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Rio Blanco County commissioners praise responders, describe emergency operations amid large wildfires
Summary
At an Aug. 12 meeting the Rio Blanco County Board of County Commissioners acknowledged extensive firefighting and emergency operations, described evacuation and animal-relief efforts and authorized use of federal emergency funding while urging residents to follow closures.
The Rio Blanco County Board of County Commissioners on Aug. 12 thanked firefighters, federal and state crews and local volunteers for their response to the Elk and Lee fires and described the county's emergency operations and evacuation support.
County leaders said an emergency was declared and, with support from the governor, federal funding became available to supplement state and local resources. The county's emergency manager convened an emergency operations center — the first in county history, officials said — and the fairgrounds were converted into an incident command post and livestock evacuation center that housed and fed more than…
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