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Article: Public Safety Program Excellence Award in memory of William H. Hansell, Sr., and Alice Hansell populations of 10,000 to 49,999; Los Alamos County, New Mexico.(Excellence)
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- Public Management
- Article date:
- October 1, 2004
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The 2004 Public Safety Program Excellence Award in the 10,000-to-49,999 population category goes to the county of Los Alamos, New Mexico, and to Max H. Baker, Deputy County Administrator, for the county's Defensible Space project.
In May 2000, the Cerro Grande wildfire swept through the mountainside community of Los Alamos, burning more than 47,000 acres, destroying 235 structures in Los Alamos and 112 structures at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, forcing 18,000 residents to be evacuated, and leaving 403 families homeless. As the citizens struggled to put their lives back together, county officials realized that proactive steps were needed to protect this ...
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... ... open letter to the people of Los Alamos County in support of a bond issue to ... 30. Ordinance 529 will allow Los Alamos County to issue up $75 million in ... capital projects throughout Los Alamos County. "I have proudly represented ...
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