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Payson fire officials urge residents to prepare as wildfire season nears; county symposium planned
Summary
Fire leaders described the town's fuels-reduction history, current grant activity and the limits of local response, and urged residents to create defensible space and register for emergency notifications. Officials also promoted an April wildfire symposium intended to boost community preparedness.
Payson Fire Department leaders and fuels manager Kevin McCully briefed the council on the town's wildfire risk, recent mitigation grants and the limits of local suppression resources.
"Where we live here has always been and always will be affected by wildfire," McCully said, framing the discussion as one of long-term community risk and mitigation rather than a short-term problem.
McCully reviewed the town's recent history of fuels grants and mitigation work, the creation of a local Firewise group and property-assessment volunteers, and the limits and administrative challenges of state grant programs (reimbursement requirements, statewide cost assumptions and timing). He said recent grants the town…
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