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Butte County authorizes $28 million CAL FIRE cooperative agreement to staff county fire services
Summary
Supervisors approved a renewal of the county’s cooperative agreement with CAL FIRE that increases the county’s payable amount from about $19 million last year to just over $28 million for 2025–26, citing Measure H–funded staffing increases that add a third firefighter to each engine and fully staff Amador stations.
The Butte County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 12 adopted a resolution and authorized the chair to sign the county’s annual cooperative agreement with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), increasing the 2025–26 maximum payable amount to just over $28 million.
Brianna Harvey Butterfield, deputy chief administrative officer, told the board the increase — up from approximately $19 million in the prior year’s agreement — reflects enhanced…
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