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Kootenai County declares disaster emergency after June 29 active shooter and wildfire at Canfield Mountain
Summary
The Kootenai County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved Resolution 2025-52, a local disaster emergency declaration tied to a deadly shooting and the Nettleton Gulch/Canfield Mountain wildfire on June 29, 2025, enabling limited financial relief for response costs.
Kootenai County declared a local disaster emergency for a June 29, 2025, active-shooter incident and an accompanying wildfire on Canfield Mountain, the Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously at a July 1 meeting.
The action — Resolution 2025-52, approved by Commissioners Eberline, Duncan and Chair Metari — was requested by county emergency management after the events began on June 29 and first responders faced rapidly escalating personnel and resource demands. Tiffany Westbrook, Kootenai County emergency management director, told the board the declaration was requested “out of an…
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