Mission Fire in Eastern Madera County
Source: CAL FIRE

September 5, 2017 - California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) Director Mark Ghilarducci on Monday secured a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help ensure the availability of vital resources to suppress the Mission burning in Madera. The FMAG also enables local, state and tribal agencies to recover eligible costs.

The fire has already burned approximately 650 acres, threatening lives and property near the areas of North Fork and Cascadel Woods. Cal OES is working with multiple response agencies to mobilize mutual aid strike teams and firefighters as well as fire engines, dozers, water tenders and fire retardant drops from aircraft. In addition to firefighting resources, shelter operations staff and emergency communications capabilities are also being mobilized.

More than 350 personnel have been mobilized to assist with the wildfire activity. Cal OES Fire, Law Enforcement and Inland Region personnel are currently working with other response agencies to address all emergency management, law enforcement, evacuation and mutual aid needs for the incident alongside the U.S. Forest Service and CAL FIRE. The recent sustained, high temperatures around the state and dry conditions have made an ideal environment for dangerous fire conditions throughout California.

The federal grant, which is provided through the President’s Disaster Relief Fund on cost-share basis, will assist local, state and tribal agencies responding to the fire to apply for 75-percent reimbursement of their eligible fire suppression costs.

Additional information is available at:

Fire Management Assistance Grants – http://www.caloes.ca.gov/cal-oes-divisions/recovery/public-assistance/fire-management-assistance-grant

Cal OES Twitter @Cal_OES

California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services – http://www.caloes.ca.gov/
Source: CA. OES