A view of the Waldo Canyon Fire from Highway 24 near Manitou Springs.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- The City of Colorado Springs hosted an emergency preparedness meeting Tuesday night.
The meeting addressed wildfire awareness, and course of action in the community.
It took place at Cheyenne Mountain High School and featured Colorado Springs Fire Chief Rich Brown, Fire Marshal Bret Lacey and Bret Waters with the Office of Emergency Management.
The group discussed emergency preparedness, evacuation planning and wildfire mitigation.
In June 2012 Colorado Springs experienced the most destructive wildfire in Colorado Springs' history.
The Waldo Canyon Fire took two lives, and destroyed more than 340 homes.
Now, more than half a year later, we have found ourselves in the midst of yet another drought.
This as we prepare to enter the spring and summer months.
City officials said the Cheyenne Mountain area is extremely high risk, which is why they said they are stepping up education efforts, to provide residents with the information and resources they need to be safe.
"We are concerned about wildfire, we are in a drought and it does not look like it is going to subside anytime soon," Bret Waters said. "So we really want to be prepared for this next spring and summer."
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