VIA BOULDER OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 9-15-2013 Sheriff Joe Pelle statement about the list of unaccounted for people As of 3 p.m. today, Boulder Sheriff Joe Pelle stated that records show that 326 people are currently unaccounted for related to the flooding, but that this number is fluctuating frequently. At 9 a.m. today, there were 431 entries in the unaccounted for persons list, which included families, couples and individuals. That number was reduced to 212 entries by about 3 p.m., representing 326 individual people, by comparing evacuation and rescue information with shelter evacuee lists and other information sources. Finding the people who are unaccounted for is one of the highest priorities, and five teams of Boulder County Sheriff’s Office detectives are dedicated full-time to this task. These teams are going out in the field, going door-to-door as the situation allows, and comparing the data with information from shelters, emergency response evacuations and other sources. If someone who lives in a flood zone has self-evacuated to a safe location, they are asked to call in to the Public Call Center, to report that they are safe. That number is 303-413-7730. If you have reported someone as unaccounted for previously and then learned that they are safe, please also report that to the Public Call Center as well. (dm)
Posted on: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 22:15:40 +0000
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