Firefighters seeing residents wading in contaminated water asked people to leave and help to rescue them by boat. As fast as the water was rising an Evacuation Order came hours later at 1 44 p. M. More than four hours after rock springs was flooded. The time verified by office of Emergency Services which sends out alerts to san jose and other services. Which takes action by training and instinct. It was unsafe for everyone to be in that environment. Was an Evacuation Order issued at that point. We werent told to issue a mandatory evacuation. As firefighters if you find an environment not fit for habitation, we were told to do that. Its expect today draw large numbers of victims. Better communications among agencies, the staffing and operations of the city of office of Emergency Services, maintenance of creeks and input into releases of anderson dam. Its important to get the information out to the public, let the council and the agencies Work Together and fix this as quickly as we can.