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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 07-086-CCBOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Grant County, Washington RESOLUTION IN THE MATTER OF Wildfire, July 6, 2007 RESOLUTION No. 01-0g'% -CC WHEREAS, the Department of Grant County Emergency Management has reported to the Grant County Board of County Commissioners on July 6, 2007, that the impacts of a wildfire with strong winds, which began on July 6, 2007, within a portion of Grant County with rugged terrain, which will threaten wildlife in the Columbia Wildlife National Refuge. The fire impacted approximately 1,000 acres of rural Grant County Fire District 11 and the Columbia Wildlife National Refuge. WHEREAS, local resources from Grant County Fire Districts 10 and 11, Adams County Fire District 5, and US Fish and Wildlife, have been exhausted within the first and second shift, additional resources from other fire district are extremely limited due to personnel being unavailable. Mission number 07-2056 was assigned by the State Duty Officer at 21:45 on July 6, 2007. WHEREAS, the emergency event was declared by the Board of County Commissioners Chairman, Le Roy Allison at the request of the Director of Emergency Management to activate the Grant County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED THAT: (1) It is hereby declared that there is an emergency due to the impacts suffered from the wildfire of July 6`h 2007, throughout a portion of Grant County, specifically the rural area of the Columbia Wildlife National Refuge; and (2) Grant County therefore seeks Federal assistance from Fish and Wildlife for available resources to assist the County of Grant and the Columbia Basin Wildlife National Refuge in, Washington, from the surround jurisdictions within Central or Eastern Washington. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 9 day of July, 2007. A TTFCT- BOARD OF COUNTY Yea Nay Abstain GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON ❑ ❑ Le Roy Allison, arr Richard Stevens, Member Cindy C er , Member Sam Lorenz - Grant County Emergency Management From: LeRoy Allison [lallison@co grant we us] Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 7 22 AM To: slorenz@co grant we us Cc: ccarter@co grant we us, Richard Stevens Subject: ESF 4b Local Resource Authorization Sam, At 9:45 pm yesterday I authorized the use of local resources as per ESP section 4b of our plan in order to fight the range fire near County Roads E SE and 12 SE Thanks, LeRoy=