HomeMy WebLinkAbout19-119RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING MUTUAL AID PROVIDED BY
Cll�!rjwAdAi Is
WHEREAS, the Camp Fine of November 2018 is the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California History.
The fire covered approximately 153/D00acres, burned nearly 19,O08homes, businesses, orother structures inthe Town
of Paradise, and the unincorporated communities of Paradise Pines, &4agaQa, Cmncom, Yankee Hill, Pu8ga, Butte Creek
Canyon, Butte Valley and surrounding areais, 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 of which
continue to provide post -disaster assista:nice to suipport to the Cou:nty for recovery efforts; and
WHEREAS, the Butte County Board of Supervisors recognize the brave and tinahanu efforts of individuals who
contributed skills, knowledge, time, and energy to the County of Butte, among vvhuno were first responders from
numerous agencies and jurisdictions from across the nation who worked to ensure the safety of the residents of the
County ofButte; mutual aid persomneX from surrounding counties and communities who worked long shifts to provide
staffing in the Emergency Operations �enter, including tended to the animals rescued from the Camp, Fire.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Butte County Board of Supervisors hereby recognizes and commends
the services provided by The City of South Lake Taihoe during the Camp Fire, and for those efforts that continue to be
extended tothe County ofButte diurimgthe Camp Fire recovery efforts.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 7mday of May, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Connelly, Luoepo,Ritter, Teeter, and Chair Lambert
NOES: None
ABSENT:Wone
NOT VOTING: None
rive_f4u
Shari M�oCracken,Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk fthe f Supervisors
Od
tk Y� 0
Steve Lambero0air
Butte Cou,nty Board of Supervisors