CAL FIRE Administrative Units

<div>This service is a latest depiction of CAL FIRE's 21 Units and 6 Contract Counties.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span>Throughout the state, CAL FIRE has 21 operational units that are designed to address fire suppression over a certain geographic area. Each unit operates within their local jurisdiction and strives to fulfill the department's mission whether it be responding to all-risk emergencies, participating in fire safety education and educating homeowners on how to keep their property fire safe. <br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>In addition, CAL FIRE </span><span>provides funding to six 'Contract Counties' (</span><span>Kern, Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, Santa Barbara and Ventura) for fire protection services, including wages of suppression crews, lookouts, maintenance of fire fighting facilities, fire prevention assistants, pre-fire management positions, dispatch, special repairs, and administrative services. The Department's budget also provides for infrastructure improvements, and expanded fire fighting needs when fires grow beyond initial attack.</span>Contract Counties are responsible for providing initial response to fires on SRA. When a wildland fire escapes this initial attack, CAL FIRE responds with fire fighting resources to assist the county.</div><div><br /></div><div>This service represents the latest official version of the CAL FIRE Administrative Units dataset, and is updated whenever a new version is released. <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA'>As of June, 2019 it represents cdfadmin19_1</span>.<br /></div>