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County emergency official: Builla fire remains uncontained; county engines deployed to California
Summary
An agency official reported the Builla fire was still 0% contained and described county engine deployments and firefighter assignments, staffing and training needs, and plans to review regional pay practices to retain personnel. Officials said the fire will likely be controlled by winter weather changes rather than suppression alone.
An agency official told the Duchesne County Commission on Sept. 2 that the Builla fire remained uncontained and that county resources had been deployed to assist larger incidents, including an engine assignment in California.
“Builla is still 0% contained,” the agency official said, adding that aircraft and firefighters were actively engaged and that crews would rely on winter weather to finally stop the fire. The official described ongoing aircraft operations, local resource staging and the county’s efforts to keep apparatus and personnel available for local response.
The official said the county’s response included sending an engine to California; that crew is on a 24-hour assignment. He also reported that another engine recently returned to the county after assignment work and said the county may consider extending deployments if requested.
Commissioners and staff pressed for details about staffing and compensation. The presenter said he would review regional pay practices with Wasatch and other neighboring agencies to study hourly and overtime structures and return comparisons to the commission. “Once I kinda get that information, then I’ll get that turned into y’all as soon as possible,” he said.
The presenter also described mitigation and planning work at Yellow Lake and in areas such as Moon Lakes Ranch and Rhodes Canyon and highlighted upcoming trainings and hiring activity to bolster staffing.
Next steps: emergency management staff will gather comparative pay and staffing data, continue monitoring fire behavior, and report back to the commission.
