HomeMy WebLinkAbout19-173Resolution No. 19-173
RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING MUTUAL AID PROVIDED BY
WHEREAS, the Camp Fire of NWovember 2018 is the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California History.
The fire covered approximately 153,000 acres, burned nearly 19,000 homes, businesses, or other structures in the Town
of Paradise, and the unincorporated communities of Paradise Pines, Mlagalia, Concow, Yankee Hill, Puha, Butte Creek
Canyon, Butte "Valley 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 of which
continue to provide post -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 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.
IVC+W, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Butte County Board of Supervisors hereby recognizes and commends
the services provided by Town of Paradise 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 by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 7t' day of May, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Connelly, Lucero, Ritter, Teeter, and Chair Lambert
NOES: None
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Steve Lambe , air
Butte County Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
Shari McCracken, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of the Boardof Supervisors
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