Alaska Legislature approves standardized disaster-evacuation scale for statewide use

By: James Brooks

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: May 8, 2026

Words: 265

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Alaska Legislature has voted to mandate a three-step disaster evacuation scale for use statewide, a move inspired in part by a miscommunication in a wildfire near Denali National Park.

The state House voted 39-1 on Wednesday to pass Senate Bill 192 and require that state and local officials use the terms “Ready,” “Set,” and “Go,” defined on maps by the colors green, yellow and red, when providing public information about evacuations from …

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