The City of Colorado Springs has launched an emergency preparedness campaign called “COS Ready.” This campaign provides a series of actions focused on preparing for an emergency, including a 1-2-3 checklist for community members to improve their readiness. 

COS Ready has three steps: 
Step 1: Sign up for Alerts – Peak Alerts is a targeted phone notification system that tells community members what they need to know in an emergency.  
Step 2: Know Your Zone – The city is now organized into more than 600 preidentified zones which helps first responders take decisive action in an incident. By knowing your zone, community members can be better informed when an emergency happens. 
Step 3: Make a Plan – Before an emergency happens, you need to plan how to keep your family and pets safe, how to communicate with loved ones, and what items to have ready in case of an evacuation. 

​An online hub with the three steps and additional preparedness information is at ColoradoSprings.gov/Ready or ColoradoSprings.gov/Listo.

3.3.6 PARKING IN CUL-DE-SACS
Parking in cul-de-sacs is permitted on the INSIDE curb of the island only. The outer lane in cul-de-sacs is designated as a fire-lane by the City of Colorado Springs to allow for emergency vehicle access. Refer to diagram below. Learn more about parking in Pine Creek at ​http://www.pcva.org/parking-in-pine-creek.html

Pine Creek Village has several school bus stops throughout the Community, so let’s all work together to make school bus transportation safer for everyone by following these practices:

• When backing out of a driveway or leaving a garage, watch out for children walking or bicycling to school.
• When driving in neighborhoods with school zones, watch out for young people who may be thinking about getting to school, but may not be thinking of getting there safely.
• Slow down. Watch for children walking in the street, especially if there are no sidewalks in neighborhood.
• Watch for children playing and congregating near bus stops.
• Be alert. Children arriving late for the bus may dart into the street without looking for traffic.
• Learn and obey the school bus laws in Colorado, as well as the "flashing signal light system" that school bus drivers use to alert motorists of pending actions:
  • Yellow flashing lights indicate the bus is preparing to stop to load or unload children. Motorists should slow down and prepare to stop their vehicles.
  • Red flashing lights and extended stop arms indicate the bus has stopped and children are getting on or off. Motorists must stop their cars and wait until the red lights stop flashing, the extended stop-arm is withdrawn, and the bus begins moving before they can start driving again.

(courtesy of nhtsa.gov)