Cleaning Up and Returning Home After Floods and Mudslides
Last September’s floods left many with difficult clean-up before being able to return home. With the significant amount of burn …
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Colorado Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal
The Colorado State Forest Service at Colorado State University has released a new online tool, the Colorado Wildfire Risk Assessment …
Wildfire Preparedness
As Colorado heads into wildfire season, the Department of Public Safety’s Division of Fire Prevention and Control has issued several …
Firefighting Air Fleet
On Monday (May 12, 2014), the governor signed a bill creating the state’s first firefighting air fleet. The bill (SB …
Emergency Care for Pets
SB14-039 has just been signed into law, allowing emergency medical responders to provide emergency care to domesticated animals. Previously, animals could only be treated …
Colorado Flood and Wildfire Awareness Week
In 2013 Colorado experienced the twin disasters of wildfires and floods on an especially large scale. Now, it is time to …
Front Range Blizzards
This month marks the 100-year anniversary of Denver’s worst-recorded blizzard, the blizzard of December 1-5, 1913. (Read the 1913 newspaper story and …
Replacing Important Papers
Did you lose any of your important personal papers in the recent flooding? If so, you may be scrambling to …
More Flood Resources
Many people in Colorado are still being affected by last month’s floods, as they work to clean and repair flooded …
How to Register for Disaster Assistance
The Colorado Division of Emergency Management has made available this helpful guide to how to register with FEMA and SBA …
Flood Resources
The State of Colorado has many resources available to Colorado flood victims. Updates are available through the Colorado Office of Emergency …
National Preparedness Month in Colorado
September is National Preparedness Month, bringing awareness to the need for preparation for natural and man-made disasters. Governor Hickenlooper has issued …
Wildfire Assistance Now Available
Disaster Unemployment Assistance is now available to those persons facing unemployment due to the Black Forest or Royal Gorge Wildfires. Information …
Colorado Wildfire Resources
From the State of Colorado homepage, www.colorado.gov: Colorado Wildfire Resources Information on current Colorado wildfires can be obtained from the …
Tornado Safety
This is the time of year when tornadoes are a threat, so it’s important to know what to do in …
Home Inventory: Prepare for Disaster
If a fire, flood, tornado, or other disaster destroyed your home, would you be able to report to the …
Backcountry Avalanche Forecasts
Much of the central Colorado mountains is under “considerable” avalanche danger conditions right now, as evidenced by several recent deaths. The …
School Crisis Resources
The Colorado Dept. of Education has posted a page on their website of Sandy Hook Crisis Resources. The page offers links …
Colorado School Safety Resource Center
Tragic events like those at Sandy Hook Elementary this past week are becoming much too frequent, and Colorado has dealt …
Civil Defense in Colorado
One of the very interesting historical publications in our library is the Colorado Nuclear Civil Protection Plan, which was created …