FEMA Authorizes Funds to Fight Mile Marker 132 Fire in Oregon
FEMA Authorizes Funds to Fight Mile Marker 132 Fire in Oregon BOTHELL, Wash. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Mile Marker 132 Fire burning in Deschutes County, Oregon. The state of Oregon’s request for a federal Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) was approved by FEMA Region 10 Administrator Willie G. Nunn on Friday, August, 2, 2024, at 8:53 p.m. PT. He determined that the Mile Marker 132 Fire threatened to cause such destruction as would constitute a major disaster. This is the eighth FMAG declared in 2024 to help