Texas Education Code

§ 88.119 — REGIONAL WILDFIRE COORDINATORS

ED § 88.119Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part D. THE TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM · Ch. 88. AGENCIES AND SERVICES OF THE TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM · Art. B. THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE

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(a)The director shall divide the state into six wildfire control regions to coordinate wildfire control. The boundaries of the regions must be the same as existing Department of Public Safety regions that include state disaster district boundaries to the extent that the director determines that the same boundaries are practical.

(b)The director shall employ and assign a regional wildfire coordinator to each fire control region.

(c)Each regional wildfire coordinator shall, with respect to the coordinator's region:

(1)train, prepare, and coordinate fire fighters to respond to wildfire incidents locally, regionally, and statewide;

(2)inform the statewide coordination center of regional wildfire loads and of additional resources that may be required to handle a fire load;

(3)communicate as necessary with appropriate federal officials;

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Legislative history

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 52 (S.B. 646), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2011.