The Willard City Council on Thursday approved a renewal of the agreement with the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands (FFSL) that provides the city with state resources to combat wildfires that begin within city limits. The new two-year Cooperative Wildfire System (CWS) agreement, in place since 2017 and expiring last year, has the state agreeing to pay firefighting costs for large and “extended attack” blazes, in exchange for the city implementing proven wildland fire prevention and mitigation strategies valued at approximately ,059 per year. Without the agreement, the city is responsible to pay the costs for any...

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