Posted by 135 Fan on June 02, 2010 at 23:53:16 from (68.149.56.30):
Contrary to what some people think, I have discovered what's going on in regards to the wildfire that went through my property. I went to the county on Tuesday and talked to the head of emergency services. She said I was about the 10th one to show up. I asked her about the disaster and wildfire assistance programs and she claimed she knew nothing about them but would look into it. Shouldn't the head of emergency services know about these programs? I explained that I was losing a lot of money beacuse of the fire and her response was, what about farmers who lost their crops? I don't think any crops were destroyed and farmers can get crop insurance. Anyway, as far as the reclamation and clean up, she said a new guy by the name of Mark is going to be in charge from sustainable resources(SRD) and to talk to him about repairing any damage caused by machines on my property. I went out today and they had moved the water bladders off my property. I drove over to the next road and there was a bladder and one of the trucks there. A guy from SRD came up to me and I asked where I could find Mark. He asked who Mark was and said he was the new Div. supervisor. His name is Jesse and he was very good to deal with. The first thing he did was get the bladders off my property and tell everyone not to go there because it was already a big mess and the bladders didn't have to be there. I told him I keep getting different stories from everyone. He wrote down what I was told by the county and will be bringing it up at tomorrow mornings meeting. He explained that the county hired SRD to come in because they have the expertise to deal with brush fires. The county is still in charge but during the fire SRD handles all the water bombers and pretty much the whole fire fighting efforts because that is their specialty. SRD also handles putting out hot spots. SRD gives a bill to the county when they are finished or the county decides they don't need them anymore. Reclamation and clean up is the counties responsibility. Jesse basically confirmed that I was getting the run around because the county, or at least the head of emergency services, is trying to save money. I explained to him that all I wanted as far as fixing the track was 2 or 3 piles of clay and I'd do the rest of the clean up myself. He then asked me, "That's all you want, a few piles of clay?" I said of course I want the driveway and parking lot fixed but for the track just some piles of clay so I can have something to repair it with. I don't know what they normally do where they knocked piles down or dug up a bunch of tree's and bush. Of interesting note, when I was at the county office and briefly talked to the planning and zoning person who's always been very good to deal with, she told me to keep on them(emergency services and/or SRD?) to get the work done that they have to do on my property. She also said I looked a lot better than when she last saw me. She was at the command center on the Sunday when I was in the middle of the fire watering around my trailer. I was black! I find it very interesting that she told me to keep on them. I'm thinking that maybe there have been problems in the past with land owners not getting things done that should have been. I think emergency services is going to be surprised when Jesse tells everyone what they told me. They even told me to talk to someone who doesn't exist. To the few people who think I wanted special treatment, I guess at least 9 others were getting the run around to. Typical with anything to do with the Gov't., whether it's federal or provincial. Dave
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