Credit Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests / Pawnee National Grassland
As the need for immediate disaster assistance wanes, Larimer County’s High Park Fire Disaster Recovery Center at Johnson Hall on the Colorado State University campus will be closing its doors tomorrow.
Larmier County Emergency Manager Eric Nilsson and Ron Hanavan with the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
The enormous task of evacuating residents from natural disasters like wildfires typically falls to county officials and residents. However, that varies from county to county.
President Obama’s major disaster declaration will allow U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to offer foreclosure relief and other assistance to certain families living in El Paso and Larimer Counties who have been affected by the Waldo Canyon and High Park fires.