About
CDF 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 Game, and the California Department of Water Resources. The Department or Forestry works with employees of California Conservation Corps for firefighting and vegetation management. CDF uses inmate labor of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to assist with fire suppression and logistics. Programs to control wood boring insects and diseases of trees are under forestry programs managed by CDF. 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.
CDF operations can be viewed as fitting into two categories: Schedule "A" and Schedule "B". Schedule "B" is defined as Resources Agency/CAL FIRE-funded, it is the Wildland side of CAL FIRE (CDF). Schedule "A" activities include county and municipal fire departments, as well as fire protection districts run by CAL FIRE under contracts with local governments. From north to south, Butte, Napa, Tuolumne, Merced, San Luis Obispo, and Riverside counties are examples of county fire departments operated by CDF under contract. Another commonly heard CDF term is SRA which refers to State Responsibility Area: lands or area for which CDF has the primary responsibility to manage the public safety during a fire incident.
Starting on January 24, 2007, CDF has changed its "informal" name to CAL FIRE. The purpose is to bring CDF's name in line with other state agencies such as Caltrans (California Department of Transportation) and Cal Boating (California Department of Boating and Waterways).
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