Ouray County Deputy Emergency Manager Daniel Harris concentrates while updating information for radios used by sheriff’s deputies last week at the Ouray County 4-H Event Center. This update is in preparation for the county’s first full-scale evacuation exercise, which will practice an evacuation in the event of a wildfire. The mass evacuation drill will happen Friday, May 15, and will involve evacuating the Elk Meadows neighborhood located off County Road 5. Residents can expect to see emergency vehicles, law enforcement and other activity related to the exercise that day. The county is asking for volunteers to sign up to participate by May 8. Photo by Erin McIntyre | Ouray County Plaindealer
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Evacuation drill an exercise not in futility
County's first full-scale training May 15 meant to 'test where our holes are'
Sirens will wail and residents will likely see emergency vehicles headed through Ridgway, up County Road 5 on May 15.