On New Year’s Eve 2021, the Marshall Fire, the most destructive fire in Colorado history, destroyed over 1,000 homes in suburban Denver, devastating infrastructure and disrupting public services in the Town of Superior, the City of Louisville, and Boulder County. In hindsight, many unprecedented and unimaginable lessons were learned “the hard way.” These have been captured, and a highly provocative and sobering PowerPoint and video presentation has been developed. Alex Arinello, Public Works Director for the Town of Superior, will share his first-hand account of the fire and discuss specific steps public works directors can—and should—do w to prepare for large-scale emergencies in suburban areas. Alex will also offer a number of personal reflections about dealing with the stresses and special considerations involved in managing a massive recovery effort. After this session, participants will be able to:
• Recognize their need to enhance resiliency, add redundancy, operate virtually, and create stable, future-proofed, resilient, critical “intelligent infrastructure” and “smart cities.”
• Determine how to respond to a large-scale, devasting municipal emergency and why teleworking and the demand for resiliency, improved telecommunications, 5G, and broadband are skyrocketing.
• Discover how techlogy is changing the playing field for physical infrastructure.

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Dave S. Zelek

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