CAL FIRE Administrative Units

<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><span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>This service represents the latest official version of the CAL FIRE Administrative Units dataset, and is updated whenever a new version is released. As of May 2023, it represents cdfadmin23_1. </span>