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TEHAMA COUNTY SHERIFF / OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES - Sheriff Dave Kain
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Requested Action(s)
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a) Pursuant to Tehama County Code section 2.18.050 (a) (1), request the ratification of the proclamation, issued by the Sheriff as Director of Emergency Services, proclaiming the existence of the local emergency in Tehama County caused conditions of peril; and that a copy of the proclamation be forwarded to the California Emergency Management Agency
b) Informational update on the status of fire impacts to Tehama County
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Financial Impact:
As yet total costs to the County are undetermined. It is anticipated that state and federal assistance will be available once all the damages has been assessed.
Background Information:
Tehama County Code Section 2.18.40 allows the Sheriff, as Director of the Office of Emergency Services in Tehama County, to proclaim the existence or threat of local emergency when Tehama County is affected or likely to be affected by public calamity. Code Section 2.18.050 requires the Board of Supervisors ratify the proclamation within seven days thereafter or the proclamation shall have no further force or effect.
The “State of Emergency” is declared when, in the opinion of the director, the locally available resources are inadequate to cope with the emergency. This action allows state of federal assistance to become available to local government, individuals and businesses. In the event that additional damage does occur, government relief programs would not be available to those suffering losses without the declaration of local emergency.