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'Communications lagged' in first days of Lake Tahoe Angora fire

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'Communications lagged' in first days of Lake Tahoe Angora fire

By Adam Jensen
Tahoe Daily Tribune

LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Just over two weeks after the Angora fire was fully contained on July 1, a panel of representatives from the agencies involved with the emergency response to the disaster convened to review their effectiveness.

Their goal was two-fold: to reinforce aspects of the response that went well, while taking a look at what could be improved.

Notes from the review, released late last week, describe the response to El Dorado County's largest disaster as going "exceptionally well."

Evacuations organized by the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office and California Highway Patrol were noted as being especially successful, a finding reinforced by the lack of deaths or traumatic injuries during the fire.

Full Story: Report: Communications lagged in the first days of the Angora fire



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