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Fire warden warns of dry conditions and red-flag days; commission approves grants, contracts and an investment transition
Summary
Emery County's fire warden briefed commissioners about dry conditions, an early red-flag warning and pending WUI-code enforcement tied to a new state law; the commission approved multiple grants and contracts, including a $57,750 Russian-olive removal grant, a $5,000 USDA Forest Service grant modification, a $6,000 OHV map grant application, and the transfer of county investments to Raymond James.
Emery County's fire warden, Jerry George, told the commission on June 17 that the county is entering a drier-than-usual fire season, that a red-flag warning was in effect for high winds and low humidity, and that a recently passed state bill will require counties to begin enforcing Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) code once state implementation is finalized.
"So far this year on fires, a 100% of the fires I've had in Emery County have been human-caused fires," Jerry George said during his presentation, urging greater precautions and previewing earlier-than-usual consideration of fire restrictions for unincorporated county lands. George also explained that House Bill 48 (as discussed in the briefing) is expected to require counties to enforce WUI standards and that county staff will return with details as the state finalizes rules.
While hearing the briefing, the commission approved a…
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