[Talk-us] Cold Springs Fire

[Russell Deffner]

Local Disaster Declaration just made, as well as road network project:
http://tasks.openstreetmap.us/project/52 

 

Please consider mapping some this weekend, appreciated for OSM-CO in general
as well! More info/projects to come,

=Russ

 

From: Russell Deffner [mailto:russell.deffner at hotosm.org] 
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2016 4:51 PM
To: OSM US Talk
Cc: activation at hotosm.org
Subject: [Talk-us] Cold Springs Fire

 

Hello all,

 

This is an informational message that I am monitoring/beginning size-up for
the Cold Springs Fire near Nederland, Colorado. Although relatively small at
the moment, it is hot and dry in Colorado, so the fire has the potential to
become a major incident. Also proximity to population, the local office of
emergency management has initiated mandatory evacuations (following them at
http://www.boulderoem.com/emergency-status/ and
https://twitter.com/BoulderOEM).

 

It is anticipated that as usual with US response, OSM probably won't be used
for firefighter response, but I'm actually part of the GIS Activity for the
local Red Cross chapter, so if I'm called to make maps for Disaster
Assessment planning, etc. I may leverage OSM and the community. Therefore,
stay tuned as I might go ahead and create a mapping project for buildings
and roads in the area (there are probably lots of 'untouched' TIGER roads,
so cleaning up geometry, etc.) - Nederland is pretty well mapped, but not
the area this fire is moving towards.

 

Thank you,

=Russ

 

Russell Deffner

Russell.Deffner at hotosm.org

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) 

http://hotosm.org <http://hotosm.org/> 

 

Russdeffner at gmail.com 

OSM-Colorado and Wyoming

http://www.meetup.com/OSM-Colorado/

http://www.meetup.com/OSM-Wyoming/

 

 

 

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