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MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
I am excited to have the opportunity to introduce the California Department of
Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Strategic Plan 2024. As the Director and
Fire Chief, it is important for CAL FIRE to implement a plan moving into the next
five years that is built upon comments and feedback from a diverse background
of people and places. We are an all hazards, all risk organization focused on fire
prevention, natural resource protection, and fire suppression. This is who we are.
This is CAL FIRE.
With the feedback provided, through internal and external surveys and
meetings, we are introducing a strategic plan that focuses on retaining
our existing Mission statement. We recognize that our Vision must adapt to
today’s climate conditions and needs of the people we serve. It takes partnerships, not just cooperators to
make a safer and more resilient California.
In the development process, we recognize from internal and external feedback that our values must
adapt to the needs of today and the future. Therefore, the employees at CAL FIRE will hold themselves
accountable to Values including Integrity, Service, Community, and Diversity. These are core values, though
not the only values we expect our employees to maintain when serving the public and representing the
Department both on duty and off duty.
I have maintained as the Director and Fire Chief that we retain a healthy and resilient workforce engaged
in a diverse and inclusive work environment. This will make certain that CAL FIRE represents the communities
we serve. While there remains an organized structure within CAL FIRE to make difficult decisions, ensuring
that partner perspectives are listened to is equally important.
Transforming tomorrow is included in the title of the strategic plan, I expect we will embrace technology and
find efficiencies to reduce the “green tape” that will allow CAL FIRE to be in a better position to be ready for
any task.
This strategic plan identifies six goals developed directly from issues identified through the outreach
process. Based on these goals, CAL FIRE will meet its mission to improve its fire prevention efforts, work to
make California’s forest lands healthier and more resilient after hundreds of years of excluded naturally
recurring fire, and ensure the state’s fire suppression needs to protect lives and property are met. CAL FIRE
will embrace the Governor’s Executive Order N-16-22 to diversify perspectives through equity and inclusive
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opportunities focusing on underinvested communities.
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I want to thank the hundreds of people who contributed to the CAL FIRE Strategic Plan 2024 through their
feedback and direct work preparing the Department’s guiding document. Working together through
partnerships will allow CAL FIRE to meet its mission to serve and safeguard the people and protect the
property and resources of California while creating a healthier and more resilient landscape.
JOE TYLER
CAL FIRE Director/Fire Chief
