HomeMy WebLinkAbout19-158RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING MUTUAL AID PROVIDED BY
WHEREAS, the Camp Fire of November 2018 is the deadliest and mo�sL destructive wildfire in California History.
The fire covered approximately 153,8QOacres, burned nearly 1g,QOOhomes, businesses, grother structures inthe Town
of Paradise, and the unincorporated communities nfParadise P,imey, Maga|ia, Concovx,Yamkee Hill, Pu|ga, Butte Creek
Canyon, Butte Valley and surrounding areas, and displaced nearly 52,0100 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 plost-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 vvhmnn 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 10 provide
staffing in the Emergency Operations Center, 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 comme,nds
the services provided by San Francisco 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 bxthe Butte County Board ofSupervisors this 7 mday ofMay, 2U1�bvthe following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Connelly, Lw��Ritter, Teeter, and Chair Lambert
NOES: None
Steve Lamblero
Butte County Board of Supervisors
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Shari McCracken, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk ofthe Board ofSupervisors