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 “We hired a consultancy called Resolute Associates to help us develop our Emergency Response Plan,” explained Sylvia Barnard, executive director of Good Samaritan Shelter. “The consultants walked through all of our facilities, understood the magnitude of all the people we serve – we have over 500 people under roof every night – and they helped us figure out our response plan, should we have any kind of emergency or natural disaster.”   

 “It's a cement like slurry that can move downhill very quickly and flow like a fluid, even though it's maybe 80 percent solids,” Cooper said. “And that can really move some very large boulders. It's very, very powerful, it has all this inertia and just can go right through homes and trees and everything.”  - Kevin Cooper, Resolute Associate  

 “It’s crucial that we have a shared focus, both on helping firefighters address what they’re challenged by in the field and on helping communities understand and mitigate the negative consequences of these fires,” Turner said. “We have to do our part to educate the public and policymakers on how these fires happen and what we can do to make them less destructive.”   - Dan Turner, Resolute Associate