Pentagon paying Utah homeowners for fire losses

[Tx4obama]

Source: Associated Press (via HuffPo)

SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Department of Defense is paying homeowners for losses from a wildfire that started at a Utah Army National Guard base and swept into a Salt Lake City suburb, a military official said Friday.

The Defense Finance and Accounting Service set up shop at Herriman's city hall Friday, five days after machine gun fire at Camp Williams sparked the blaze.

Claims from about 200 people were being paid "on the spot," and more claims were being filed, said Utah National Guard Lt. Col. Hank McIntire.

"This kind of government response is unprecedented," McIntire said Friday. "It's not what people typically expect from the government. We're glad to break that stereotype."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20100924/us-utah-wildfires/

[Posteritatis]

1. A necessary thing, and it's good to see them being so quick about it. (nt)

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Damn...responsive indeed.

BP...take note.

[cbgb2112]

3. I live by Camp Pendleton

They always decide to conduct 'exercises' during fire season. I am just waiting for this. The surrounding cities will see a gigantic plume of smoke, call the city fire departments and they inform us that the Marines tell them that there is nothing to be concerned with. Only if it hits the cities will it be real. So a report of a 5 acre brush fire in Oceanside will actually be a 55,000 acre wildfire. I won't even whine about the constant rattling of windows from the bombing, can't tell the earthquakes from the drills. We live over 50 miles away from the range too!

[TiredOldMan]

4. Glad to see they are on this quick.