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County fire official reports fewer local human-start wildfires, outlines CWS budget and mitigation projects
Summary
Iron County fire official reported a drop in local human-start wildfires so far in 2025, outlined prevention efforts and described a $578,000 Cooperative Wildland Fire program (CWS) allocation focused on mitigation and preparedness.
Spencer Rolo, who presented the county’s fire update, said he ran incident statistics through July 9 and reported 7 human-start fires in unincorporated private lands in 2025 and zero natural (lightning) starts in that same span; the total countywide fire count including federal agencies was 22, he said.
“Some statistical causes of the fire is debris burning…we continue to have issues with folks not realizing that they are required to have a burn permit,” Spencer said, noting escaped debris burns…
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