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;
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EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA'>As of June, 2019 it represents cdfadmin19_1</span>.<br /></div>