Related: Green Valley Fire District declines to assist other states fight wildfires until payment

  • Source: KVOA-TV NBC 4 Tucson
  • Published: 07/10/2018 06:37 PM

VIDEO: "A couple of calls have come from California and a couple from Colorado. As you're aware Colorado is having a pretty extreme wildland fire season and we've declined response," L.T. Pratt Green Valley Fire District Public Information Officer said. He says their department still hasn't been paid the $108,000 for assisting in fighting last years wildfires in California, Montana and Oregon. "It's come to a point where we have to evaluate every fire, every call for assistance individually. That's unfortunate," Pratt said. Governor Doug Ducey also asking for payment by writing a letter to U.S. Secretaries Sonny Perdue and Ryan Zinkie asking for the federal government to reimburse the state $10 million that will go back into the Budget Stabilization Fund.



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