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OUR STRUCTURE
Operationally, CAL FIRE is divided into Northern and Southern Regions, with Regional Operation Centers in
Redding and Riverside, Regional Headquarters in Santa Rosa and Fresno, and a variety of centralized and
decentralized programs within Sacramento Headquarters and throughout the state.
DIRECTOR
CHIEF DEPUTY DIRECTOR
• Equal Employment
Opportunity & Diversity, Equity,
and Inclusion Program
• Fiscal Services
• Legal Office
• Management Services
• Office of Program
Accountability
• Professional Standards
Program
• Technology
• Cooperative Fire
Protection
• Fire Protection Programs
• Northern Region
• Resource Management
• Southern Region
• Tribal Affairs
BOARD OF FORESTRY
AND FIRE PROTECTION
STATE FIRE MARSHAL
• Communications/
Emergency Incident
Awareness
• Community Wildfire
Preparedness & Mitigation
Programs
• Legislation
• Office of the State Fire
Marshal Programs
• Strategic Communications
Locations
AEU
BDU
BEU
BTU
CZU
FKU
HUU
LMU
Amador-El Dorado
San Bernardino
San Benito-Monterey
Butte
San Mateo-Santa Cruz
Fresno-Kings
Humboldt-Del Norte
Lassen-Modoc
SKU
LMU
SHU
HUU
Contract Counties:
KRN Kern County
LAC Los Angeles County
MRN Marin County
ORC Orange County
SBC Santa Barbara County
VNC Ventura County
Northern Region
TGU
BTU
MEU
NEU
LNU
AEU
MRN
CZU
Sonoma-Lake-Napa
Mendocino
Madera-Mariposa-Merced
San Diego
Nevada-Yuba-Placer
Riverside
Santa Clara
Shasta-Trinity
Siskiyou
San Luis Obispo
Tuolumne-Calaveras
Tehama-Glenn
Tulare
LNU
MEU
MMU
SDU
NEU
RRU
SCU
SHU
SKU
SLU
TCU
TGU
TUU
Units and six Contract Counties that span the State of
California from the Oregon state line to the Mexico
border. We operate more than 635 facilities statewide
including those through Cooperative Agreements
to support our mission. These facilities include,
but are not limited to, fire stations, air attack and
helitack bases, conservation camps, fire centers, Unit
and administrative headquarters, training centers,
state forests, a statewide seedbank, and other
miscellaneous facilities supporting Fire Protection,
Resource Management, Office of the State Fire
Marshal, and Sacramento Headquarters programs.
Workforce
TCU
SCU
The two Regions coordinate with the 21 operational
CAL FIRE is a force of approximately 12,000 full-time
MMU
and seasonal employees in over 170 civil service
BEU
FKU
classifications, encompassing 13 of the 21 collective
TUU
Southern Region
SLU
bargaining units. We maintain the largest civilian
firefighting air fleet in the nation. In a state as large
KRN
SBC
BDU
VNC LAC
ORC
and populous as California, no one emergency
response agency or workforce can do it all. To be
RRU
SDU
successful, we recognize the importance of our
partners and cooperative efforts. We depend on
contracts and agreements with state, federal, local,
and tribal partners to assist in mitigating emergencies.
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