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Public safety chiefs tell Payson: prepare now for an earlier, —average to worse-than-average' wildfire season
Summary
Chief Stobb and Assistant Chief Kevin McCauley briefed council on the 2026 wildfire outlook, multiagency response structures, likely season timing and recommended readiness steps including fuel reduction in the 100-foot home ignition zone and signing up for ReadyHILo alerts.
Payson's public safety leadership told the council April 8 that the town sits in a complex northern-forest zone and that this year's wildfire season likely will start earlier but be —average to worse-than-average' in behavior and size.
Public safety director Chief Stobb (speaker 5) and assistant fire chief Kevin McCauley (speaker 21) summarized multi-jurisdictional coordination with Tonto National Forest, the…
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