Comments on: Arizona Counties Issue Excessive Heat Warning

By: Fred Tewes - Wild fire incident updates

Fred Tewes - Wild fire incident updates — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 13:03:21 +0000

https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/state/3/

Put this in a folder and refer to as needed.

By: Marcie Slay

Marcie Slay — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 03:58:52 +0000

The Yavapai County Emergency Operations Center as well as the Phone bank is remaining open 24 hours until otherwise notified of a positive change in the conditions. The Public information line is running 24 hours. The public line for distribution is 928-442-5103 for questions and information updates.

APS 24 hours customer care center 602-371-7171. http://www.Aps.com/outages (per APS PIO)

By: Billy Vinci

Billy Vinci — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 23:54:21 +0000

At least 1,500 residents have been forced to leave their mountainside communities in Utah while they anxiously wait to find out if anything is left of their homes.

Prescott AZ fire keeps on giving.

By: Marcie Slay - Prescott area emergency update

Marcie Slay - Prescott area emergency update — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 21:17:39 +0000

APS has notified us that they were able to reroute the power and restore power to all but 4 customers and are continuing to work on the outage.

By: Marcie Slay - Prescott area emergency update

Marcie Slay - Prescott area emergency update — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 20:23:03 +0000

Arizona Public Safety (APS) has notified Emergency Management of a power outage do to a crash that has taken out three power poles.

96 customers are without power. The areas affected are LindaVista to Los Aross near Iron Springs Road. Also from Granite Mountain School to Victoria Ave in Prescott.

APS crews are on-site with estimated restoration time of 7:00 P.M.

The Prescott Salvation Army currently has a cooling station open from 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M.

Address: 237 S Montezuma St, Prescott, AZ 86303
(928) 778-0150

APS can reimburse residents for up to 40 pounds of bagged ice purchases made during this outage. Download a free outage app at aps.com/alerts or go to aps.com to view outage maps.

For ice reimbursement please send your receipts to:

APS Community Affairs Office
P.O. Box 53999
Phoenix, AZ 85072

If you know of a neighbor in need during this time please reach out to them. If medical issues arise, please call 911.

Food Safety – Please check keep refirerators closed during this outage and check all food terpatures once the power has been restored. When in doubt throw it out.

Certain refrigerated foods may need to be thrown out:
⦁ All leftovers or cooked foods, raw meats, and lunchmeats
⦁ Any dairy products including cheeses, eggs, seed sprouts, cut melons
⦁ Prepared foods such as store-bought deli salads

You can safely keep things like ketchup, mustard, jams/jellies, store bought salad dressing and pickles/relish. Be sure to check fruits and vegetables for mold.

Check frozen food for thawing and refreezing that might have happened when the power was lost and then restored (example: large ice crystals in the food, or frozen liquid at the bottom of container).

It is cheaper to replace the food than to risk your health by taking a chance. If in doubt, throw it out! For more information call us at (928)771-3149.

By: Marcie Slay- Prescott area emergency

Marcie Slay- Prescott area emergency — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 20:17:24 +0000

Arizona Public Safety (APS) has notified Emergency Management of a power outage do to a crash that has taken out three power poles.

96 customers are without power. The areas affected are LindaVista to Los Aross near Iron Springs Road. Also from Granite Mountain School to Victoria Ave in Prescott.

By: Marcie Slay

Marcie Slay — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 22:38:59 +0000

Yavapai County Office of Emergency Management has been coordinating with the Salvation Army Southwest Division and local Fire Districts discussing the need for cooling stations in areas of the county were the forecast calls for excessive heat this weekend into next week.

We are happy to report that locations have been established in Black Canyon City, Cottonwood, Wickenburg, as well as fire stations throughout the Verde Valley/Cottonwood area.

A special thanks to Jack Clitheroe with the Salvation Army for his great response to this request and the volunteers and staff at the Black Canyon City Library and Cottonwood Community Center who have volunteered to help.

Additional information and preparedness tips can be found at:
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ http://www.weather.gov/fgz/
Arizona Department of Health Services http://www.azdhs.gov/preparedness/heat-illness
Arizona Emergency Information Network https://ein.az.gov/emergency-information-heat-warning-across-arizona
National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/rah/heat
Salvation Army in Phoenix http://www.salvationarmyphoenix.org

See SedonaEye.com article above for more information and links.