For Immediate
Release
Contact: Sergeant Mark Arras, (252)
912-4932
July 22, 2008, 10:00
p.m.
Fire Mobilization
Ordered for the Stuhlmiller Fire
State fire assistance has been
mobilized to support local firefighters working to contain the Stuhlmiller Fire
near the town of
Washington State Patrol Chief John
Batiste authorized the mobilization of state firefighting resources on July 22,
2008 at 8:15 p.m. Fire Chief Fortier of Grant County Fire District #3 and
Fire Chief Fenton of Douglas County Fire District #2 requested the mobilization
of state resources all local resources and mutual aid had been
expended.
Mobilization specialists from the
Fire Protection Bureau ordered a Type 3 Incident Management Team under Incident
Commander
The State Emergency Operations
Center (EOC) at
Personnel from the Office of the
State Fire Marshal are traveling to the scene of the fire to coordinate dispatch
of resources, while other personnel are staffing the State EOC at
Under the mobilization plan, the
State Fire Marshal’s Office is responsible for mobilizing firefighting
resources. The Washington State Fire Services Mobilization Plan is
implemented to provide personnel, equipment and other resources from around the
state when wildfires exceed the firefighting capacity of local
jurisdictions. More information about the Washington State Fire Services
Mobilization Plan is available at:
http://wsp.wa.gov/fire/wildfire.htm.
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