Pueblo, CO: Fire agencies in two Pueblo County communities have a new tool to help them with observing potential wildland fire conditions, predicting fire behavior and monitoring fuels in their respective areas thanks to a federal grant program. The Department of Homeland Security – Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the Nationwide Mitigation grant program awarded Pueblo County $30,000 to purchase a Remote Automated Weather Stations (RAWS) for the Rye and Beulah fire protection districts. Pueblo County also contributed $10,000 toward the purchase and installation of the new monitoring systems.
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