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Emergency Management reports 79 fires YTD, new air packs and AFG carryover used for operations
Summary
Emergency Management Director Garry Berges reported 79 fires year‑to‑date, delivery of seven pallets of air packs and use of roughly $12,500 in leftover 2022 AFG grant funds for operating expenses at the July 6 meeting.
Garry Berges, Emergency Management Director and Rural Fire Chief, told the commission that the county has recorded 79 fires year‑to‑date and that seven pallets of self‑contained breathing apparatus air packs were delivered last week.
Berges said leftover funds from a 2022 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) — approximately $12,500 — were applied to the department's operating fund. He also reported that legal counsel and the department issued burn regulation violation notices and that fines were collected as a result.
