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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />COUNTY OF KITTITAS <br />STATE OF WASHINGTON <br />RESOLUTION <br />NO. 2017- �H <br />DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY — JOLLY MOUNTAIN FIRE <br />WHEREAS: On August, 29, 2017, the Kittitas County Sheriff's Office in charge of <br />Emergency Services, has reported to the Board of County Commissioners, that on August <br />12, 2017, the Kittitas County Sheriff's Office was notified of a fire started by a lighting <br />strike near Jolly Mountain in Kittitas County, and <br />WHEREAS: Due to the complexity of the fire and the fire's location a Type II <br />Incident Management Team was called in to manage the fire; <br />WHEREAS: On August 23, 2017, due to the fires progression heading towards <br />residential structures approximately 70 house in the Salmon La Sac HOA, Paris Creek <br />HOA and Boulder Creek HOA off of Forest Service Road 4330, were served Level II <br />evacuation notices; and <br />WHEREAS: On August 24, 2017, due to the fires progression heading towards <br />residential structures approximately 60 house in the Morgan Creek are off of Salmon La <br />Sac Road were served Level II evacuation notices; and <br />WHEREAS: On August 25, 2017, due to the fires progression heading towards <br />residential structures approximately 272 house in Driftwood Acres, Wadsworth Loop <br />area off of Salmon La Sac Road were served Level II evacuation notices; and <br />WHEREAS: On August 27, 2017, due to the fires progression heading south towards <br />the Middle Fork of the Teanaway, the West Teanaway Rd. residences were given a Level <br />III evacuation notice this area includes Dingbat Rd; and <br />WHEREAS: On August 28, 2017, due to the fires progression towards the residences <br />off of and adjacent to the Middle Fork Teanaway Rd, approximately 109 residences were <br />served with Level II evacuation notices; and <br />WHEREAS: Due to the imminent overwhelming need for assistance the Kittitas <br />County Emergency Operations Center was active at 0900hrs on August 29, 2017; and, <br />