As western Altadena waited hours for evacuation orders, fire commanders faced utter chaos
With thousands of lives at risk, a mobile command post tasked with issuing evacuation orders struggled to keep pace with the ...
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Calif. wildfires highlight complicated chain of evacuation communication
As the deadly LA wildfires and other major emergencies have shown, alerts rely on a complicated chain of communication between first responders, government administrators, third-party companies and ...
Too little, too late: Residents say they were in the dark as fire spread with no evacuation order
When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby ...
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New round of evacuation orders lifted as LA mayor names chief recovery officer
More erroneous evacuation alerts ... the Southern California wildfires, but officials are not yet sure what caused those errors. Kevin McGowan, director of the county Office of Emergency ...
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Evacuation order lifted after fire breaks out at battery storage facility in Central California
An evacuation order ... we need to have … safe battery systems in place.” “We cannot see another battery and energy storage fire ever in the future in California, and we need to absolutely ...
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Homes were burning and roads already jammed when Pacific Palisades evacuation order came, AP finds
It also could undermine public confidence in public alert systems ... fire and emergency management officials declined to immediately address questions related to the timing of the evacuation ...
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Fire at Moss Landing Power Plant triggers evacuation orders in Monterey County
The alert was posted just ... at the Elkhorn Battery Energy Storage System next to the Vistra Moss Landing natural gas fired power plant in Moss Landing, California, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 17 ...