HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson state legislator Jason Probst and Hutchinson Fire Chief Steven Beer have been named as part of a new Wildfire Task Force. The newly-formed group will meet to create recommendations for how Kansas communities can better prevent, respond to, and recover from wildfires. The task force met for the first time Wednesday over Zoom.
The task force will take a comprehensive look at mitigating wildfire threats, review the role that local governments and state officials play in responding to such emergencies, and address how these entities can provide more support to communities impacted by devastating wildfires.
Critical issues that will be assessed and addressed by the task force include the circumstances that can lead to wildfires and cause them to expand, specific regions or locations within Kansas that are most vulnerable to catastrophic wildfires, and ways that officials can better respond to wildfires in the future.
The task force will be led by Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Mike Beam.
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