[californiadisasters] Official Disaster Declaration For Kern County

Gov. Schwarzenegger Proclaims State of Emergency in Kern County Due to Wildfire

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today proclaimed a state of emergency in Kern County as a result of the Bull Fire in the Sequoia National Forest and the West Fire in Tehachapi which combined have burned over 15,000 acres, destroyed homes and caused the evacuation of more than 2,300 people in the area.

In May, the Governor signed an executive order which mobilized the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) and other state agencies to secure and deploy the additional resources and personnel that are necessary to save lives and protect homes statewide from wildfires.

The text of the proclamation is below:

PROCLAMATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY

           WHEREAS on July 26, 2010, wildfires started in Kern County and are continuing to burn; and

           WHEREAS the fires have burned over 15,000 acres, destroyed approximately 25 homes, and are threatening hundreds of other residential structures, causing evacuations of residents and the opening of emergency shelters; and

           WHEREAS on July 27, 2010, the Kern County Board of Supervisors proclaimed a local emergency and requested that I declare a state of emergency; and

           WHEREAS the circumstances of these wildfires, by reason of their magnitude, are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment and facilities of any single county, city and county, or city and require the combined forces of a mutual aid region or regions to combat; and

            WHEREAS under the provisions of section 8558(b) of the California Government Code, I find that conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist due to the fires in Kern County.

            NOW, THEREFORE, I, ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, Governor of the State of California, in accordance with the authority vested in me by the state Constitution and statutes, including the California Emergency Services Act, and in particular, section 8625 of the California Government Code, HEREBY PROCLAIM A STATE OF EMERGENCY to exist within Kern County.

            IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that all agencies of the state government utilize and employ state personnel, equipment and facilities for the performance of any and all activities consistent with the direction of my California Emergency Management Agency and the State Emergency Plan.

           I FURTHER DIRECT that as soon as hereafter possible, this proclamation be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State and that widespread publicity and notice be given of this proclamation.


           IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of California to be affixed this 27th day of July 2010.

                                                           ______________________________________

                                                           ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER

                                                           Governor of California


                                                           ATTEST:

                                                           ______________________________________

                                                           DEBRA BOWEN

                                                           Secretary of State

Source: http://www.kerncountyfire.org/news.php?id=147

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