STATE OF DISASTER EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION
Executive Department
State of Kansas
Topeka, Kansas
By the Governor
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Kansas Emergency Management Act, Chapter 48, Article 9, of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, to meet the inherent dangers of disasters to which the State and its citizens have been exposed, and upon advice of the State Adjutant General as the Director of the Division of Emergency Management, I hereby proclaim a State of Disaster Emergency as follows:
NATURE OF THE DISASTER:
A large wildfire is burning in Reno County, Northeast of the City of Hutchinson. The fire is burning out of control and is traveling Northeast. Evacuations have already taken place affecting approximately 70 homes. The area is experiencing excessive wind at 37 miles per hour sustained with gusts exceeding 54 miles per hour making it very difficult to gain control of the fire. The area is in High Wind Warning from the National Weather Service.
DATE THAT DISASTER AFFECTED THE AREA: April 29th, 2011
AREA AFFECTED BY THE DISASTER:
Reno County
I hereby proclaim, direct and order the Adjutant General of the State of Kansas to activate the disaster response and recovery portions of the Kansas Response Plan. Local and inter-jurisdictional disaster plans applicable to the political subdivisions of areas affected by this Proclamation shall be coordinated by the Adjutant General.
Any or all of the powers conferred upon the Governor by the Kansas Emergency Management Act may be delegated to the Adjutant General as deemed appropriate during this period of proclaimed State of Disaster Emergency. This may be delegated by written orders, or oral orders subsequently reduced to writing with reference to this Proclamation.
This Proclamation shall be filed promptly with the Division of Emergency Management, the Office of the Secretary of State and each city clerk or county clerk, as appropriate, in the area to which this Proclamation applies. Further dissemination of this Proclamation shall occur by means calculated to bring its contents to the attention of the general public.
DONE At the Capitol in Topeka
Under the Great Seal of the
State this 29th day of
April, A.D., 2011