Cooperative Wild Fire System

Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

RANDOLPH, Utah. December 5, 2018. Blaine Hamp, Area Manager for Forestry, Fire and State Lands , discussed the funding for The Cooperative Wild Fire System.  It will cost significantly less to participate this year for forest mitigation and fire prevention.  There will be a slight increase in warden salaries and there are a lot of projects that help support fire prevention.  Last year the County paid  $6152, this year the fee will be $2193.   The truck which was burned in the Eden fire will be replaced by insurance. The total budget for the warden and assistant warden is $35,193.

Cleanup of the brush and wood is needed in Hodges Canyon.  There will be gravel added to the roads up to the wildlands.  The BLM is negotiating with Rocky Mt. Power to negotiate paying for the losses caused by the Eden fire. Rocky Mountain Power is willing to replace the posts that were burned in Eden, but not the fence wire. 

Hamp said it was a hard fire season this last summer. Tom Weston suggested more training so that more firefighters were red card certified to fight wildland fires.