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Tom Udall: “Firefighting now takes 47 percent of its budget, compared to just 13 percent in the early 1990s, and that is clearly…”

On the recordMarch 17, 2015
Firefighting now takes 47 percent of its budget, compared to just 13 percent in the early 1990s, and that is clearly, Chief, as you know, not sustainable.
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Tom Udall
Democratic · New Mexico

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Udall highlights the increasing budget allocation for firefighting as unsustainable.

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