SACRAMENTO: Governor Gavin Newsom said today that California was able to get a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) late yesterday night in order to guarantee that vital resources needed to put out the Butte County fire will be available.
In an effort to combat the fast growing Park Fire, the state is working swiftly to get more financing and resources.
The Park Fire, which is near Chico and has burned over 45,000 acres, is fast growing and has forced over 3,500 residents to flee.
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Local, state, and tribal agencies who are responding to the fire will get assistance from the FMAG in their application for a reimbursement of up to 75% of their eligible fire suppression costs.
The FMAG is provided on a cost-shared basis via the President’s Disaster Relief Fund. The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) oversees the program, which provides emergency financial assistance to communities impacted by wildfires.
This wildfire season, the Thompson, French, and Hawarden fires have burned over 5,000 acres, for which California has already received FMAGs.