HomeMy WebLinkAbout19-071WHEREAS, the Camp Fire ofNovember 2018 is the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California History.
The fire covered approximately 153,000 acres, burned nearly 19\000 homes, businesses, orother structures in the Town
of Paradise, and the unincorporated communities nfParadise Pines, Maga||a, CVncow4 Yankee Hill, PuUga, Butte Creek
Canyon, Butte Valley and surrounding areas, and displaced nearly 52,000 Butte County residents; and
WHEREAS, mutual aid personnel from various agencies throughout the State and from across the nation provided
immediate action and support by engaging with Butte County's Office of Emergency Management, and many ofwhich
continue to provide post -disaster assistance to support to the County for recovery efforts; and
WHEREAS, the Butte County Board of Supervisors recognize the brave and tireless efforts of individuals who
contributed skills, knowledge, time, and energy to the County of Butte, among whom were first responders from
numerous agencies and jurisdictions from across the nation who worked to ensure the safety of the residents of the
County of Butte; mutual mid personnel from surrounding counties and communities who worked long shifts to provide
staffing in the Emergency Operations Center, including tended to the animals rescued from the Camp Fire.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE[TRESOLVED that the Butte County Board mf Supervisors, hereby recognizes and commends
the services provided by Alpine County during the Camp Fire, and for those efforts that continue to be extended to the
County of Butte during the Camp Fire recovery efforts.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 7 mday of May, 2019, bythe fo,l|owing vote:
AYES: Supervisors Connelly, Lucen\Ritter, Teeter, and Chair Lammbert
NOES: Nome
4BSENT;Nnne
NOT VOTING: None
Shari' McCracken, Chief Administrative Officer
NO
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Steve Lambkd,'Chair
Butte County Board of Supervisors