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Butte County, CA November 2, 2010 Election
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Wild Land Fire and Emergency Services

By April Grossberger

Candidate for Council Member; Town of Paradise

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I spent nearly 10 years working for CalFire as a wild land firefighter. During this time I became a certified Fire Fighter 1/ Emergency Medical Technician by the California State Fire Marshal. I have a working knowledge of fire behavior and emergency services operations.

During the 2008 fires I was evacuated from my home and it took me forty minutes to drive less than 10 miles. From both my personal and professional experiences, I deeply understand the need to decrease our vulnerability to wild land fires and improve our overall response to a major catastrophe.

Working with our local and state fire departments, I want to aggressively pursue fire mitigation projects that will lessen our exposure to the threat of wild land fires. In addition, I will work with all of our emergency services personnel to improve our overall approach to catastrophic fires.

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