‘How we practice is how we play’: first responders, Colorado Springs residents practice wildfire evacuations

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Colorado Springs first responders gather before their pre-evacuation drill briefing in Cheyenne Mountain State Park Saturday morning. (KKTV)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV)—More than 40 households and agencies across Southern Colorado participated in an annual exercise Saturday that aims to prepare people for the possibility of wildfire evacuations.

The premise was simple: a wildfire is approaching the Broadmoor Bluffs area from the west and evacuations have been ordered.

Agencies involved included the Colorado Springs Police Department, Colorado Springs Fire Department, Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Management, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, American Medical Response, and many more…

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