Acknowledgements
The following agencies and organizations contributed information or have provided
reference material that is used or referred to in this PDM Plan. Their contributions
were critical to the development of this document.
Albuquerque District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Colorado Office of Emergency Management
Colorado Geological Survey
Colorado Springs:
i. City Attorneys Office
ii. City Engineering Division
iii. Colorado Springs Fire Department
iv. Office of Budget & Financial Analysis (Springs Community
Improvements Program (SCIP))
v. Colorado Springs Office of Emergency Management, Colorado Springs
Fire Department
vi. Colorado Springs Planning Department
5. Colorado Springs Utilities (Resource Technology Services, Facilities
Information Management Systems within Colorado Springs Utilities)
6. El Paso County Sheriff’s Office’s Emergency Services Division and Office of
Emergency Management
7. Federal Emergency Management Agency
8. National Fire Protection Association
9. National Weather Service
10. Pikes Peak Regional Building Department- Flood Plain Administration
11. Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments
12. Special Collections Section Pikes Peak Library District
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Individual Acknowledgements
A special thank you is given to the individuals listed below whom enthusiastically gave of
their time and resources to assist in the development of the Colorado Springs PDM Plan.
The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analysts spent at least several hundred hours
collectively preparing the high quality maps that are included in this plan or extracting data
to satisfy Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Plan information requirements. The individuals
below provided strategies, goals, objectives, activities and other information needed to put
together this Final Coordinating Draft. These individuals helped focus the project on those
hazards that present the most risk for Colorado Springs.
i. Jerry Banks, PE, Engineering Programs Manager, City Engineering
Division
ii. Dave Blankinship, Senior GIS Analyst, Colorado Springs Fire
Department
iii. Deena Borders, IT Associate, Resource Technology Services, Land
Based Services, FIMS, Colorado Springs Utilities
iv. Robert Browning, District Economist, Albuquerque District, United
States Army Corps of Engineers
v. Jessica Ceasar, GIS Analyst, El Paso County Information Technologies
vi. Rose-Marie Clouse, Senior Administrative Technician, Office of
Emergency Management, Colorado Springs Fire Department
vii. Steven Dubay, Director, Colorado Springs Office of Emergency
Management
viii. Jeff Eckhart, Strategic Services Supervisor, El Paso County Information
Technologies.
ix. Phil Friesen, Senior GIS Analyst, Colorado Springs Planning and
Development
x. Steve Harris, Information Systems Supervisor, Colorado Springs Fire
Department
xi. Brett Lacey, Fire Marshall, Colorado Springs Fire Department
xii. David Litzelman, Senior Planner, Colorado Springs Planning and
Development
xiii. Joan (Bet) Lotosky, Hydrologist, Albuquerque District, United States
Army Corps of Engineers
xiv. Robert Mack, Senior Attorney, Colorado Springs City Attorneys Office
xv. Tom Magnuson, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, National Weather
Service Pueblo
xvi. Jim Mesite, Emergency Manager, Office of Emergency Management,
Emergency Services Division, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office
xvii. Bill Mills, Captain, Wildland Risk Management Officer, Colorado Springs
Fire Department
xviii. Doreen Moore, AET, CFPS, Fire Protection Engineer I, Colorado Springs
Fire Department
xix. Gary Moos, PLS, Resource Technology Services, Land Based Services,
FIMS, Colorado Springs Utilities
xx. Rich Muzzy, Environmental Program Manager, Pikes Peak Area Council
of Governments
xxi. Elena Nunez, Principal Analyst, Budget/SCIP, Colorado Springs Office
of Budget and Financial Analysis
xxii. Cathy Prudhomme, FireWise Program Coordinator, Colorado Springs
Fire Department
xxiii. Christina Randall, Vegetation Management Coordinator, Colorado
Springs Fire Department
xxiv. Melissa Rowberg, Public Communications Specialist, SCIP, Colorado
Springs Office of Budget and Financial Analysis
xxv. Kevin Stilson, PE, Regional Flood Plain Engineer, Pikes Peak Regional
Building Department
xxvi. Bob Tessier, Fire Prevention Section Manager, Colorado Springs Fire
Department
xxvii. Nancy Thaler, Special Collections, Pikes Peak Library District
xxviii. Stephen Vigil, GIS Analyst II, Colorado Springs Planning and
Development
xxix. Gayle Wood, Captain, Emergency Manager, Colorado Springs Office of
Emergency Management, Colorado Springs Fire Department
Office of Emergency Management
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