HomeMy WebLinkAbout19-144RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING MUTUAL AID PROVIDED BY
WHEREAS, the Camp Fire of November 2018 is the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California Hbtory.
The fire covered approx�imately 153,000 acres, burned nearly 19,000 homes, businesses, or other structures in, the Town
of Paradise, and the unincorporated communities ofParadise Pines, K8aga1ia,Comcow,Yankee Hill, Pu|ga, Butte Creek
Canyon, Butte VaU|eyand surrounding areas, and displaced nearly S2,O8OButte County residents; and
WHEREAS, mutual aid personnel from various agencies, throughout the State and from acrossthe 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 ofSupervisors recognize the brave and tireless efforts ofindividuals who
contributed skills, knowledge, time, and energy tmthe 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 in the Emergency Operations Center, including tended to the animals rescued from the Camp Fire.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE|TRESOLVED that the Butte County Board ofSupervisors hereby recognizes and commends
the services provided byMariposa County during the Camp Fire, and for those efforts that continue tobeextended tothe
CoumtyofButte during the Camp Fire recovery efforts.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 7'h day of May, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Connelly, Lucen4Ritter, Teeter, and Chair Lambert
NOES�:None
ABSENlENmne
NOT VOTING: None
Steve Lambert,4.1*air
Butte County Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
Shari McCracken, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk ofthe Board ofSupervisors