PROCLAMATION
Honoring CAL FIRE
WHEREAS, in January 2025, a series of destructive wildfires affected Los Angeles County; causing California Governor Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency and a local health emergency in Los Angeles County in response, allowing faster procurement of supplies, mutual aid, and assistance from state and federal governments; and WHEREAS, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) responded to the southern California incident to assist in efforts toward the Eaton Fire, the Palisades Fire, the Boarder 2 Fire, and watershed protection - mission tasking support to the Office of Emergency Services (OES); and
WHEREAS, CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa deployed the resources of 11 fire engines, 5 firefighting hand crews, a fire hawk helicopter to Boggs Mountain, 44 overhead support personnel, and the Napa County Fire Engine 10, totaling 158 personnel to assist with the efforts; and
WHEREAS, the following local Napa County personnel responded directly to the incident: Chief Brian Ham, BC Robert Wettstein, Travis Gliatto, Cory Rodriguez, Juan Avalos, Tony Gonzalez, Jose Vargas, Chris Taylor, Derek Boynton, Paul Bossard, Jake Petersen, Jason Hill, Daniel Flores, Gonzalo Ordonez, Kevin Hoang, Erick Hernandez, Emily Alston, Christian Abballo, Garret Short, Jordan Neil, Alexander Arreola, Kevin Moua, Pat Everett, Jason Vigil, Spencer Kramm, Alan Davies, Logan Elliott, Larry Myatt, and Robert Todeschini along with Napa County Fire Volunteers: Mike Carlson, Roger Lutz, Grant Ingalls, Robert Covey, Massi Boldrini, Mikey Henry, Jennifer Simonson and Francisco Servin; and
WHEREAS, recognizing their exceptional dedication, the Town will honor CAL FIRE for their actions by celebrating their valiant efforts on this 18th day of February 2025.
NOW, THEREFORE LET IT BE RESOLVED, I, Margie Mohler, Mayor of the Town of Yountville, State of California, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the laws of Napa County and California, express our sincerest gratitude to the CAL FIRE team for their heroic response to support the efforts of the Los Angeles County wildfires.
Margie Mohler, Mayor
Dated: February 18, 2025