California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
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| Operational area | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Agency overview | |
| Established | 1885 |
| Employees |
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| Annual budget | $2.0 Billion (2016) |
| Staffing | Career |
| Fire chief | Ken Pimlott |
| EMS level | ALS |
| Facilities and equipment | |
| Stations | 237 owned/operated 575 operated |
| Engines | 343 owned/operated 624 operated |
| Trucks | 28 |
| Rescues | 184 |
| Ambulances | 63 paramedic units |
| HAZMAT | 9 |
| Bulldozers | 59 |
| Airplanes | 23 air tankers 15 tactical planes |
| Helicopters | 12 |
| Website | |
| http://calfire.ca.gov | |
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF, or CAL FIRE) is the State of California's agency responsible for fire protection in State Responsibility Areas of California totaling 31 million acres, as well as the administration of the state's private and public forests. In addition, the Department provides varied emergency services in 36 of the State's 58 counties via contracts with local governments. It is often called the California Department of Forestry, which was the name of the department before the 1990s.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is also the largest full service all risk fire department in the Western United States and operates more fire stations year round than the New York (FDNY), Los Angeles (LAFD), and Chicago (CFD) fire departments combined. It is also the second largest municipal fire department in the United States, behind only the New York Fire Department.
CAL FIRE is a department of the California Resources Agency, a state cabinet-level department that also comprises the California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the California Department of Water Resources. The department is responsible for the fire protection and stewardship of over 31 million acres of California's privately owned wildlands. In addition, the Department provides varied emergency services in 36 of the State's 58 counties via contracts with local governments.
The Department's firefighters, fire engines, and aircraft respond to an average of more than 5,600 wildland fires each year. Those fires burn more than 172,000 acres annually. Along with over 350,000 annual calls for service, only 2% of which are wildland fires. CAL FIRE also uses inmate handcrews in conjunction with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to assist with fire suppression and logistics. CAL FIRE works with employees of the California Conservation Corps for logistics and vegetation management. Programs to control wood boring insects and diseases of trees are under forestry programs managed by CAL FIRE. The vehicle fleet is managed from an office in Davis, California. The Department's Director is Ken Pimlott, who was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown.
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