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From The Denver Post Website:
How to assist Colorado wildfire victims, how to donate and help
POSTED: 06/25/2012 02:55:43 PM MDT
UPDATED: 06/27/2012 10:06:50 AM MDT compiled by Denver Post staff
Available resources for fire victims & evacuees
• Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association has evacuation checklists and claims-filing advice.
• El Paso County Sheriff’s office: Register your landline/cell for reverse 911 evac orders or call 719-785-1900.
• For evacuees of Waldo Canyon Fire, the Pikes Peak Library has set up a laptop lab and books at the Red Cross Shelter in Cheyenne Mountain High School, Colorado Springs.
• Waldo Canyon Fire evacuees are encouraged to register as ‘safe and well’ with the Red Cross program designed to give relatives and friends news of safety: safeandwell.communityos.org. Family members can also search for names of loved ones evacuated in any Colorado wildfire.
• In Colorado Springs, pets can be evacuated to Pine Creek Veterinary Hospital; 4120 Royal Pine Dr., Colorado Springs 80920; office 719-955-0966, doctor cell phone, 719-494-3050.
• For information on Waldo Canyon fire, call El Paso County Sheriff’s Office at 719-520-7183/7069. For non-emergency enquiries, call 719-955-0742.
• SecureCare Self-Storage is offering 30 days of free storage at all its Colorado Springs-area locations. Call 1-877-907-1649.
• The Red Cross in Colorado Springs is at 719-632-3563. Red Cross shelters for evacuees are at Cheyenne Mountain High School, 1200 Cresta Road and Summit Middle School, 490 Meadowpark Drive, Divide. If you are east of the fire, the shelter remains at Cheyenne Mountain High School. The shelter at Woodland Park High School, 151 N. Baldwin St., has been closed. Call 719-785-2724 to see if family members are at a shelter.
• The YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region is opening its facilities to evacuees until further notice. Also open are day camps for children of evacuees, ages 5 to 12. Evacuees can enroll a child for as many days as they need, space permitting. The Briargate Y camps are full, but the others have openings. YMCA/PPR is also offering Waldo Canyon Fire evacuees use of all YMCA Family Centers and City-Owned, Y-Operated Aquatic and Recreation Facilities free access to showers and recreation
with a driver’s license and/or military I.D.
• The Red Cross in Colorado Springs is at 719-632-3563. Red Cross shelters for evacuees are at Cheyenne Mountain High School, 1200 Cresta Road and Summit Middle School, 490 Meadowpark Drive, Divide. If you are east of the fire, the shelter remains at Cheyenne Mountain High School. The shelter at Woodland Park High School, 151 N. Baldwin St., has been closed. Call 719-785-2724 to see if family members are at a shelter.
• Larimer County is providing fire updates and has a public information line, 970-498-5500 (8am-8pm).
• Larimer County instructions to ensure emergency phone notification works for you.
• Starting June 29, IKEA Centennial is offering High Park Fire victims one-time discounts on kitchen and other home furnishings, up to $10,000, through December 31. Ikea will also pull the items and deliver them to the customer (Picking with Delivery). Offers are available to those who show proof of their loss with an official voucher provided by the American Red Cross Northern Colorado Chapter or Larimer County officials. Full details of the offer will be made available on the IKEA Centennial website by June 29.
• Rocky Mountain Health Care Services in Colorado Springs is offering shelter and will take small pets with evacuees, 310 S. 14th St., 719-641-2747.
• Colorado air quality, smoke forecasts are available, citing areas affected.
• Boulder County emergency alerts can be ordered online: everbridge.net.
• University of Colorado emergency alerts require a separate registration: colorado.edu/alerts
• Evacuees in Boulder can take small animals to All Pets Animal Hospital, 5290 Manhattan Circle, 303-499-5335.
How to donate or help communities dealing with wildfires
• El Paso County Sheriff’s office: Large animal shelter at Norris-Penrose Equestrian Center needs volunteers: 719-520-7773.
• For info on Boulder Flagstaff fire, public information call center: 303-413-7730
• The Red Cross in Colorado Springs is at 719-632-3563.