment

Green Green Green Green Green Green Green

State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) Status

Level 4: Supporting response and recovery for incidents across the state.

New fire starts: 2. Fires tracked: 9.

Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center Fire Map

Colorado Community Lifelines Summary

Safety and Security

● Government - Normal Operations

● Law Enforcement - Normal Operations

● Fire - Ongoing fire detection and mapping across the state. - Colorado Division of Fire

Prevention and Control

● Emergency Medical Services - Normal Operations

● Search and Rescue - Normal Operations

Food, Water, Sheltering

● Evacuations - Normal Operations

● Sheltering - Normal Operations

● Food - Normal Operations

● Water - Normal Operations

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Health and Medical

● Medical Care - Normal Operations

● Movement - Normal Operations - Colorado Department of Public Health and

Environment.

● Fatality Management - Normal Operations

● Public Health - The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is

supporting all local public health agencies responding to a Hepatitis A outbreak

predominantly impacting people experiencing homelessness, substance use issues,

and/or incarceration. - Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

● Supply Chain - Normal Operations - Colorado Department of Public Health and

Environment.

Energy (Power & Fuel)

● Power Grid - Normal Operations - Colorado Public Utilities Commission

● Temporary Power - Normal Operations

● Fuel - Normal Operations

● Natural Gas - Normal Operations

● Propane - Normal Operations

Communications

● Infrastructure - The digital trunked radio site on Methodist Mountain (Chaffee County)

remains off the air. Overlapping coverage from adjacent sites at Bald Mountain and

Poncha Springs are providing coverage in most areas. Best signal will always be from

using a mobile mounted radio, as opposed to a low power portable radio. - Colorado

Office of Information Technology

● Messaging - Normal Operations

● 911 / Dispatch - Normal Operations

● Responder Communications - Normal Operations

● Public Information - Normal Operations - Division of Homeland Security and

Emergency Management

Transportation

● Roads - Normal Operations - Colorado Department of Transportation.

● Mass Transit - Normal Operations

● Railways - Normal Operations

● Aviation - Normal Operations

● Pipelines - Normal Operations

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Hazardous Materials

● Facilities - Normal Operations

● Waste Water - Normal Operations

● Debris Management - Normal Operations

Additional Items

● Daily flooding forecast (from rain): www.ColoradoFloodThreat.com

● Colorado air quality: https://www.colorado.gov/airquality/air_quality.aspx, air

quality summary: https://www.colorado.gov/airquality/colorado_summary.aspx

● Division of Fire Prevention and Control

○ Rocky Mountain preparedness level: 2

○ National preparedness level: 1

○ The DFPC Multi-Mission Aircraft (MMA) Wildland 27 and 28 are available from

Centennial, and can be ordered through the State of Colorado Emergency

Operations Line (303-279-8855). To help expedite an MMA request complete

either the online Google form request: Google Form - MMA Request or the PDF

version MMA Request Form (fillable).

○ Rocky Mountain Area Aviation and Crew resources can be viewed at

https://gacc.nifc.gov/rmcc/index.php

● Agricultural Issues: Number of counties with active quarantines for Vesicular

Stomatitis. https://www.colorado.gov/aganimals/vesicular-stomatitis-virus-vsv