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((Short description|Agency in California))
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((Infobox fire department
| name               = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
| logo               = Logo of CAL FIRE.svg
| motto              = 
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| established   = 1885
| employees          = ((ubl|6,100 Permanent employees|2,600 Seasonal employees|3,500 Inmates, Wards, Conservation Corps Members|600 Volunteers In Prevention (VIPs)))
| annual budget      = $2.85 billion ((small|(2021–2022)))
| staffing      = Career
| chief         =  Joe Tyler
| FirstResponderBLSorALS = ALS
| reference1         = <ref name="stats">((Cite web |last=CAL FIRE |title=CAL FIRE at a Glance |url=https://www.fire.ca.gov/media/4922/glance.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329195608/https://www.fire.ca.gov/media/4922/glance.pdf |archive-date=2020-03-29 |access-date=2020-03-29 |publisher=CAL FIRE))</ref>
| commissioner  =
| stations      = 237 owned/operated<br /> 575 operated
| engines       = 356 owned/operated<br /> 624 operated
| trucks        = 28
| squads        = 
| rescues       = 184
| EMSunits      = 63 paramedic units
| hazmat        = 9
| bulldozers    = 61
| airplanes     = 30 air tankers<br /> 16 tactical planes
| helicopters   = 24
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The '''California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection''' ('''CAL FIRE''')<ref>((Cite news |last=Shoop |first=Chelsey |date=2007-01-02 |title=CDF changes its name to CAL-FIRE |language=en |work=Paradise Post |url=https://www.paradisepost.com/2007/01/02/cdf-changes-its-name-to-cal-fire/ |access-date=2022-12-06))</ref><ref>((Cite web |title=Cal Fire: What's in a Name? |url=http://calfire.ca.gov/communications/downloads/fact_sheets/CALFIRE.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210015542/http://calfire.ca.gov/communications/downloads/fact_sheets/CALFIRE.pdf |archive-date=2017-12-10 |access-date=2017-12-09 |publisher=Cal Fire |url-status=dead))</ref> is the [[fire department]] of the [[California Natural Resources Agency]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]]. It is responsible for fire protection in various areas under state responsibility totaling 31 million acres, as well as the administration of the state's private and public [[forest]]s. In addition, the department provides varied emergency services in 36 of the state's 58 counties via contracts with local governments. The department's current director is Joe Tyler, who was appointed March 4, 2022, by [[Governor of California]] [[Gavin Newsom]].<ref>((Cite web |last=California |first=State of |title=Cal Fire – Executive Staff |url=https://calfire.ca.gov/about/about_executive_staff |access-date=2022-03-22 |publisher=Cal Fire |language=en))</ref>

== Operations ==

CAL FIRE's foremost operational role is to fight and prevent wildfire on 31 million acres of state forestland. The organization works in both suppression and prevention capacities on state land, and offers emergency services of various kinds in 36 out of California's 58 counties, through contracts with local governments. The organization also assists in response to a wide range of disasters and incidents, including earthquakes, water rescues, and hazardous material spills. The organization manages eight Demonstration State Forests for timber production, recreation, and research. <ref name="operations">((Cite web |title=CAL FIRE About Us |url=https://www.fire.ca.gov/about-us/ |access-date=1 July 2021))</ref>

In conjunction with the [[California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation]], CAL FIRE uses thousands of incarcerated firefighters at 44 [[California fire camps|conservation camps]] throughout the state on fire prevention, fire suppression, and various maintenance and conservation projects. CAL FIRE works with employees of the [[California Conservation Corps]] since that agency's creation in a partnership for fire suppression duties, logistics and forestry management. CCC corps members are involved in job training programs as Type 1 Hand Crew firefighters, supervised by CAL FIRE personnel, in increasing prevalence to offset CDCR inmates as the incarcerated firefighter program is closed. 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]].<ref name="Telephone Directory 1998">''State of California 1998 Telephone Directory'', (Sacramento: State of California, Department of General Services).</ref>

==Organizational structure==
The largest and most visible part of CAL FIRE operations is fire protection. Operations are divided into 21 operational units, which geographically follow county lines. Each unit consists of the area of one or more counties. Operational units are grouped under either the North Region or South Region.<ref>((Cite web |title=Cal Fire Contacts ((!)) CAL FIRE |url=https://www.fire.ca.gov/about/resources/cal-fire-contacts |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=www.fire.ca.gov))</ref>

The Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) is the CAL FIRE program that protects life and property through the development and application of fire prevention, engineering, training and education, and enforcement. As part of this mission, OSFM establishes a fire-safe environment for the people of California, which serves as a foundation for local agencies to build on as they strive to meet their specific goals.((Citation needed|date=June 2020))

There are two CAL FIRE training centers. The original academy is the CAL FIRE Training Center in [[Ione, California|Ione]], east of Sacramento. The second academy is at the Ben Clark Training Center in [[Riverside, California|Riverside]]. Both centers host the Fire Fighter Academy (FFA). All CAL FIRE Fire Protection employees go through this academy once they become permanent employees. The Company Officer Academy (COA) is only held in Ione. All new company officers (Engineer, Captain, Forester I, etc.) attend this academy.((Citation needed|date=June 2020))

=== Rank structure === 
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| colspan=1| Chief Deputy Director/<br />State Fire Marshal
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| colspan=1| Assistant Deputy Director/<br />Assistant Region Chief
| colspan=1| Forestry and Fire Protection Administrator (Staff Chief)/<br />Senior Air Operations Officer
| colspan=1| Unit Chief
| colspan=1| Deputy Chief
| colspan=1| Assistant Chief/<br />Division Chief
| colspan=1| Battalion Chief
| colspan=1| Fire Captain
| colspan=1| Fire Apparatus Engineer
| colspan=1| Firefighter II
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=== Leadership ===

The uniformed executive staff of CAL FIRE includes the following individuals.<ref>((Cite web |last=California |first=State of |title=CAL FIRE – Executive Staff |url=https://www.fire.ca.gov/about/executive-staff |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=calfire.ca.gov |language=en))</ref>

* '''Director:''' Joe Tyler
* '''Chief Deputy Director:''' Anale Burlew
* '''State Fire Marshal:''' Daniel Berlant
* '''Assistant State Fire Marshal:''' Wendy Collins
* '''Deputy Director, Communications/Incident Awareness:''' Nick Schuler
* '''Southern Region Chief:''' Dave Fulcher
* '''Northern Region Chief:''' George Morris III
* '''Deputy Director, Resource Management:''' Matthew Reischman
* '''Deputy Director, Cooperative Fire Protection:''' Matthew Sully
* '''Deputy Director, Fire Protection Programs:''' Jake Sjolund
* '''Deputy Director,  Community Wildfire Preparedness & Mitigation and Fire Engineering & Investigations Division:''' Frank Bigelow

=== Pay ===
As of 2017, [[median]] pay for full time firefighters (which includes base pay, special pay, overtime and benefits) is $148,000.<ref name="PP_1">((Cite news |last=Weil |first=Elizabeth |date=2020-08-28 |title=They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won't Anybody Listen? |work=[[ProPublica]] |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/they-know-how-to-prevent-megafires-why-wont-anybody-listen |quote=As the California Policy Center reported in 2017, “The median compensation package — including base pay, special pay, overtime and benefits — for full time Cal Fire firefighters of all categories is more than $148,000 a year.”))</ref>

===Representation===
Firefighters employed by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection are represented by IAFF affiliate, CAL FIRE Local 2881,<ref>[http://www.cdffirefighters.org/ CDF Firefighters]</ref> which represents 5,700 members within CAL FIRE Local 2881 and is also associated with the California Professional Firefighters (CPF)<ref>[http://www.cpf.org/ CPF – Home]</ref> and the [[International Association of Firefighters]] (IAFF).<ref>[http://www.iaff.org/ Welcome to IAFF online] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306202233/http://www.iaff.org/|date=2008-03-06))</ref>

===Operational units===
Operational units are organizations designed to address fire suppression over a geographic area. They vary widely in size and [[terrain]].

For example, Lassen-Modoc-Plumas Operational Unit encompasses three [[rural]] [[County (United States)|counties]] and consists of eight fire stations, one Helitack Base, three conservation camps and an inmate firefighter training center. Fire suppression resources include 13 front-line fire engines, 1 helicopter, 3 bulldozers and 14 inmate fire crews. The unit shares an interagency emergency command center with federal agencies including the [[US Forest Service]], [[National Park Service]], and the [[Bureau of Land Management]]. An interagency center contributes to economies of scale, supports cooperation, and lends itself to a more seamless operation. The area has fragmented jurisdictions across a large rural area along the [[Nevada]] and [[Oregon]] state lines.<ref>Henson, C., ''Lassen-Modoc-Plumas Unit 2005 Fire Management Plan,'' (Susanville, California: State of California, Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, 2005).</ref>

Riverside Operational Unit by itself is one of the largest fire departments in the nation, with 95 fire stations and about 230 pieces of equipment. The Riverside Operational Unit operates the [[Riverside County Fire Department]] under contract as well operates eighteen city fire departments and one community services district fire department. Nine of these stations belong to the state, with rest owned by the respective local government entity. The unit operates its own emergency command center in [[Perris, California|Perris]]. Terrain served includes [[Urban area|urban]] and [[suburb]]an areas of the [[Inland Empire (California)|Inland Empire]] and communities in the metropolitan [[Palm Springs, California|Palm Springs]] area. The area includes forested mountains, the [[Colorado River]] basin, the [[Mojave Desert]] and [[Interstate 10 (California)|Interstate 10]].<ref>Gilbert, M., ''Riverside Unit 2005 Fire Management Plan,'' Perris, California: State of California, Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, 2005.</ref>

The counties of Marin (MRN), Kern (KRN), Santa Barbara (SBC), Ventura (VNC), Los Angeles (LAC) and Orange (ORC) are paid by CAL FIRE to provide fire protection to state responsibility areas within those counties rather than CAL FIRE providing direct fire protection, and are commonly known as the "Contract Counties".<ref>((Cite web |title=Resources ((!)) CAL FIRE |url=https://www.fire.ca.gov/about/resources |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=www.fire.ca.gov))</ref><ref>((Cite web |title=Cooperative Efforts ((!)) CAL FIRE |url=https://www.fire.ca.gov/what-we-do/fire-protection/cooperative-efforts/ |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=www.fire.ca.gov))</ref><ref>((Cite web |date=2022-07-13 |title=Cal Fire Contract County Services - Santa Barbara County Fire Department |url=https://sbcfire.com/cal-fire-contract-county-services/ |access-date=2023-10-05 |language=en-US))</ref>

Lawmakers in Sacramento have mandated that every operational unit develop and implement an annual fire management plan. The plan will develop cooperation and community programs to reduce damage from, and costs of, fires in California.<ref>California Public Resources Code, Sec. 4130.</ref> One metric used by fire suppression units is ''initial attack success: ''fires stopped by the initial resources, (equipment and people,) sent to the incident.<ref>Gilbert, M., ''Riverside Unit 2005 Fire Management Plan,'' Perris, California: State of California, Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, 2005); California Public Resources Code, Sec. 4130.</ref>

====Northern Region units and identifiers====
*Amador-El Dorado Unit – AEU / 2700 (Including Sacramento and Alpine Counties)
*Butte Unit – BTU / 2100
*Humboldt-Del Norte Unit – HUU / 1200
*Lassen-Modoc-Plumas Unit – LMU / 2200 (Including Plumas County as of June 2008)
*Mendocino Unit – MEU / 1100
*Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit – NEU / 2300 (Including Sutter and Sierra Counties)
*San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit – CZU / 1700
*Santa Clara Unit – SCU / 1600 (Including Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara, and parts of San Joaquin, and Stanislaus Counties)
*Shasta-Trinity Unit – SHU / 2400
*Siskiyou Unit – SKU / 2600
*Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit – LNU / 1400 (Including: Solano, Yolo, Colusa Counties)
*Tehama-Glenn Unit – TGU / 2500

====Southern Region units and identifiers====
*Fresno-Kings Unit – FKU / 4300
*Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit – MMU / 4200
*Riverside Unit – RRU / 3100
*San Benito-Monterey Unit – BEU / 4600
*San Bernardino Unit – BDU / 3500 (Including Inyo and Mono Counties)
*San Diego Unit – SDU / 3300 (Including Imperial County)
*San Luis Obispo Unit – SLU / 3400
*Tulare Unit – TUU / 4100
*Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit – TCU / 4400 (Including portions of San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Alpine counties)

==Equipment==

=== Apparatus ===
CAL FIRE uses various apparatus to accomplish their daily responses.  Engines fall under two categories, either being state-owned&nbsp;— mostly wildland, or city/county owned, which CAL FIRE operates under contract.<ref>((Cite web |title=Equipment Programs ((!)) CAL FIRE |url=https://www.fire.ca.gov/about/resources/equipment-programs |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=www.fire.ca.gov))</ref>

For the wildland portion, most engines are manufactured with West-Mark or Westates (now American Truck & Fire Apparatus) bodies on an [[Navistar International|International]] chassis.  Commonly seen models of wildland engines include the Model 14, and 15. CAL FIRE Models 24 and 25 were test-bed models, with only a few of each model fielded.  The newest versions of these engines are CAL FIRE model 34 (4WD) and 35 (2WD), manufactured by [[Placer Fire Equipment]], [[Rosenbauer]], and [[HME, Incorporated|HME]].  Model 34/35's are currently being fielded statewide.  As of 2009 Model 35's have been discontinued and Model 34's from BME Apparatus are the new standard.  Fact sheets on all of CAL FIRE's current-service Type 3 (wildland) engine models can be found on the CAL FIRE Web site under Mobile Equipment.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.fire.ca.gov/what-we-do/fire-protection/mobile-equipment | title=Mobile Equipment &#124; CAL FIRE ))</ref>

<gallery widths=180>
Image:cdfengine.jpg|Type-3 Wildland Engine, CAL FIRE Model 14
Image:cdf_engine.jpg|Type-3 Wildland Engine, CAL FIRE Model 5
Image:CDF_MOD24.jpg|Type-3 Wildland Engine, CAL FIRE Model 24
Image:Smeal Type-1 Municipal Engine.jpg|Smeal Type-1 Municipal Engine, owned by San Luis Obispo County and operated by CAL FIRE under contract
</gallery><br />

=== Air program ===
((main|CDF Aviation Management Program))

CAL FIRE owns its own fleet of air tankers, tactical aircraft and helicopters, which are managed under the Aviation Management Program. Additional aviation resources are leased by the department when needed. All of the fixed wing aircraft, while owned by CAL FIRE, are piloted and maintained by DynCorp International. The CAL FIRE Air Program is one of the largest non-military air programs in the country, consisting of twenty-three (23) [[Grumman S-2 Tracker]] (S-2T version) 1,200 gallon fixed wing turboprop air tankers, seven (7) Lockheed-Martin C-130H Hercules 4,000 gallon fixed-wing turboprop air tankers (in service in 2025), fourteen (14) [[North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco]] fixed wing turboprop air tactical aircraft and twelve (12) [[Bell UH-1H]] Super Huey helicopters. CAL FIRE has also now begun operating new [[Sikorsky S-70]]i Firehawk helicopters for aerial firefighting support including water drops and is planning to acquire up to twelve (12) of these rotorcraft to replace the aging Bell UH-1H Super Huey fleet.<ref>((Cite web |title=Aviation Program |url=https://www.fire.ca.gov/programs/fire-protection/aviation-program/|website=www.fire.ca.gov))</ref>  From the thirteen (13) air attack and ten (10) helitack bases located statewide, aircraft can reach most fires within 20 minutes.<ref> ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124185807/http://calfire.ca.gov/fire_protection/fire_protection_air_program.php |title=Air Program |archive-date=2013-01-24 |website=calfire.ca.gov))</ref>

Aircraft are a prominent feature of CAL FIRE, especially during the summer fire season. Both fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft are employed.<ref>''Hemet-Ryan AAB Capital Outlay Project: Relocation Or Replacement Analysis,'' (Sacramento: State of California, Department Of General Services, Real Estate Services Division, Project Management Branch, 2005).</ref> Helicopters (also known as [[rotorcraft]] or rotary wing aircraft) are used to transport firefighting "Helitack Crews" into fire areas. They also drop water and retardant chemicals on fires. Fixed-wing aircraft are used for [[Incident Command System|command]], observation, and to drop retardant chemicals on fires.<ref name="Fraser, Debbie 2006">Fraser, Debbie, ''CDF Training and Academy Course Catalog, March 2006,'' (Ione, California: State of California, Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, 2006).</ref>

CAL FIRE contracted in the past with [[10 Tanker Air Carrier]] for three years' of exclusive use of their [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10]] heavy air tanker known as [[DC-10 Air Tanker|Tanker 910]] for [[aerial firefighting]] at a cost of $5 million per year. Additional access was also provided to [[DC-10-30]] air tankers, being Tanker 911 and Tanker 912. In 2014 Tanker 910 was retired; however, 10 Tanker Air Carrier continues to currently operate several DC-10-30 air tankers.<ref name="iw">((Cite web |url=http://www.pe.com/digitalextra/metro/wildfires/stories/PE_News_Local_D_airtanker14.3ed4e7a.html |title="Supertanker ready for summer of fighting California's fires", ''Inland Wildfires'', June 14, 2007, accessed August 6, 2007 |access-date=August 18, 2007 |archive-date=September 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926215637/http://www.pe.com/digitalextra/metro/wildfires/stories/PE_News_Local_D_airtanker14.3ed4e7a.html |url-status=dead ))</ref>

On October 7, 2014, a CAL FIRE [[Grumman S-2 Tracker|S-2T air tanker]] crashed while fighting the Dog Rock Fire in [[Yosemite National Park]]. The pilot was killed.<ref name="KOVR">[http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2014/10/07/dog-rock-fire-forces-evacuations-road-closures-at-yosemite-national-park/ Plane Crashes At Yosemite National Park During Fight Against Dog Rock Fire], [[KOVR-TV]], October 7, 2014</ref>

<gallery widths=180>
File:Waterbomber in Los Angeles County.jpg|Tanker 910 during a drop demonstration in December, 2006
File:Cdf-b205-N497DF-061027-02cr-16.jpg|CAL FIRE "Super Huey", formerly an [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois|UH-1H]], assigned to the [[Bieber, California|Bieber]] [[Helitack]] crew, takes off from the [[Mojave Air and Space Port|Mojave Airport]]
File:Cdf-ov10-N415DF-071022-fox-02-16.jpg|CAL FIRE OV-10 Bronco "Air Attack 460" at [[General William J. Fox Airfield|Fox Field]] during the [[October 2007 California wildfires]]
</gallery>

=== Communications ===
CAL FIRE uses several enterprise IT systems to manage operations. Altaris CAD, a [[computer-assisted dispatch]] system made by [[Northrop Grumman]], is employed by each unit's emergency command center (ECC) to track available resources and assignments.<ref name="Fraser, Debbie 2006" /> This is made possible through the use of an automatic vehicle locating (AVL) system which provides vehicle location, data communication, and dispatching through a mobile data terminal (MDT) and a multi-network switching system in over 1200 vehicles statewide. Each operational unit has a stand-alone system which includes detailed [[Geographic information system|address and mapping]] information.<ref>''Santa Clara Unit 2005 Fire Management Plan,'' Morgan Hill, California: State of California, Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, 2005).</ref>

==In popular culture==
''[[Fire Country]]'' is an American [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] television series in which a young convict volunteers for the Conservation Camp Program and assists Cal Fire.<ref>((Cite news |last=Rogers |first=Nate |date=November 4, 2022 |title='Fire Country,' a new show about Cal Fire, is a hit. Just not with Cal Fire |language=en-US |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-11-04/fire-country-cbs-cal-fire-firefighters |access-date=2022-11-09))</ref>

==See also==
((Portal|California))
*[[California Conservation Corps]]
*[[California Department of Parks and Recreation]]
*[[FIRESCOPE]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
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