Rotary Wildfire Ready app educates foothills community on fire mitigation, evacuation

BY BY MAYA DAWSON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Evergreen Rotary is working to provide foothills residents with an accessible wild re-preparedness education source in the form of an app.

“It’s hard for people, when they want to take action, to get the kind of information that they need to be able to help protect their families,” said Cynthia Latham, Rotary Wildre Ready’s app developer.

e Rotary Wild re Ready app was launched in mid-July on the Apple and Google Play app stores. Developers met with three local re department o cials to ensure the information presented on the app was accurate.

“We really wanted to make sure we were including best-practice information and that this was the kind of content that they would value and appreciate,” Latham said.

e app features educational videos, some from re departments or college programs, while others were