California secures federal assistance to support response to Park Fire

SACRAMENTO – Working rapidly to herald further funding and sources to assist battle the quickly burning Park Fireplace, Governor Gavin Newsom right now introduced that California final night time secured a Fireplace Administration Help Grant (FMAG) from the Federal Emergency Administration Company (FEMA) to assist guarantee the supply of significant sources to suppress the fireplace burning in Butte County.

The fast-moving Park Fireplace close to the town of Chico has burned greater than 45,000 acres, forcing evacuations of greater than 3,500 individuals. Actual-time data, together with highway closures, evacuation maps and facilities, is obtainable at fireplace.ca.gov.

The FMAG, which is offered via the President’s Catastrophe Aid Fund on cost-share foundation, will help native, state and tribal companies responding to the fireplace to use for 75-percent reimbursement of their eligible fireplace suppression prices. This system, which is run via the California Governor’s Workplace of Emergency Companies (Cal OES), supplies fast monetary help to communities impacted by fires.

Already this wildfire season, California has secured FMAGs for the Thompson, French and Hawarden fires that burned practically 5,000 acres.