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EXECUTIVE ORDER #202
Relating to a Proclamation Declaring a State of Emergency
in Response to Flooding
WHEREAS, beginning on July 11, 2016, widespread and continuing severe
thunderstorms producing torrential rain, damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes have
forced the evacuation of persons, downed trees and power lines, and caused flash flooding
damaging roads and bridges in the counties of Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron,
Price, Sawyer and Washburn amounting to a natural disaster; and

WHEREAS, emergency responders from fire, law enforcement, and emergency
medical services need to respond as a result of this severe weather, including staff from
Wisconsin Emergency Management, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the
Wisconsin Department of Health Services, the Wisconsin State Patrol Wisconsin, the
Department of Transportation, and the Wisconsin National Guard; and

WHEREAS, additional personnel and resources are needed to expedite the
response and recovery operations in the affected area;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Scott Walker, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, by
the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of this state, and specifically by
Sections 321.39(1)(a), 323.10, and 323.12 of the Wisconsin Statutes, do hereby:
1. Proclaim that a State of Emergency exists in Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas,
Iron, Price, Sawyer and Washburn Counties, Wisconsin; and
2.

Direct all state agencies of the State of Wisconsin to assist the above referenced
counties as appropriate in this response and recovery effort; and

3.

Call to state active duty such elements of the Wisconsin National Guard as the
Adjutant General deems necessary to assist civil authorities for purposes of
assisting in response and recovery as well as providing security and other
essential services; and

4. Authorize the Adjutant General to use personnel called to state active duty
pursuant to this order in emergency status.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused the Great
Seal of the State of Wisconsin to be afflxed.
Done at the Capitol in the City of Madison
this twelfth day of July in the year two
thousand sixteen.

By the Governor: -