HomeMy WebLinkAbout19-116RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING MUTUAL AID PROVIDED BY
WHEREAS, the Camp Fire of November 2018 is the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California History.
The fire covered approximately 153,@U0acres, burned nearly 19OQOhomes, businesses, orother structures imthe Town
of Paradise, and the unincorporated communities of Paradise Pines, K6aga|ia, Concnw, Yankee NiU, Pu|ga, Butte Creek
Canyon, Butte VaNey 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 breve and tireless efforts of individual's who
contributed skills, knowledge, time, a�nd 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 aid personnel from surrounding counties and communities who worked long shifts to provide
staffing imthe Emergency Operations Center, including tended tothe animals rescued from the Camp Fire.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE|TRESOLVED that the Butte County Board ofSupervisors hereby recognizes and commends
the services provided by The City of San Francisco during the Camp Fire, and for those efforts that continue tobeextended
to the County of Butte during the Camp Fire recovery efforts.
PASSED AND ADOPTED bvthe Butte County Board ofSupervisors this 7mday nfMay, 2Q19 bythe following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Connelly, ���Ritter, Teeter, and Chair Lambert
NOES: None,
ATTEST:
Shari McCracken, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk ofthe BnamdmfSupervisors
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Butte County Board of Supervisors