Saturday, July 28, 2018

Josephine County Sheriff Evacuation Procedures

Evacuation Level Notifications
July 28, 2018 @ 11:30am
      REPORTING DEPUTY: Sheriff Dave Daniel

DETAILS: The Josephine County Sheriff’s Office is embedded in the Taylor Creek Fire Incident Management Team. All evacuation level notifications are and must be authorized by the Josephine County Sheriff who is advised by incident command on the situation and status of fire activity.

Level I and II notifications are being made through press release and the Citizen Alert system. When a Level III evacuation is called for and authorized, citizens will be notified by Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue or other law enforcement personnel in person when possible and a Citizen Alert will be sent out.

On Friday July 27th, some citizens in the Pickett Creek area were notified by fire personnel who received rogue information of a Level III evacuation. That evacuation level was not authorized and the Pickett Creek area with the exception of the upper portions of West Pickett Creek Road remain on Level II evacuation status “Be Ready”.

The Josephine County Sheriff’s Office will continue to monitor fire activity with the management team and make notification changes only when necessary.

To sign up for the Citizen Alert system, go to www.rvem.org to receive the most recent updates.

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