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Kern Fire Safe Council says county coordinator program has brought roughly $3 million in mitigation funding; SB 973 would codify the role
Summary
Wendy Ward of the Kern Fire Safe Council told supervisors the county wildfire coordinator program has attracted about $3 million for mitigation projects and urged continued county support; staff noted Senate Bill 973 would codify and expand the program without requiring new appropriations this year.
The Kern Fire Safe Council told the Board of Supervisors that a county wildfire coordinator program has brought roughly $3,000,000 in mitigation funding and has supported community-based wildfire-resilience projects across Kern County.
Wendy Ward, the Kern County wildfire mitigation coordinator, described program activities including Firewise USA community certifications, home ignition…
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