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30.

Meeting Date:	06/09/2014
El Cenizo-Webb County-Assistance Grant
Submitted for:	Martha Palacios	Submitted By:	Martha Palacios, Engineering
Department:	Engineering

Subject:

Discussion and possible action to accept an FMAG (Fire Management Assistance Grant) in the amount of $27,728.07 from FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) to reimburse agencies who responded to a fire at El Cenizo on April 4, 2011. The responding agencies were El Cenizo Volunteer Fire Department, The Rio Bravo Volunteer Fire Department, the Webb County Volunteer Fire Department, The Laredo Fire Department, the Webb County Sheriffs and El Aguila Transportation Department. The reimbursement will be a percentage of the funds spent by each agency.

Background:

Due to severe drought and high winds, a fire that started in the Mexico side of the Rio Grande, spread to the United States' side at El Cenizo river banks and burned approximately 200 acres of brush and seven (7) structures in El Cenizo Webb County. The Texas Forest Service sent a response team to the area and declared a State of Emergency to El Cenizo in Webb County and issued a (FMAG) Fire Management Assistance Grant in the amount of $36,970.75 (through the Governor's Division of Emergency Management) to reimburse the agencies that responded.

Previous Court Action:

N/A

Fiscal Impact

Budget Account Number:	0
Funding Source:	0
Balance:	0
Financial Impact:
Positive Financial Impact of $36,970.75

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