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Report: City and Employees Not Trained for Waldo Canyon Fire

by KREX News Room
by Associated Press

Story Created: Oct 23, 2012 at 7:47 PM MDT

Story Updated: Oct 24, 2012 at 11:52 AM MDT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.- A review of Colorado Springs' response to the deadly Waldo Canyon Fire found that city officials and employees were under-trained in dealing with the logistics of such a large disaster.

The report released by the city Tuesday said that staff would need more training and suggested the city come up with a better way to provide important information immediately to police, firefighters and sheriff's deputies.

The fire started on June 23. The blaze spread to western Colorado Springs three days later, where it destroyed more than 340 homes and killed two people.

An emergency notification system failed to send thousands of evacuation notices during the fire.

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