HomeMy WebLinkAbout19-120RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING MUTUAL AID PROVIDED BY
WHEREAS, the Camp Five of November 2018 is the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in: California History,
The fire covered approximately 153,0Q0acres, burned nearly 19,0OOhomes, businesses, orother structures inthe Town
of Paradise, and the unincorporated communities of Paradise Pines, MagaUa, Concouv, Yankee Hill, PuUga, Butte [reek
Canyon, Butte Valley and surrounding areas, and displaced nearly 52,000 Butte County residents; aind
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 toprovide post -disaster assistance tosupport tothe County for recovery efforts; and
WHEREAS, the Butte County Board of Supervisors recognize the brave and tireless effo�Ms 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 ofButte; mutual aid personnel from surrounding counties and communities who worked long shifts to provide
staffing imthe Emergency Operations Center, including tended to the animals rescued from the Camp Fire.
NOW, THEREFORE, BED[RESOLVED that the Butte County Board mf Supervisors hereby recognizes and commends
the services provided brThe City mfStockton during the Camp Fire, and for those efforts that continue tmbeextended to
the County of Butte during the Camp Fire recovery efforts.
PASSED AND ADOPTED bythe Butte County Board of Supervisors this Tmday of May, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Cbnme|IyLucen\Ritter, Teeter, and Chair Lambert
NOES: None
ABSENT Nome
NOT VOTING: None
Steve Lambeq�'(Q 'air
Butte County card of Supervisors
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Shari McCracken, O1iefAdmlnistretkeOfficer
d Clerk of the Board of Supervisors