While various state and federal agencies brace themselves for another potentially active (and costly) wildfire season, Colorado officials are finding that it is essential to look back in order to truly move forward in disaster planning.
Having conducted a formal review of the city's response to the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history, Colorado Springs released a report that mostly praises agencies' efforts while pointing out a few glitches along the way.
The city's final review, which was released Wednesday, April 3, asserts that first responders reacted in an "incredibly professional and heroic manner" to the June 2012 Waldo Canyon fire, which broke out on the northwest side of Colorado Springs.
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